Italian: from the omen name Fortunato, a continuation of the
Late Latin personal name Fortunatus, from the Latin adjective
fortunatus ‘prosperous’, ‘happy’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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