Jump to content

Laimdota

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Latvian

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in the end of the 19th century. From Laima, goddess of fortune + dot (to give). Character in the play Uguns un nakts (1907) by Rainis.

Proper noun

[edit]

Laimdota f

  1. a female given name
[edit]

References

[edit]
  • Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
  • [1] Population Register of Latvia: Laimdota was the only given name of 681 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.