Ventura
[venˈtʃuːrə]Meaning
short form of Buenaventura, or from Spanish ventura, "fortune"
Background Story
Ventura is either a short form of Buenaventura or comes directly from the Spanish word ventura, meaning "fortune". It is used as a given name in Catalan, French, Italian and Portuguese, and also historically. As a surname it is Italian, Spanish and Portuguese; it is not Jewish in origin, though some Sephardic Jews adopted it.
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