the etymology and history of first names
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Macedonian Feminine Names
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The names listed here are used in Macedonia (FYROM).
ANA Ана f Spanish, Portuguese, Slovene, Bulgarian, Romanian, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Georgian
Cognate of ANNA
BILJANA Билјана f Serbian, Macedonian
Meaning unknown, possibly derived from a south Slavic word meaning "herb".
BISERA Бисера f Bulgarian, Macedonian
Derived from the south Slavic word бисер (biser) "pearl".
BOJANA Бојана f Slovene, Macedonian, Serbian, Croatian
Feminine form of BOJAN
DRAGANA Драгана f Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian
Feminine form of DRAGAN
EKATERINA Екатерина f Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian
Bulgarian and Macedonian form of KATHERINE, and a variant Russian transcription of YEKATERINA.
ELENA Елена f Italian, Spanish, Bulgarian, Romanian, Macedonian, Lithuanian, Russian
Cognate of HELEN, and a variant Russian transcription of YELENA.
GROZDA Грозда f Bulgarian, Macedonian
Feminine form of GROZDAN
GROZDANA Гроздана f Bulgarian, Macedonian
Feminine form of GROZDAN
IRINA Ирина f Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Romanian, Finnish
Cognate of IRENE
ISKRA Искра f Bulgarian, Macedonian
From a south Slavic word meaning "spark".
KATERINA Катерина f Macedonian, Russian, Bulgarian, Greek
Macedonian form of KATHERINE, a Russian short form of YEKATERINA, a Bulgarian short form of EKATERINA, and a Greek variant of AIKATERINE.
LILJANA Лилјана f Macedonian
Macedonian form of LILIANA
MARIJA Марија f Croatian, Slovene, Serbian, Macedonian, Lithuanian, Latvian
Cognate of MARY
MIRA (2) Мира f Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovene
Short form of names beginning with the Slavic element mir "peace".
NEVENA Невена f Bulgarian, Macedonian
Derived from Bulgarian and Macedonian невен (neven) meaning "marigold".
SNEZHANA Снежана f Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Russian, Bulgarian and Macedonian cognate of SNJEZANA
ZHIVKA Живка f Bulgarian, Macedonian
Feminine form of ZHIVKO
ZORA Зора f Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Means "dawn" in south Slavic.
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