Name
Morana
Meaning
Morana is a feminine name of Slavic origin meaning “goddess of winter and death”.
Morana, also rendered Marzanna, is the Slavic goddess of winter, death, and the year's dying, whose straw effigy is still drowned or burned each spring in Poland and Czechia to summon the thaw. Her name traces to a Proto-Slavic root connected with death, and it survives as a rare, starkly beautiful given name in the Balkans.
Occasionally used in Croatia; essentially unknown in English-speaking countries.
At a glance
- Origin
- Slavic
- Gender
- Feminine
- Pronounced
- /moh-RAH-nah/
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Questions
Morana is a feminine name of Slavic origin meaning “goddess of winter and death”. Morana, also rendered Marzanna, is the Slavic goddess of winter, death, and the year's dying, whose straw effigy is still drowned or burned each spring in Poland and Czechia to summon the thaw.
Morana is traditionally a feminine (girl) name. Occasionally used in Croatia; essentially unknown in English-speaking countries.
The name Morana comes from Slavic. Morana, also rendered Marzanna, is the Slavic goddess of winter, death, and the year's dying, whose straw effigy is still drowned or burned each spring in Poland and Czechia to summon the thaw. Her name traces to a Proto-Slavic root connected with death, and it survives as a rare, starkly beautiful given name in the Balkans.
Morana is pronounced moh-RAH-nah.
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