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ArchivesMeaning of name Stana
Translated from the http://www.srpsko-nasledje.co.yu/sr-l/1999/01/article-17.html (Serbian heritage)
Origin of female name Stana: "In order to "stop" (Arabic, "stannah" or similar means "to stop" "stop") getting female children, or to say that there are "enough" girls in the family (*usually after 1st or 2nd girl in the fam. - comm.transl.) and to mark the beginning of birth of males, Serbs used to give names such as: Stana, Stanija /read. Staniya/, Stanica, Stanka, Stanomirka, Dostana and the like. Thanks to this custom in norther Metochia /todays Kosovo/ there are many more female than male names containing "stan".
Origin of female name Stana: "In order to "stop" (Arabic, "stannah" or similar means "to stop" "stop") getting female children, or to say that there are "enough" girls in the family (*usually after 1st or 2nd girl in the fam. - comm.transl.) and to mark the beginning of birth of males, Serbs used to give names such as: Stana, Stanija /read. Staniya/, Stanica, Stanka, Stanomirka, Dostana and the like. Thanks to this custom in norther Metochia /todays Kosovo/ there are many more female than male names containing "stan".
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