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in reply to a message by Steno
According to this site about Croatian names (http://www.imehrvatsko.net/Imena/Smiljan/tabid/3228/Default.aspx), Smiljan is a male name that comes from the noun ‘smilje’, which is a name of a plant (lat. antennaria dioica).
Picture of the plant: http://i27.tinypic.com/mtp3m9.jpg.
It’s a relatively common name in Croatia where it is in the first 500.
Other forms of the name and nicknames include: Cane, Cano, Canko, Mile, Mili, Milo, Milko, Miljan, Smiljo, Smiljko.
The female form is Smiljka, Smiljana.
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Picture of the plant: http://i27.tinypic.com/mtp3m9.jpg.
It’s a relatively common name in Croatia where it is in the first 500.
Other forms of the name and nicknames include: Cane, Cano, Canko, Mile, Mili, Milo, Milko, Miljan, Smiljo, Smiljko.
The female form is Smiljka, Smiljana.
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Current GP favorites:
Amadea
Denali
Malin
Nausikaya
Prairie
Aneurin
Iago
Madoc
Shadrach
Tarka
This message was edited 9/10/2008, 7:54 AM
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