Stoyanka

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Stoyanka

Say it: stoh-YAHN-kah

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Meaning

Feminine of Stoyan, from stoyati 'to stand, to stay', traditionally given so that a child would survive.

Likelythe main view, with some doubt.

A typical rural Bulgarian and Serbian name of the 19th and early 20th centuries.

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

Bulgarian Serbian

The family of the name

Other spellings: Стоянка

Serbian	Stojanka

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Where this comes from

Parish baptism registers

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