♀ Name Yelda – Winter Solstice

Q: What does the name Yelda mean?

Yelda means 'winter solstice,' or 'longest night of the year', but also 'birth.'

Origin:	Turkish, Persian
Meaning:	winter solstice, longest night of the year, birth
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The Turkish girl’s name Yelda has Persian roots and means “winter solstice” or “birth.”

Where does the name Yelda come from?

Yelda is a Turkish form of the Persian girl’s name Yalda. The name originates from the Persian term for the winter solstice, also called Yalda Night.

What does the name Yelda mean?

Yelda means “winter solstice,” or “longest night of the year”, but also “birth.”

Word composition

Persian “شب يلدا” (šab-e yaldā) = “night of birth”, Iranian celebration of winter solstice, during the longest and darkest night of the year
Persian “شب” (šab) = night, evening
Aramaic “יַלְדָּא” (yaldā) = birth

Pronunciation of Yelda

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Variants of the name Yelda

Jelda

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Popularity of the name Yelda

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