Venture
m.
Italian ventura 'fortune'.
This is sometimes used as a pet form of Bonaventure, sometimes as a standalone name.
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 1265x1339 Venture (gen) BBC-Berg 115;
1276 Venturus (nom) ibid. p. XLII;
1280 Venturus (nom) ibid. p. XLIII;
1282 Ventura (nom) ibid. p. XLVII;
1292 Venture (gen) ibid. p. XLIV;
1527 Venturj (gen) Rome1527 p. 90
- ◑ 1285 Venturelle (gen) Perugia1285 p. 156
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Venture". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 2. http://dmnes.org/2015/2/name/Venture.