Goran

Gender Masculine
Usage Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian, Bulgarian (Rare)
Scripts Горан(Serbian, Macedonian, Bulgarian)
Pronounced Pron. GO-ran(Croatian, Serbian)  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

Means "mountain man", derived from South Slavic gora meaning "mountain". It was popularized by the Croatian poet Ivan Goran Kovačić (1913-1943), who got his middle name because of the mountain town where he was born.

Related Names

Feminine FormsGoranka(Croatian) Goranka(Serbian) Gorica(Macedonian)
Surname DescendantGoranov(Bulgarian)
Same SpellingGöran, Gøran
User SubmissionGorán

Popularity

People think this name is

mature   formal   natural   wholesome   strong   rough   strange   serious  

Name Days

Croatia: February 5
Croatia: February 24
Croatia: March 26
Croatia: July 7

Categories

chess Grandmasters, earth, isograms, landforms, mountain, poets, rare Bulgarian, saints, world leaders
Entry updated April 16, 2019