Plamen, Plamena

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Plamen Пламен (Bulgarian & Serbian) is primarily South Slavic in the contemporary world, but comes from a pan-Slavic word meaning, “flame.” The feminine form is Plamena.

It was potentially Płomień in Medieval Polish. Płamen (male) and Płamena (female) are also modern Polish transliterations of the Bulgarian.

In Bulgaria, the designated name-day is November 8th.

Sources

• https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD
• https://www.behindthename.com/name/plamen
• https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plamen_(rozcestn%C3%ADk)
• https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C5%82amen
• https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kategoria:%C5%BBe%C5%84skie_imiona_s%C5%82owia%C5%84skie

Pinja

Gender: Feminine
Origin: Estonian/Finnish
Meaning: “pine.”

The name is derived from the Finnish word for a species of pine tree known as pinus pinea. This might be the perfect autumnal name. Its designate name-day is October 6.

As of 2011, Pinja was the 35th most popular female name in Finland.