Girl · Old Bulgarian
Desislava
Say it: deh-see-SLAH-vah
Meaning
Old Bulgarian name ending in slava 'glory'; the first element is often linked to desiti 'to find', but this is uncertain.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Known from the 13th-century donor portrait in Boyana Church near Sofia, it was revived and became popular in late 20th-century Bulgaria.
Its wave through time
No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Десислава, Desi
Famous bearers
- Desislava, donor depicted in the Boyana Church
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Where this comes from
- Royal and noble genealogies
- National birth statistics of European countries source
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