Entry № 1482 · Serbian origin

Biljana Biljana — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ bee-LYAH-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Serbian
Meaning
"Herbs / iconic folk song (Balkan heritage)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (Slavic)

A name that means "herbs / iconic folk song (balkan heritage)".

Biljana is from the Serbian/Macedonian bilje (herbs, plants). Biljana Tipsarevic — Serbian artist. Biljana Topić — Serbian Olympic athlete (long jump). Princess Biljana — modern Balkan heritage naming.

Herbs / iconic folk song.

The name in its native script.

Биљана
Transliteration
Biljana
Pronunciation
/ biˈljɑː.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Biljana stands.

Biljana does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Biljanas before her.

Real people
Biljana Srbljanović
Serbian iconic playwright.
born 1970
Biljana Topić
Serbian Olympic long jumper.
born 1977
In fiction
Biljana Platnoto
Iconic Macedonian folk song.

Names connected to Biljana.

The number behind Biljana.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Biljana reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.