strahinja

A male name originating from medieval Serbia, history records showed that the name was used in 1322 for the first time.
The name Strahinja is spelled as "Страхиња" in cyrilic.
It was made from word "Strah" or "Страх" (transl. Fear).
The name originally belonged to a Serbian nobleman Strahinja Banović.
This name is one of many names from those times that are supposed to scare away the "evil ghosts", and they were usually given to children in which families alot of kids died already.
Other rare variations of this names are: Straha, Strain, Strajin, Straško, etc.

Some person: "This guy, Strahinja, is supposed to be scary huh?"
Other person: "Supposed, yes. Is he scary? No."

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