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Slovene Names

The names listed here are used in Slovenia.

ADRIJANA   f   Slovene, Serbian
Slovene and Serbian feminine form of ADRIAN

AGATA   f   Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Polish, Czech, Slovene, Russian
Cognate of AGATHA

ALBERT   m   English, French, Slovene, Polish, Russian, Dutch
From the Germanic name Adalbrecht which meant "bright nobility", composed of the elements adal "noble" and beraht "bright"... [more]

ALBIN   m   Scandinavian, Polish, Slovene
From the Roman cognomen Albinus, which was derived from Latin albus "white, bright"... [more]

ALBINA   f   Italian, Polish, Slovene, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Albinus (see ALBIN)... [more]

ALEKSANDER   m   Polish, Slovene, Albanian, Estonian
Cognate of ALEXANDER

ALEKSANDRA   f   Russian, Polish, Serbian, Bulgarian, Slovene, Estonian
Feminine form of ALEXANDER

ALENKA   f   Slovene
Slovene pet form of HELEN

ALEŠ   m   Czech, Slovene
Pet form of ALEXEJ or ALEKSANDER

ALFONZ   m   Slovene
Slovene form of ALFONSO

ALOJZ   m   Slovene, Slovak
Slovene and Slovak form of ALOYSIUS

ALOJZIJ   m   Slovene
Slovene form of ALOYSIUS

ALOJZIJA   f   Slovene
Slovene feminine form of ALOYSIUS

AMALIJA   f   Slovene
Slovene form of AMALIA

ANA   f   Spanish, Portuguese, Slovene, Bulgarian, Romanian, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Georgian
Cognate of ANNA

ANDRAŽ   m   Slovene
Slovene form of ANDREW

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

ANDREJA   f   Slovene
Slovene feminine form of ANDREJ

ANGELA   f   English, Italian, German, Romanian, Slovene, Russian
Feminine form of Angelus (see ANGEL).

ANICA   f   Slovene
Slovene pet form of ANNA

ANJA   f   Scandinavian, Finnish, Slovene
Scandinavian, Finnish and Slovene pet form of ANNA

ANTON   m   German, Russian, Scandinavian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Slovene, Romanian
Form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

ANTONIJA   f   Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Croatian, Serbian and Slovene form of ANTONIA

APOLONIJA   f   Slovene
Slovene form of APOLLONIA

ARTUR   m   German, Portuguese, Galician, Russian, Slovene, Polish, Czech, Romanian
Cognate of ARTHUR

AVGUST   m   Slovene
Slovene form of AUGUSTUS

AVGUSTA   f   Slovene
Slovene feminine form of AUGUSTUS

AVGUŠTIN   m   Slovene
Slovene form of Augustinus (see AUGUSTINE).

BARBARA   f   English, Italian, French, German, Polish, Hungarian, Slovene
Derived from Greek βαρβαρος (barbaros) meaning "foreign"... [more]

BERTA   f   Polish, Czech, Hungarian, German, Spanish, Italian, Slovene
Form of BERTHA

BLAŽ   m   Slovene
Slovene form of BLAISE

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

BOGDANA   f   Polish, Russian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Romanian
Feminine form of BOGDAN

BOGOMIR   m   Slovene
Slovene form of BOHUMÍR

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

BOJANA   f   Slovene, Macedonian, Serbian, Croatian
Feminine form of BOJAN

BORIS   m   Bulgarian, Russian, Slovene, German
From the Turkic name Bogoris, perhaps meaning "short" or "wolf"... [more]

BORUT   m   Slovene
Possibly a form of BORIS

BOŠTJAN   m   Slovene
Short form of SEBASTJAN

BOŽIDAR   m   Czech, Slovene
Means "divine gift" from the Slavic elements bozy "divine" and dar "gift".

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

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

BRANKA   f   Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Feminine form of BRANKO

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

BRIGITA   f   Slovene, Latvian
Slovene and Latvian form of BRIDGET

CECILIJA   f   Slovene
Slovene form of CECILIA

CILKA   f   Slovene
Slovene form of CECILIA

CIRIL   m   Slovene
Slovene form of CYRIL

CIRILA   f   Slovene
Slovene feminine form of CYRIL

CVETKA   f   Slovene
Feminine form of CVETKO

CVETKO   m   Slovene
Derived from south Slavic cvet "blossom".

