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
- ● 1198 Ventura (abl) ChStBo1 III;
1265x1339 Venture (gen) BBC-Berg 115;
1276 Venturus (nom) ibid. p. XLII;
1280 Venturus (nom) ibid. p. XLIII;
1282 Ventura (nom) ibid. p. XLVII;
1285 Venture (gen) Perugia1285 p. 160;
1292 Venture (gen) BBC-Berg p. XLIV;
1366 Venture (gen) Livi 59;
1527 Venturj (gen) Rome1527 p. 90
- Italian
- ● 1513x1521 Ventura LeoX p. 16
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Venture". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2017, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2017/1/name/Venture.