Slovene Names

The names listed here are used in Slovenia.

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

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

AGNES   f   English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Slovene, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name ‘Αγνη (Hagne), derived from Greek ‘αγνος (hagnos) meaning "chaste"... [more]

ALBERT   m   English, French, German, Slovene, Polish, Russian, Dutch, Scandinavian, Ancient Germanic
From the Germanic name Adalbert, which was composed of the elements adal "noble" and beraht "bright"... [more]

ALBIN   m   Scandinavian, Polish, Slovene
Form of ALBINUS

ALBINA   f   Italian, Polish, Slovene, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of ALBINUS... [more]

ALEKS   m   Slovene
Short form of ALEKSEJ or ALEKSANDER

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

ALEKSANDRA   f   Russian, Polish, Serbian, Bulgarian, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian, Estonian
Form of ALEXANDRA

ALEKSEJ   m   Slovene
Slovene form of ALEXIS

ALEN   m   Croatian, Slovene
Croatian and Slovene form of ALAN

ALENA   f   German, Czech, Slovak, Slovene
Short form of MAGDALENA or HELENA

ALENKA   f   Slovene
Slovene diminutive of ALENA

ALEŠ   m   Czech, Slovak, Slovene
Diminutive of ALEXEJ or ALEKSANDER

ALFONZ   m   Slovene
Slovene form of ALFONSO

ALOJZ   m   Slovene, Slovak, Croatian
Slovene, Slovak and Croatian form of ALOYSIUS

ALOJZIJ   m   Slovene
Slovene form of ALOYSIUS

ALOJZIJA   f   Slovene
Slovene feminine form of ALOYSIUS

AMALIJA   f   Slovene, Croatian
Slovene and Croatian form of AMALIA

AMBROŽ   m   Slovene
Slovene form of Ambrosius (see AMBROSE).

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, Slovak, Croatian, Macedonian
Cognate of ANDREW

ANDREJA   f   Slovene, Croatian
Slovene and Croatian feminine form of ANDREJ

ANGELA   f   English, Italian, German, Dutch, Romanian, Slovene, Slovak, Russian, Macedonian, Late Roman
Feminine form of Angelus (see ANGEL)... [more]

ANICA   f   Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Slovene, Croatian and Serbian diminutive of ANNA

ANJA   f   Scandinavian, Finnish, Slovene, Croatian, German
Diminutive of ANNA

ANTON   m   German, Russian, Scandinavian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Slovene, Macedonian, Croatian, Romanian, Estonian, Dutch
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 (1)).

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

BERNARD   m   English, French, Polish, Croatian, Slovene, Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic element bern "bear" combined with hard "brave, hardy"... [more]

BERNARDA   f   Slovene, Croatian
Feminine form of BERNARD

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

BLAŽ   m   Slovene, Croatian
Slovene and Croatian form of BLAISE... [more]

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

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

BOGOMIR   m   Slovene
Slovene form of BOHUMÍR

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

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

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

BORUT   m   Slovene
Diminutive of BORIS

BOŠKO   m   Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Diminutive of BOGDAN or BOŽIDAR

BOŠTJAN   m   Slovene
Short form of SEBASTJAN

BOŽENA   f   Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croatian
Derived from the Slavic element bozy meaning "divine".

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

BRANIMIR   m   Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Slovene
Derived from the Slavic element bron "protection" combined with mer "great, famous"... [more]

BRANISLAV   m   Serbian, Slovak, Czech, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian
Cognate of BRONISŁAW

BRANISLAVA   f   Serbian, Slovak, Czech, Slovene
Serbian, Slovak, Czech and Slovene feminine form of BRONISŁAW

BRANKA   f   Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Feminine form of BRANKO

BRANKO   m   Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Slovak, Macedonian
Diminutive of BRANISLAV or BRANIMIR

BRIGITA   f   Slovene, Latvian
Slovene and Latvian form of BRIDGET

CECILIJA   f   Slovene, Croatian
Slovene and Croatian form of CECILIA

CILA   f   Slovene, Croatian
Slovene and Croatian diminutive of CECILIA

CILKA   f   Slovene
Slovene diminutive of CECILIA

CIRIL   m   Slovene
Slovene form of CYRIL

CIRILA   f   Slovene
Slovene feminine form of CYRIL

CVETKA   f   Slovene
Derived from Slovene cvet meaning "blossom, flower".