DAMIJAN   m   Slovene
Slovene form of DAMIAN

DAMIJANA   f   Slovene
Slovene feminine form of DAMIAN

DAMJAN   m   Slovene
Slovene form of DAMIAN

DANICA   f   Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Slovak, Czech
From a Slavic word meaning "morning star".

DANIELA   f   German, Polish, Czech, Romanian, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Slovene
Feminine form of DANIEL

DANIJEL   m   Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Cognate of DANIEL

DANIJELA   f   Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Feminine form of DANIEL

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

DARINKA   f   Slovene
Pet form of DARJA

DARJA   f   Slovene, Czech
Slovene and Czech form of DARIA

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

DAVID   m   English, Jewish, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Czech, Slovene, German, Scandinavian, Biblical
Possibly derived from Hebrew דוד (dvd) meaning "beloved"... [more]

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

DEJANA   f   Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Feminine form of DEJAN

DIJANA   f   Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Southern Slavic form of DIANA

DIMITRIJ   m   Slovene
Slovene form of DEMETRIUS

DOMEN   m   Slovene
Slovene form of DOMINIC

DOMINIK   m   Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Polish, German, Hungarian
Cognate of DOMINIC

DOMINIKA   f   Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Russian, Polish
Feminine form of DOMINIC

DOROTEJA   f   Slovene
Slovene form of DOROTHEA

DRAGA   f   Slovene
Feminine form of DRAGO

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

DRAGICA   f   Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Derived from the Slavic element dorogo meaning "precious".

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

DUNJA   f   Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Possibly a south Slavic form of DUNYA... [more]

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

EDI   m   Slovene
Slovene pet form of EDVARD

EDITA   f   Czech, Slovene, Lithuanian
Czech, Slovene and Lithuanian form of EDITH

EDVARD   m   Scandinavian, Finnish, Slovene, Czech
Cognate of EDWARD

ELIZABETA   f   Slovene
Slovene form of ELIZABETH

EMA   f   Slovene
Slovene form of EMMA

EMIL   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".

EMILIJA   f   Lithuanian, Latvian, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian
Feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL).

ERIK   m   Scandinavian, Czech, Slovene, German
Cognate of ERIC... [more]

ERIKA   f   German, Scandinavian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovene
Cognate of ERICA

ERNEST   m   English, French, Slovene
Derived from Germanic eornost meaning "seriousness"... [more]

EVA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Czech, Bulgarian, Slovene, Russian
Latinate form of EVE, and a variant Russian transcription of YEVA.

FELIKS   m   Russian, Slovene, Polish
Russian, Slovene and Polish form of FELIX

FERDINAND   m   German, French, Czech, Slovene
From Ferdinando, the old Spanish form of a Visigothic name composed of the Germanic elements frið "peace" and nanð "daring, brave"... [more]

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

FRANC   m   Slovene
Slovene form of FRANCIS

FRANČIŠEK   m   Slovene
Slovene form of Franciscus (see FRANCIS).

FRANČIŠKA   f   Slovene
Slovene feminine form of Franciscus (see FRANCIS).

FRANCKA   f   Slovene
Short form of FRANCISKA

FRIDERIK   m   Slovene
Slovene form of FREDERICK

GAŠPER   m   Slovene
Slovene form of JASPER

GREGOR   m   German, Scottish, Slovene
German, Scottish and Slovene form of GREGORY... [more]

HEDVIKA   f   Czech, Slovene
Czech and Slovene form of HEDWIG

HELENA   f   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Slovene, English
Latinate form of HELEN

HENRIK   m   Scandinavian, German, Hungarian, Slovene
Scandinavian, Low German, Hungarian and Slovene form of HENRY

HERBERT   m   English, German, French, Slovene, Polish
Derived from the Germanic elements heri "army" and beraht "bright"... [more]

HERMAN   m   English, Dutch, Slovene
Means "army man", derived from the Germanic element heri "army" combined with man "man"... [more]

IDA   f   English, German, Scandinavian, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian, Slovene
Derived from the Germanic element id meaning "work, labour"... [more]

IGNAC   m   Slovene
Slovene form of IGNATIUS

IGNACIJ   m   Slovene
Slovene form of IGNATIUS

IGOR   m   Russian, Polish, Slovene
Russian form of IVOR... [more]

IRENA   f   Polish, Czech, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Dutch, Lithuanian
Latinate form of IRENE

IRMA   f   German, Hungarian, Finnish, Spanish, Italian, Slovene, English
Short form of names beginning with the Germanic element irmen, which means "whole, universal".

