Girl · Latin, through Romanian folklore
Sânziana
Say it: suhn-ZYAH-nah
Meaning
From the Sânziene, fairies of Romanian midsummer folklore; the word is usually derived from Latin Sancta Diana.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
A folklore name, familiar from Ileana Cosânzeana, used occasionally as a given name.
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: Sânziene
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