CVETKO   m   Slovene
Masculine form of CVETKA

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

DALIBORKA   f   Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Feminine form of DALIBOR

DAMIJAN   m   Slovene
Slovene form of DAMIAN

DAMIJANA   f   Slovene
Slovene feminine form of DAMIAN

DAMIR   m   Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Derived from the Slavic elements dati "to give" and mir "peace".

DAMJAN   m   Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian
Slovene, Croatian, Serbian and Macedonian form of DAMIAN

DAMJANA   f   Slovene, Serbian, Macedonian
Slovene, Serbian and Macedonian feminine form of DAMIAN

DANICA   f   Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Slovak, Czech, Macedonian, English
From a Slavic word meaning "morning star, Venus"... [more]

DANIEL   m   English, Hebrew, French, German, Scandinavian, Polish, Czech, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian, Biblical, Biblical Greek
From the Hebrew name דָּנִיֵּאל (Daniyyel) meaning "God is my judge"... [more]

DANIELA   f   German, Polish, Czech, Romanian, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Slovene, English
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
Diminutive of DARJA

DARJA   f   Slovene, Czech
Slovene and Czech form of DARIA

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

DAVID   m   English, Hebrew, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Czech, Slovene, Russian, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Biblical, Biblical Latin
From the Hebrew name דָּוִד (Dawid), which was probably derived from Hebrew דוד (dwd) meaning "beloved"... [more]

DAVOR   m   Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Possibly from an old Slavic exclamation expressing joy or sorrow.

DEJAN   m   Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian
Possibly derived from the South Slavic word dejati meaning "to act, to do"... [more]

DEJANA   f   Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Feminine form of DEJAN

DENIS   m   French, Russian, English, German, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Romanian, Croatian
From Denys or Denis, the medieval French forms of DIONYSIUS... [more]

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

DIMITRIJ   m   Slovene, Macedonian
Slovene and Macedonian form of DEMETRIUS

DOMEN   m   Slovene
Slovene form of DOMINIC

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

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

DOROTEJA   f   Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Slovene, Croatian and Serbian form of DOROTHEA

DRAGA   f   Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Feminine form of DRAGO

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

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

DRAGO   m   Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Derived from the Slavic element dorgu meaning "precious"... [more]

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

DRAGOSLAV   m   Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Derived from the Slavic elements dorgu meaning "precious" and slav "glory".

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

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

EDI   m   Slovene, Croatian
Slovene diminutive of EDVARD and a Croatian diminutive of EDUARD.

EDITA   f   Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Lithuanian
Cognate of EDITH

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

ELENA   f   Italian, Spanish, Bulgarian, Romanian, Macedonian, Croatian, Slovene, Lithuanian, Russian, Medieval Slavic
Cognate of HELEN, and a variant Russian transcription of YELENA.

ELIZABETA   f   Slovene, Croatian
Slovene and Croatian form of ELIZABETH

EMA   f   Spanish, Portuguese, Slovene, Czech, Slovak, Croatian
Cognate of EMMA

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

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

ERIK   m   Scandinavian, Finnish, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, German, Dutch, English
Cognate of ERIC... [more]

ERIKA   f   Scandinavian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Czech, Slovene, English
Feminine form of ERIK

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

EVA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Czech, Slovene, Bulgarian, Croatian, Macedonian, Russian, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Latin
Latinate form of EVE... [more]

FABIJAN   m   Croatian, Slovene
Croatian and Slovene form of Fabianus (see FABIAN).

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

FERDINAND   m   German, French, Dutch, Czech, Slovene, English, Ancient Germanic
From Ferdinando, the old Spanish form of a Germanic name composed of the elements farði "journey" and nanð "daring, brave"... [more]

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

FRAN   m & f   Spanish, English, Croatian, Slovene
Short form of FRANCIS, FRANCES or related names.

