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Girl · South Slavic
Biljana
Say it: BEE-lyah-nah
Meaning
Usually derived from South Slavic bilje 'herbs, plants'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Familiar from the Macedonian folk song Biljana Platno Beleše, it was common in 20th-century Yugoslavia.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 5 babies given this name since 1974
- At its height in 1974, about 1 in 293,500 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Билјана
| Macedonian | Biljana |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Bilyana |
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Where this comes from
- Well-known works of literature
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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