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Photo by Felix Mittermeier on Pexels.com Origin: AlbanianMeaning: "scent of the oak."Pron (AIR-lees; air-LEE-sah) Erlis is an Albanian male name which is composed of the Albanian words, erë (wind, scent) and lis (oak). Erlis is also used as a male name in Kyrgyzstan, being a borrowing from the Albanian from Soviet times. Its feminine form…
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Endrit is an Albanian male name meaning "light" which comes from dritĂ«Â (light) derived from a PIE root word. Origin: Proto-Indo-European Female forms: Drita (Albanian) Â
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May 08, 2018
THE CHILD OF GÉRALDINE OF ALBANIA
Géraldine of Albania
Queen Géraldine of Albania was born Countess Géraldine Margit Virginia Olga Mária Apponyi de Nagy-Appony to Count Gyula Apponyi de Nagy-Appony and Gladys Virginia Stewart, an American woman from Virginia. She married King Zog I of Albania, who was born Ahmet Muhtar Zogolli.
They had one child:
Leka, "Leka, Crown Prince of Albania"; at birth he was called Prince Skander
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February may have been short, but it's sure packed a punch. From glorious sunshine to snow, and plenty of name-sightings in between. Kip Has anyone else been watching the Netflix-BBC thriller Collateral recently? I was drawn in by the amazing cast: Carey Mulligan, Nicola Walker, John Simm, Billie Piper..
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Blerta is an Albanian female name meaning "green" from blertë (green). Origin: Albanian Male forms: Blerti
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Pinterest Origin: Albanian Meaning: the feminine form of Mirlind, an Albanian masculine name meaning "well born" from Albanian mir
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After NATO became involved in 1999, thanks in large part to pressure from UK prime minister Tony Blair, the conflict was eventually resolved.
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The name Alexander was the eighth-most-popular male name in the U.S. in 2015, and its popularity has been steadily rising since 1981, after it jumped from #92 to #70. It's been somewhere on the Top 10 since 2008, with its highest popularity so far being #4 in 2009. It's a strong, classic name which has…
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It is a unisex name in Albanian culture, particularly common for males in Kosovo. The origin of this name may be from the Albanian word dre for deer.)
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Mirlinda is an Albanian female name, the feminine form of Mirlind meaning "well born" or "good birth", made up from Albanian elements mirĂ« (good) and lind (bear, to give birth). Origin: Proto-Indo-European Male forms: Mirlind (Albanian) Â
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Artan is an Albanian male name meaning "gold" from Albanian ar which comes from Latin aurum (gold) derived from a PIE root. Origin: Proto-Indo-European Variants: Artar (Albanian)
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Mimozë is the Albanian form of Mimosa, the name of a genus of plants that are sensitive to touch or light. The name comes from Latin mimus meaning "mime" which comes from Ancient Greek mîmos (mime, actor; mimicking, imitation). Origin: Ancient Greek Variants: Mimosa (English, Spanish, Italian) Mimmu (Finnish) Mimoza (Turkish, Georgian, Albanian, Slovak) Mimóza (Hungarian)
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Bora - Recently my father met a woman from Albania. Her name was Alba, but she also revealed her sister's name - Bora. She explained that it meant "snow", and it was chosen for her because she was born during the month of January.
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It's been a while since I put up a post showing you the common names that Albanian males born from 1955 all the way to 1995 have. Now, I've done the same for the females. Here's what the top 5 looks like for the following years: 1955: Shpresa, Drita, Fatime, Vjollca and Natasha 1965: Mimoza,…
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Evidence of this 1991-1992 wave of Albanian immigration can be see in the sudden appearance of several rather patriotic Albanian baby names to the U.S. baby name data:
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Starting in 1944, Albania’s new government adopted a policy of rooting out any names of Christian or Muslim origin. Because it was believed the Albanian people descended from Illyrians, alleged Illyrian names were considered and promoted as the only appropriate names. In 1966, a decree was issued to force people to change religious names. Newborns had to receive secular names. In November 1975, another decree was issued, forcing anyone who still had a religious or otherwise “objectionable” name to change it by the end of the year.
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