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I agree . . .

by Chrisell

1/25/2005, 12:14 AM

Yordan is an obvious transliteration of Jordan, and 'ka' name endings are a common Eastern European diminutive (see Annuska and Alenka, for example). Yordanka is most likely an Eastern European diminutive of Jordana (see Jordan for the meaning).

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- Christo (guest) +1

1/28/2005, 4:03 AM

Jordan (Yordan) and Jordanka (Yordanka) are Bulgarian names, male and female.

If a baby was born on Epiphany (January 6th), it was very probable to be given one of those names. They originate from the name of the river where that event occurred 2 millennia ago.

- Christo (guest)

1/28/2005, 4:06 AM

Note: not found in Russia

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