Snežana

Syllable breakdown

Name meaning and origin

Origin

Macedonian (North Macedonia)

Meaning

a South Slavic feminine name meaning snowy one or the one made of snow, from the South Slavic sneg/snijeg (snow) combined with the feminine suffix -ana; the name is the Slavic equivalent in folk tradition of the fairy-tale character Snow White — the beautiful maiden whose whiteness is compared to fresh snow — and the South Slavic folk tale Snežana (Snow White) is the native version of the pan-European tale collected by the Brothers Grimm; in Macedonian and Serbian folk aesthetics snow-white skin was the supreme standard of feminine beauty, and names derived from sneg/snow celebrate the daughter's beauty in terms of that classical standard; Snežana is common throughout North Macedonia, Serbia, and among South Slavic diaspora communities worldwide, and is often shortened to the affectionate nickname Sne or Sneška

Gender

female

Also spelled

Snezana, Snezhana, Snježana