Hajnalka

Girl · Hungarian

Hajnalka

Say it: HOY-nawl-kaw

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Meaning

From Hungarian hajnal 'dawn' with the diminutive suffix -ka.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

One of the native-word names created during the 19th-century Hungarian language reform.

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

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The family of the name

Other spellings: Hajnal

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