Given Name RADOVAN

GENDER: Masculine

OTHER SCRIPTS: Радован (Serbian, Church Slavic)

Meaning & History

Derived from the Slavic element rad "happy, willing" combined with another element of unknown meaning.

DIMINUTIVES: Radek (Czech), Rade (Serbian), Rade (Croatian)

FEMININE FORMS: Radana (Czech), Rada (Serbian)

OTHER LANGUAGES/CULTURES: Radu (Romanian)

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