Doina

Girl · Romanian

Doina

Say it: DOY-nah

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Meaning

From Romanian doină, a traditional lyrical folk song.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

A 20th-century name taken from the folk-song genre.

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

  1. The Modern Age1880 to today

Used by

Romanian

Famous bearers

  • Doina Cornea, dissident

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Where this comes from

  • National birth statistics of European countries source

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