Zephyrine
Zephyrine is a feminine given name .
Origin and meaning
The name Zephyrine comes from the Greek language and is based on Saint Zephyrinus , Bishop of Rome from 198 to 217. The name means "the west wind".
The female variant of the name came from the daughter Marie Zéphyrine (* August 26, 1750, † September 2, 1755) of Louis, Dauphin of France and Maria Josepha of Saxony , who was born on the feast day of St. Zephyrinus.
variants
The masculine form of the given name is Zephyrinus and Zephyrin .
name day
December 20th has been celebrated as the name day since 1970 . Previously, the memorial day was August 26th .
Name bearer
- Amalie Zephyrine von Salm-Kyrburg (1760–1841), wife of Hereditary Prince Anton Aloys von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and is considered the "savior of Hohenzollern "
- Marguerite Victoire Zéphirine Anna De Riemaecker-Legot (1913–1977), Belgian politician and the first female minister in Belgium.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Zéphirine with significance, frequency. meilleursprenoms.com (French)
- ↑ Zephyrinus . The Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints
- ↑ Liturgical calendar 1962 ( Memento of February 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 199 kB) p. 54