Message: "Obituaries" - Behind the Name

Obituaries

by Sofia

4/13/2012, 6:53 PM

From Croatia, year of birth or age is in brackets.

FEMALE:

Adela
Boja (88) -word name, meaning 'colour'. I've never seen it before.
Branislava (78)
Brigita
Dubravka (1938)
Elizabeta (94)
Eugenija - female form of Eugen
Eva (79)
Jelica (1928)
Karolina (80)
Katica (1927)
Lenka (82)
Magdalena (87)
Margareta (76)
Marija (1926)
Marilka (92)
Marjeta (80)
Milka (1927)
Nevenka ‘Nena’
Paulina (82)
Senada
Sonja
Štefanija Imbrija (1935) - see Stefanija
Vukosava (81)

This message was edited 4/13/2012, 6:56 PM

- Saana (Yippal) +1

4/14/2012, 10:12 AM

Oooh, I like most of these! Brigita, Elizabeta, Eugenija, Jelica and Katica are especially appealing.

Can you tell more about Senada, Imbrija and Vukosava?

- Sofia

4/14/2012, 12:37 PM

Senada - female form of Senad. I wasn't able to find a meaning for it, but it's used by Bosnian Muslims.

Imbrija is a feminisation of Imbro: http://www.behindthename.com/submit/name/imbro (same as Eugen -> Eugenija).

Vukosava -contraction of Vukoslava (Vuk + Slava - wolf + glory)

This message was edited 4/14/2012, 12:41 PM

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