← Back to The Age of Revolutions
Girl · Hebrew, through Greek and Bulgarian
Yordanka
Say it: yor-DAHN-kah
Meaning
Feminine of Yordan, from the River Jordan, through the baptism of Christ.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Typical of Bulgarian women born in the mid-20th century, now uncommon.
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: Йорданка, Dana
| Serbian | Jordanka |
|---|---|
| Macedonian | Jordanka |
Famous bearers
- Yordanka Donkova, Bulgarian hurdler
- Yordanka Blagoeva, Bulgarian high jumper
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Calendars of saints and name days
- National birth statistics of European countries source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.