Bosnian Names

Bosnian names are used by the Bosniak people. For additional names, see Serbo-Croatian names, Arabic names and Turkish names.

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Abdulah m Bosnian
Bosnian form of Abd Allah.

Adin m Bosnian
Meaning unknown, possibly from Turkish ad meaning "name".

Admir m Bosnian, Albanian
Meaning uncertain. It might be a variant of Amir 1 or it could be derived from Latin admiror meaning "admire".

Adna f Bosnian
Feminine form of Adnan.

Adnan m Arabic, Turkish, Bosnian, Urdu
Means "settler" in Arabic. According to tradition, Adnan was an ancestor of the Prophet Muhammad and the northern Arabian tribes.

Afan m Bosnian
Bosnian form of Affan.

Ahmed m Turkish, Bosnian, Dhivehi, Bengali, Arabic, Urdu, Pashto
Variant of Ahmad. This was the name of three Ottoman sultans.

Aida f Arabic, Bosnian, Albanian, Literature
Variant of Ayda. This name was used in Verdi's opera Aida (1871), where it belongs to an Ethiopian princess held captive in Egypt.

Ajdin m Bosnian
Bosnian form of Aydın.

Ajla f Bosnian
Bosnian form of Ayla 2.

Ajna f Bosnian
Bosnian form of Aina 5.

Ajnur m Bosnian
Bosnian masculine form of Aynur.

Ajša f Bosnian
Bosnian form of Aisha.

Aldin m Bosnian
Bosnian form of Ala ad-Din.

Aldina 2 f Bosnian
Bosnian feminine form of Ala ad-Din.

Aleksandar m Bulgarian, Macedonian, Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian
Form of Alexander in several languages.

Alem m Bosnian
Bosnian form of Alim.

Ali 1 m Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Urdu, Pashto, Indonesian, Malay, Avar, Kazakh, Dhivehi, Albanian, Bosnian
Means "lofty, sublime" in Arabic. Ali ibn Abi Talib was a cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad and the fourth caliph to rule the Muslim world. His followers were the original Shia Muslims, who regard him as the first rightful caliph.... [more]

Alija m Bosnian
Bosnian form of Ali 1.

Alisa f Russian, Ukrainian, Bosnian, Finnish, Georgian
Form of Alice used in several languages.

Almir 2 m Bosnian
Bosnian form of Al-Amir.

Almira 2 f Bosnian
Bosnian feminine form of Al-Amir.

Amar 2 m Bosnian
Bosnian form of 'Ammar.

Amel 1 m Bosnian
Bosnian masculine form of Amal 1.

Amela f Bosnian
Bosnian feminine form of Amal 1.

Amina f Arabic, Bosnian, Tatar, Kazakh, Eastern African, Western African, Swahili, Hausa
Alternate transcription of Arabic Aminah 1 or Aminah 2, as well as the form in several other languages.

Amir 1 m Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Malay, Indonesian, Bosnian
Means "commander, prince" in Arabic. This was originally a title, which has come into English as the Arabic loanword emir.

Asja f Bosnian
Bosnian form of Asiya.

Azra f Arabic, Turkish, Bosnian, Persian, Urdu
Means "virgin" in Arabic.

Bakir m Bosnian
Bosnian form of Baqir.

Belma f Bosnian, Turkish
Meaning unknown.

Danis m Bosnian
Bosnian form of Danish.

Daris m Bosnian (Modern)
Meaning unknown, possibly from Arabic دارس (daris) meaning "studying, learning".

Davud m Persian, Azerbaijani, Bosnian
Persian, Azerbaijani and Bosnian form of David.

Demir m Turkish, Bosnian
Means "iron" in Turkish.

Džafer m Bosnian
Bosnian form of Jafar.

Džan m Bosnian
Bosnian form of Can.

Džana f Bosnian
Feminine form of Džan.

Džejla f Bosnian
Short form of Džejlana.

Džejlana f Bosnian
Bosnian form of Ceylan.

Dženita f Bosnian
From Bosnian dženet meaning "paradise, garden", derived from Arabic جنّة (jannah).

Ema 1 f Spanish, Portuguese, Slovene, Croatian, Bosnian, Czech, Slovak, Lithuanian
Form of Emma used in various languages.

Emin m Turkish, Azerbaijani, Bosnian
Turkish, Azerbaijani and Bosnian form of Amin.

Emina f Bosnian
Bosnian form of Aminah 2.

