Girl · Greek
Stavroula
Say it: stav-ROO-la
Meaning
From Greek stauros 'cross'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A modern Greek name honouring the Holy Cross.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 433 babies given this name since 1966
- At its height in 1975, about 1 in 81,000 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Voula
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Where this comes from
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- Calendars of saints and name days
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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