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Serbian and Croatian Masculine Names

The names listed here are used in Serbia, Croatia, and other parts of the former Yugoslavia.

ALEKSANDAR   Александар   m   Bulgarian, Macedonian, Croatian, Serbian
Cognate of ALEXANDER

ANĐELKO   m   Croatian
Croatian form of ANGEL

ANDREJ   m   Slovene, Czech, Slovak, Croatian
Slovene, Czech, Slovak and Croatian form of ANDREW

ANDRIJA   Андрија   m   Croatian, Serbian
Croatian and Serbian form of ANDREW

ANDRO   m   Croatian
Croatian form of ANDREW

ANTE   m   Croatian
Croatian form of ANTHONY

ANTO   m   Croatian
Croatian form of ANTHONY

ANTONIJE   Антоније   m   Serbian
Serbian form of ANTHONY

ANTUN   m   Croatian
Croatian form of ANTHONY

BALDO   m   Croatian
Croatian form of BALTAZAR

BOGDAN   Богдан   m   Polish, Russian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Romanian
Means "given by God" from the Slavic elements bog "god" and dan "given".

BOJAN   Бојан   m   Slovene, Macedonian, Serbian, Croatian
Derived from Slavic boi meaning "battle".

BORISLAV   Борислав   m   Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian
Means "fame in battle" from the Slavic element bor "battle" combined with slav "glory".

BRANIMIR   m   Croatian, Bulgarian, Slovene
Means "peaceful protection" from the Slavic element bron "protection" combined with mir "peace".

BRANISLAV   Бранислав   m   Serbian, Slovak, Czech, Slovene
Serbian, Slovak, Czech and Slovene form of BRONISŁAW

BRANKO   Бранко   m   Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Slovak
Short form of BRANISLAV or BRANIMIR

BRATISLAV   Братислав   m   Serbian
Derived from the Slavic elements bratu "brother" and slav "glory".

DALIBOR   Далибор   m   Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Serbian
Derived from Slavic elements dal meaning "far away" and borit meaning "to fight".

DANIJEL   Данијел   m   Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Cognate of DANIEL

DANILO   Данило   m   Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian
Cognate of DANIEL

DARKO   Дарко   m   Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian
Derived from the Slavic element dar meaning "gift".

DEJAN   Дејан   m   Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Possibly derived from Slavic deja meaning "to do something, to act"... [more]

DIMITRIJE   Димитрије   m   Serbian
Serbian form of DEMETRIUS

DJORDJE   Ђорђе   m   Serbian
Serbian form of GEORGE

DMITAR   Дмитар   m   Croatian, Serbian
Croatian and Serbian form of DEMETRIUS

DRAGAN   Драган   m   Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian, Bulgarian
Derived from the Slavic element dorogo meaning "precious".

DRAGO   Драго   m   Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Derived from the Slavic element dorogo meaning "precious".

DRAGOMIR   Драгомир   m   Serbian, Croatian, Romanian, Bulgarian
Means "precious and peaceful" from the Slavic element dorogo meaning "precious" combined with mir "peace".

DRAGOSLAV   Драгослав   m   Serbian
Derived from the Slavic elements dorogo meaning "precious" and slav "glory".

DRAŽEN   m   Croatian
Derived from the Slavic element dorogo meaning "precious".

DUBRAVKO   m   Croatian
From the Serbo-Croatian dubrava meaning "oak grove".

DUŠAN   Душан   m   Czech, Serbian, Croatian, Slovak, Slovene
Derived from Slavic dusha meaning "soul, spirit".

EMIL   Емил   m   German, Scandinavian, Czech, Polish, Slovene, Hungarian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, English
From the Roman family name Aemilius, which was derived from Latin aemulus meaning "rival".

FILIP   Филип   m   Scandinavian, Dutch, Czech, Bulgarian, Polish, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian, Hungarian, Romanian
Cognate of PHILIP

FRANJO   m   Croatian
Croatian form of FRANCIS

GORAN   Горан   m   Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian
Means "mountain man", derived from south Slavic gora "mountain".

GRGUR   m   Croatian
Croatian form of GREGORY

ILIJA   Илија   m   Macedonian, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian
Macedonian, Serbian and Croatian form of ELIJAH, and a Bulgarian variant transcription of ILIYA.

IVAN   Иван   m   Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Serbian, Croatian, Czech, Slovene, English
Newer form of the old Slavic name Ioan, which was derived from Greek Ioannes (see JOHN)... [more]

JADRANKO   m   Croatian
Croatian form of ADRIAN

JAKOV   m   Croatian
Croatian form of JACOB (or JAMES).

