name
Biljana
bil-YAH-nah
bɪlˈjɑːnɑːListen
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Syllable breakdown
Biljana
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Macedonian (North Macedonia)
- Meaning
- a distinctively South Slavic and particularly Macedonian and Serbian feminine name derived from the Slavic root bilje or bilje meaning herb, medicinal plant, or healing plant, connecting the name to the tradition of folk herbalism and herbal medicine that was central to village healing practice in Slavic rural culture; the name is widely regarded as one of the most characteristically Macedonian feminine names and appears prominently in Macedonian folk songs — the famous Macedonian folk song Biljana platno beleše (Biljana Was Bleaching Cloth), a medieval ballad about a girl bleaching linen by Lake Ohrid, is one of the best-known songs in the Macedonian folk tradition; Biljana is thus both a nature-connected name and a name with deep cultural resonance in Macedonian song and folklore
- Gender
- female
- Also spelled
- Bilyana, Biljanna
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