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 FRANČIŠKA

FRIDERIK   m   Slovene
Slovene form of FREDERICK

GAŠPER   m   Slovene
Slovene form of JASPER

GORAN   m   Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian
Means "mountain man", derived from South Slavic gora "mountain"... [more]

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, Slovak, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Slovene, Croatian, English, Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinate form of HELEN

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

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

HERMAN   m   English, Dutch, Scandinavian, Slovene, Ancient Germanic
Means "army man", derived from the Germanic elements hari "army" and man "man"... [more]

IDA   f   English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian, Slovene, Croatian, Ancient Germanic
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, Croatian, Macedonian
Russian form of Ingvarr (see INGVAR)... [more]

INES   f   Italian, Slovene, Croatian
Italian, Slovene and Croatian form of INÉS

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

IRMA   f   German, Hungarian, Finnish, Spanish, Italian, Slovene, English, Ancient Germanic
German short form of names beginning with the Germanic element ermen, which meant "whole, universal"... [more]

IVA   f   Czech, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian
Short form of IVANA

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

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

IVANKA   f   Czech, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian
Diminutive of IVANA

IZIDOR   m   Slovene
Slovene form of ISIDORE

JAKA   m   Slovene
Slovene form of JACOB (or JAMES).

JAKOB   m   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Slovene, Estonian, Croatian
Cognate of JACOB (or JAMES).

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

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

JANEZ   m   Slovene
Slovene form of JOHANNES

JANKO   m   Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Slovak
Diminutive of JANEZ or JÁN

JASMINA   f   Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian
Croatian, Serbian, Slovene and Macedonian form of JASMINE

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

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

JELENA   f   Latvian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Latvian, Croatian, Serbian and Slovene form of HELEN... [more]

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

JERNEJ   m   Slovene
Slovene form of BARTHOLOMEW

JOLANDA   f   Slovene, Croatian, Dutch
Slovene, Croatian and Dutch form of YOLANDA

JOSIP   m   Croatian, Slovene
Croatian and Slovene form of JOSEPH

JOŽE   m   Slovene
Slovene diminutive of JOSEPH

JOŽEF   m   Slovene
Slovene form of JOSEPH

JOŽEFA   f   Slovene
Slovene feminine form of JOSEPH

JOZEFA   f   Hungarian, Slovene
Hungarian and 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, Croatian, Macedonian
Slovene, Croatian and Macedonian form of JULIANA

JURE   m   Slovene, Croatian
Slovene and Croatian form of GEORGE

JURICA   m   Croatian, Slovene
Diminutive of JURAJ or JURIJ

JURIJ   m   Slovene
Slovene form of GEORGE

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

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

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

KARMEN   f   Slovene, Croatian
Slovene and Croatian form of CARMEN

KAROL   m   Polish, Slovak, Slovene
Polish, Slovak and Slovene form of KARL

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

KATARINA   f   German, Scandinavian, Hungarian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Cognate of KATHERINE

KATICA   f   Slovene, Croatian
Slovene and Croatian diminutive of KATHERINE

KATJA   f   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Slovene
German, Scandinavian, Dutch and Slovene form of KATYA

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

KLAVDIJA   f   Slovene
Slovene feminine form of CLAUDIUS

KLEMEN   m   Slovene
Slovene form of Clemens (see CLEMENT).

KLEMENTINA   f   Slovene, Croatian
Slovene and Croatian form of CLEMENTINA

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

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

KRISTINA   f   Scandinavian, Russian, German, Slovene, Czech, Lithuanian, Serbian, Croatian, English, Bulgarian
Cognate of CHRISTINA, and a Bulgarian variant of HRISTINA.

KRISTJAN   m   Estonian, Slovene
Estonian and Slovene form of CHRISTIAN

KRIŠTOF   m   Slovene, Slovak
Slovene and Slovak form of CHRISTOPHER

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