JANKO   Јанко   m   Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Diminutive of JANEZ

JAVOR   Јавор   m   Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Means "maple tree" in south Slavic.

JOSIF   Јосиф   m   Serbian
Serbian form of JOSEPH

JOSIP   m   Croatian, Slovene
Croatian and Slovene form of JOSEPH

JOVAN   Јован   m   Serbian, Macedonian
Serbian and Macedonian form of JOHN

JOZO   m   Croatian
Croatian diminutive of JOSEPH

JURAJ   m   Croatian, Slovak
Croatian and Slovak form of GEORGE

JURE   m   Slovene, Croatian
Slovene and Croatian form of GEORGE

KONSTANTIN   Константин   m   German, Hungarian, Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian
Cognate of CONSTANTINE

KRESIMIR   m   Croatian
Meaning unknown, though the second element is from Slavic mir "peace"... [more]

KRESO   m   Croatian
Diminutive of KRESIMIR

KRISTIJAN   Кристијан   m   Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Serbian, Croatian and Slovene form of CHRISTIAN

LAZAR   Лазар   m   Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian
Russian, Bulgarian and Serbian form of LAZARUS

LJUBA   Љуба   m   Croatian, Serbian
Diminutive of LJUBOMIR

LJUBOMIR   Љубомир   m   Croatian, Serbian
Croatian and Serbian form of LUBOMIR

LUKA   Лука   m   Russian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Russian, Serbian, Croatian and Slovene form of LUKE

MARIJAN   m   Croatian, Slovene
Croatian and Slovene form of MARIANUS

MARKO   Марко   m   Ukrainian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Finnish, Basque
Cognate of MARK

MATEJA (2)   Матеја   m   Serbian
Serbian variant of MATIJA

MATIJA   Матија   m   Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Slovene, Croatian and Serbian form of MATTHIAS, used to refer to the apostle chosen to replace Judas Iscariot.

MIHAILO   Михаило   m   Serbian
Serbian form of MICHAEL

MIHAJLO   Михајло   m   Serbian
Serbian form of MICHAEL

MIHO   m   Croatian
Short form of MIHOVIL

MIHOVIL   m   Croatian
Croatian form of MICHAEL

MILAN   Милан   m   Czech, Russian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Dutch
From the Slavic element mil meaning "gracious", originally a short form of names that began with that element... [more]

MILOJE   m   Serbian
From the Slavic element mil meaning "gracious", originally a diminutive of names that began with that element.

MILOJICA   m   Serbian
Diminutive of MILOJE

MILOŠ   Милош   m   Czech, Slovak, Serbian, Slovene
Diminutive of MILOSLAV and other names beginning with the Slavic element mil "favour".

MIRKO   Мирко   m   Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Diminutive of MIROSLAV

MIROSLAV   Мирослав   m   Czech, Slovak, Russian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Means "peace and glory", derived from the Slavic elements mir "peace" and slav "glory"... [more]

MLADEN   Младен   m   Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Bulgarian
Derived from south Slavic mlad meaning "young".

NEBOJSA   Небојша   m   Serbian
Means "fearless" in Serbian.

NEMANJA   Немања   m   Serbian
Possibly means "without possessions", derived from Serbo-Croatian nemati "have not"... [more]

NENAD   Ненад   m   Serbian, Croatian
Means "unexpected" in Serbian and Croatian.

NIKO   m   Finnish, Croatian
Finnish form of NICHOLAS, and a Croatian and Slovene short form of NIKOLA (1)

NIKOLA (1)   Никола   m   Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Basque
Cognate of NICHOLAS

OBRAD   Обрад   m   Serbian
Possibly derived from Serbian obradovati "to make happy".

OGNJAN   Огњан   m   Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian
Croatian, Serbian and Macedonian form of OGNYAN

OLIVER   Оливер   m   English, German, Serbian
Norman French form of a Germanic name, possibly the name Alfihar meaning "elf army"... [more]

PAVAO   m   Croatian
Croatian form of PAUL

PAVLE   Павле   m   Serbian
Serbian form of PAUL

PERO   Перо   m   Serbian, Croatian
Diminutive of PETAR

PETAR   Петар   m   Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian and Macedonian form of PETER

PREDRAG   Предраг   m   Serbian
Derived from the Slavic element dorogo meaning "precious" combined with a superlative suffix.

