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Luganda
/ Fortune
Fortune
/FOR-choon/
Luganda & Igbo
· a boy or girl’s name
“Fortune, good luck, or prosperity.”
In
Luganda
How to say it
FOR-choon
Given to
Boys and girls
Used in
Uganda
How common
uncommon
Every way to write it
The name & its alternative spellings
Fortune
Nicknames & short forms
Fory
From the same family
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Fortunatus
“Fortunate, lucky, or blessed.”
Luganda
male
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In
Igbo
How to say it
FOR-chun
Given to
Boys and girls
Used in
Nigeria
How common
common · also a surname