IVAN   m   Russian, Czech, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Ukrainian
Cognate of JOHN... [more]

IVANA   f   Czech, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Bulgarian
Feminine form of IVAN

IVANKA   f   Czech, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian
Pet form of IVANA

IZIDOR   m   Slovene
Slovene form of ISIDORE

JAKA   m   Slovene
Slovene form of JACOB and JAMES

JAKOB   m   German, Scandinavian, Slovene
German, Scandinavian and Slovene form of JACOB

JAN (1)   m   Dutch, Scandinavian, Czech, Polish, Slovene, German
Form of JOHANNES... [more]

JANA   f   Dutch, German, Czech, Slovak, Slovene
Feminine form of JAN (1)

JANEZ   m   Slovene
Slovene form of JOHN

JANKO   m   Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Pet form of JANEZ

JASNA   f   Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Derived from south Slavic jasno meaning "clear, sharp".

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

JELKA   f   Slovene, Croatian
Slovene and Croatian pet form of HELEN... [more]

JERNEJ   m   Slovene
Slovene form of BARTHOLOMEW

JOLANDA   f   Slovene, Italian
Slovene and Italian form of YOLANDA

JOSIP   m   Croatian, Slovene
Croatian and Slovene form of JOSEPH

JOŽE   m   Slovene
Slovene pet form of JOSEPH

JOŽEF   m   Slovene
Slovene form of JOSEPH

JOŽEFA   f   Slovene
Slovene feminine form of JOSEPH

JOŽICA   f   Slovene
Slovene feminine form of JOSEPH

JULIJ   m   Slovene
Slovene form of JULIUS

JULIJA   f   Slovene, Croatian, Lithuanian
Slovene, Croatian and Lithuanian form of JULIA

JULIJANA   f   Slovene
Slovene form of JULIANA

JURE   m   Slovene, Croatian
Slovene and Croatian form of GEORGE

JURIJ   m   Slovene
Slovene form of GEORGE

JUSTIN   m   English, French, Slovene
From the Roman name Justinus, which was derived from JUSTUS... [more]

JUSTINA   f   English, Slovene, Czech, Lithuanian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Justinus (see JUSTIN).

KAREL   m   Dutch, Czech, Slovene
Dutch, Czech and Slovene form of CHARLES

KAROLINA   f   Polish, Scandinavian, Hungarian, Slovene, German
Feminine form of CAROLUS

KATARINA   f   German, Swedish, Hungarian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Lithuanian
Cognate of KATHERINE

KATICA   f   Slovene
Slovene pet form of KATHERINE

KATJA   f   German, Slovene
German and Slovene pet form of KATHERINE

KLARA   f   Scandinavian, German, Russian, Ukrainian, Czech, Polish, Slovene, Latvian
Cognate of CLARA

KLAVDIJA   f   Slovene
Slovene feminine form of CLAUDIUS

KLEMEN   m   Slovene
Slovene form of CLEMENT

KONRAD   m   German, Scandinavian, Polish, Slovene
German, Scandinavian, Polish and Slovene form of CONRAD

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

KRISTINA   f   Swedish, Russian, German, Slovene, Czech, Lithuanian, Serbian, Croatian
Cognate of CHRISTINA

KRISTJAN   m   Estonian, Slovene
Estonian and Slovene form of CHRISTIAN

KRIŠTOF   m   Slovene, Slovak
Slovene and Slovak form of CHRISTOPHER

KSENIJA   f   Slovene
Slovene form of XENIA

LADISLAV   m   Czech, Slovak, Slovene
Czech, Slovak and Slovene form of VLADISLAV

LARA (1)   f   Russian, English, Slovene
Short form of LARISA

LAURA   f   English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian, Polish, Slovene, Scandinavian, German
Feminine form of the Late Latin name Laurus, which meant "laurel"... [more]

LAVRA   f   Slovene
Slovene form of LAURA

LEA   f   German, Slovene
German and Slovene form of LEAH

LEON   m   English, German, Polish, Slovene
Form of LEO... [more]

LEOPOLD   m   English, Slovene, Polish
Derived from the Germanic elements liut "people" and bald "bold"... [more]

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