RADMILO   Радмило   m   Serbian
Serbian form of RADOMIL

RADOMIR   Радомир   m   Czech, Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian
Cognate of RADZIMIERZ

RADOSLAV   Радослав   m   Russian, Czech, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian
Cognate of RADOSŁAW

RADOVAN   Радован   m   Slovak, Czech, Serbian, Croatian
Derived from the Slavic element rad "happy" combined with another element of unknown meaning.

SAVA   Сава   m   Serbian, Bulgarian
Serbian and Bulgarian form of SABAS

SIMO   Симо   m   Finnish, Serbian
Finnish and Serbian form of SIMON

SLAVKO   Славко   m   Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Derived from Slavic slav meaning "glory".

SLOBODAN   Слободан   m   Serbian, Macedonian
From south Slavic sloboda meaning "freedom".

SRECKO   Срећко   m   Croatian, Serbian
Croatian and Serbian cognate of SREČKO

STANIMIR   Станимир   m   Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian
Derived from the Slavic elements stan "stand" and mir "peace".

STANISLAV   Станислав   m   Czech, Slovak, Russian, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian
Derived from the Slavic elements stan meaning "stand" combined with slav "glory".

STANKO   m   Slovene, Croatian, Bulgarian
Diminutive of STANISLAV

STEFAN   Стефан   m   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Polish, Bulgarian, Serbian, Romanian
Cognate of STEPHEN, and a Romanian variant of ȘTEFAN.

STEVAN   Стеван   m   Serbian
Serbian form of STEPHEN

STJEPAN   Стјепан   m   Croatian, Serbian
Croatian and Serbian form of STEPHEN

STOJAN   Стојан   m   Macedonian, Serbian, Slovene
Macedonian, Serbian and Slovene form of STOYAN

TEODOR   Теодор   m   Scandinavian, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Hungarian, Bulgarian
Cognate of THEODORE

TODOR   Тодор   m   Bulgarian, Serbian
Bulgarian and Serbian form of THEODORE

TOMA (2)   Тома   m   Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Romanian
Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian and Romanian form of THOMAS

TOMISLAV   Томислав   m   Croatian, Serbian
Possibly derived from the name THOMAS combined with the Slavic element slav meaning "glory"... [more]

TVRTKO   m   Croatian
Derived from Croatian tvrd meaning "hard".

UROS   m   Serbian
An old Hungarian name, possibly from úr meaning "man, lord" combined with a diminutive suffix.

UROŠ   m   Serbian, Slovene
Serbian and Slovene form of UROS... [more]

VASILIJE   Василије   m   Serbian
Serbian form of BASIL (1)

VEDRAN   Ведран   m   Croatian, Serbian
Means "jovial" in Croatian and Serbian.

VELIMIR   Велимир   m   Croatian, Serbian
Derived from the Slavic elements vele "great" and mir "peace".

VIKTOR   Виктор   m   Scandinavian, German, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Cognate of VICTOR

VINKO   m   Croatian, Slovene
Croatian and Slovene form of VINCENT

VJEKO   m   Croatian
Short form of VJEKOSLAV

VJEKOSLAV   m   Croatian
Means "age and glory" from the Slavic elements vek "age" and slav "glory".

VLADAN   Владан   m   Serbian
Short form of Slavic names beginning with the element volod meaning "rule".

VLADIMIR   Владимир   m   Russian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Means "to rule with greatness" or "to rule with peace", derived from the Slavic element volod "rule" combined with mer "great, famous" or mir "peace"... [more]

VLADISLAV   Владислав   m   Russian, Czech, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian
Means "to rule with glory", derived from the Slavic elements volod "rule" and slav "glory".

VLAHO   m   Croatian
Croatian form of Blasius (see BLAISE).

VLATKO   Влатко   m   Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian
Diminutive of VLADIMIR

VUK   Вук   m   Serbian
Means "wolf" in Serbian.

VUKASIN   Вукашин   m   Serbian
Derived from Serbian vuk "wolf"... [more]

ZDRAVKO   Здравко   m   Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Bulgarian
Derived from Slavic zdrav meaning "healthy".

ŽELIMIR   m   Croatian
Derived from the Slavic elements zhelit "desire" and mir "peace".

ŽELJKO   m   Croatian
Diminutive of ŽELIMIR

ZLATAN   Златан   m   Croatian, Serbian
Derived from south Slavic zlato meaning "gold".

ZLATKO   Златко   m   Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Diminutive of ZLATAN

ZORAN   Зоран   m   Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian
Masculine form of ZORA

ZVONIMIR   m   Croatian
Derived from the Slavic elements zvon "sound, chime" and mir "peace".

ZVONKO   m   Croatian
Diminutive of ZVONIMIR

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