Hodierna

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Gender Female Meaning Daily		Word/name Latin Region of origin Latin

Hodierna is an English and French feminine given name derived from Latin, meaning daily.

The name has been conjectured to come from the phrase 'Deus cuius hodierna die', in the collects for the Innocents and Epiphany.

People with the given name

Hodierna of Jerusalem (1110–1164), countess consort of Tripoli

Hodierna of St Albans (fl. 1150–1210), mother of Alexander Neckam and wet nurse to Richard I of England

Giovanni Battista Hodierna (1597–1660), astronomer

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