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Name Laimdota
Gender Feminine
Usage Latvian, Literature, Theatre
Other Forms FormsLaimdots (masculine)
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Meaning & History
From Latvian laime "joy, luck, happiness" (compare LAIMA) combined with dota "given" (from the verb dot "to give"). This was coined in the late 19th century. It is the name of the main female character in the Latvian national epic Lāčplēsis as well as a character in Rainis' play Uguns un nakts (1907).