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Snežana
Say it: SNEH-zhah-nah
Meaning
From Slavic sneg/snijeg 'snow'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A common Serbian and Bulgarian name in the second half of the 20th century.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 40 babies given this name since 1969
- At its height in 1976, about 1 in 162,800 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Снежана, Snježana
| Bulgarian | Snezhana |
|---|---|
| Russian | Snezhana |
| Macedonian | Snežana |
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Where this comes from
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
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