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Faust

FOWST

Rare & Uncommon ✦ Vintage

✦ Meaning

“Latin meaning 'auspicious' or 'fortunate,' historically famous through Goethe's philosophical tragedy about human ambition.”

Popularity Over Time

Faust US popularity rank over timeRank 4750 in 1922 to rank 2877 in 1917. Lower rank numbers are more popular.#2877#3814#4750191419201930

Faust is not currently in the US top 1000.

Origin

Latin

Syllables

1

Style

LiteraryStrongBoldClassic

Famous Bearers

  • Faust (Goethe literary character)
  • Faustus (Marlowe's Doctor Faustus)
  • Faust Coppi (cyclist)

Collections

Literary Names → Beautiful But Not Top 100 → Short & Strong → Vintage Revival →

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Beckett

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Peregrine

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Dashiell

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Orion

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Cross-Cultural Notes

Works across European and literary communities

People Also Ask

Latin meaning 'auspicious' or 'fortunate,' historically famous through Goethe's philosophical tragedy about human ambition.

Faust is not currently in the US top 1000, making it a genuinely rare choice. It's making a comeback as part of the vintage name wave.

Faust works beautifully as a full name and does not lend itself to an obvious short form. Most parents see that as a feature.

Names that pair beautifully with Faust include Peregrine, Dashiell, Cormac, Leander, Orion.