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Girl · Spanish (surname and place name)
Luján
Say it: loo-HAHN
Meaning
After Nuestra Señora de Luján, patroness of Argentina, whose shrine town was named after the Luján River, itself traditionally named after a Spanish soldier surnamed Luján.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
An Argentine devotional name, usually María de Luján.
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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Where this comes from
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- Parish baptism registers
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