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Girl · Arabic, through Spanish
Azucena
Say it: ah-soo-SEH-nah
Meaning
Spanish 'Madonna lily', from Arabic as-sūsana, a symbol of the Virgin's purity.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 2000s
In the United States
- 3,596 babies given this name since 1917
- At its height in 2001, about 1 in 9,300 girls
- 45 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
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Where this comes from
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.