the etymology and history of first names
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Serbian and Croatian Masculine Names
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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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