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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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The South Slavic female name Stana has nothing in common with Arabic. The radix Slavic, the same as it is in "stay", e.g.
The name Stana is actually too short for a Slavic name. So, there are several options:
-> Stana is a female abbreviation for Constantin. Other possible translation of Constantin is Stoyan (f. Stoyana). This option is to be excluded for Muslim people.
-> Stana is an abbreviation for Dostana (enough children, or enough daughters).
-> Stana is an abbreviation for Stanislava ("let the glory stay", masculine Stanislav).
-> Stana is an abbreviation for Stanimira ("let the peace stay", masculine Stanimir).
Stanka, Stanimirka etc. are diminutive forms for Stana, Stanimira, correspondingly.
The name Stana is actually too short for a Slavic name. So, there are several options:
-> Stana is a female abbreviation for Constantin. Other possible translation of Constantin is Stoyan (f. Stoyana). This option is to be excluded for Muslim people.
-> Stana is an abbreviation for Dostana (enough children, or enough daughters).
-> Stana is an abbreviation for Stanislava ("let the glory stay", masculine Stanislav).
-> Stana is an abbreviation for Stanimira ("let the peace stay", masculine Stanimir).
Stanka, Stanimirka etc. are diminutive forms for Stana, Stanimira, correspondingly.
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