Emir m Turkish, Bosnian
Turkish form and Bosnian variant of Amir 1.

Emira f Bosnian
Bosnian form of Amirah.

Emrah m Turkish, Bosnian
Possibly a variant of Emre.

Enes m Turkish, Bosnian
Turkish and Bosnian form of Anis.

Enis m Turkish, Bosnian
Turkish and Bosnian form of Anis.

Enisa f Bosnian
Bosnian feminine form of Anis.

Enver m Turkish, Bosnian
Turkish and Bosnian form of Anwar.

Esma f Turkish, Bosnian
Turkish and Bosnian form of Asma.

Faris m Arabic, Bosnian
Means "horseman, knight" in Arabic.

Ferid m Bosnian
Bosnian form of Farid.

Hamza m Arabic, Turkish, Bosnian
Possibly derived from Arabic hamuza meaning "strong, steadfast". This was the name of the uncle of the Prophet Muhammad who was killed in battle.

Hana 1 f Arabic, Bosnian
Means "bliss, happiness" in Arabic.

Haris 1 m Bosnian, Urdu, Arabic
Bosnian and Urdu form of Harith, as well as an alternate transcription of the Arabic name.

Harun m Arabic, Turkish, Bosnian, Indonesian, Malay
Arabic form of Aaron. Harun al-Rashid was a 9th-century Abbasid caliph featured in the stories of The 1001 Nights.

Hatidža f Bosnian
Bosnian form of Khadija.

Husein m Bosnian
Bosnian form of Husayn.

Ibrahim m Arabic, Malay, Indonesian, Bosnian, Dhivehi, Albanian, Western African, Eastern African, Hausa, Swahili
Form of Abraham in several languages.

Ibro m Bosnian
Bosnian diminutive of Ibrahim.

Ilma 2 f Bosnian
Meaning unknown, possibly from Arabic عِلْم ('ilm) meaning "knowledge".

Ismet m Bosnian, Albanian
Bosnian and Albanian form of 'Ismat.

Izudin m Bosnian
Bosnian form of Izz ad-Din.

Jasmin 2 m Bosnian
Bosnian masculine form of Jasmine.

Jasmina f Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Slovene, Macedonian
Form of Jasmine in several languages.

Jusuf m Bosnian, Indonesian
Bosnian and Indonesian form of Yusuf.

Lamija f Bosnian
Bosnian form of Lamia 1.

Lejla f Bosnian
Bosnian form of Layla.

Mahir m Arabic, Turkish, Bosnian
Means "skilled" in Arabic.

Medina f Bosnian
Bosnian form of Madina.

Mehmed m Ottoman Turkish, Bosnian
Older form of Mehmet, as well as the Bosnian form. This was the name of six sultans of the Ottoman Empire, including Mehmed II the conqueror of Constantinople.

Melisa f Spanish, Bosnian, Turkish
Spanish, Bosnian and Turkish form of Melissa.

Mensur m Bosnian
Bosnian form of Mansur.

Merjem f Bosnian
Bosnian form of Miriam (see Mary).

Merjema f Bosnian
Bosnian variant form of Miriam (see Mary).

Mirsad m Bosnian
Meaning unknown, possibly derived from Arabic meaning "watchtower" or Persian meaning "ambush".

Mirsada f Bosnian
Feminine form of Mirsad.

Mirza m Persian, Arabic, Bosnian
Means "prince" from Persian میرزا (mirza), earlier امیرزاده (amirzadeh), which is ultimately from Arabic أمير (amir) meaning "commander" combined with Persian زاده (zadeh) meaning "offspring".

Muhamed m Bosnian
Bosnian form of Muhammad.

Mujo m Bosnian
Bosnian diminutive of Mustafa.

Murat m Turkish, Bosnian
Turkish and Bosnian form of Murad.

Mustafa m Arabic, Turkish, Bosnian, Urdu
Means "the chosen one" in Arabic, an epithet of Muhammad. This was the name of four Ottoman sultans. Another famous bearer was Mustafa Kemal (1881-1938), also known as Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey.

Nedim m Turkish, Bosnian
Turkish and Bosnian form of Nadim.

Nejla 2 f Bosnian
Bosnian form of Naila.

Nermin m & f Bosnian, Turkish, Arabic (Egyptian)
From Persian نرم (narm) meaning "soft, gentle". It is typically masculine in Bosnian, and feminine in Turkish and Arabic.

Nermina f Bosnian
Bosnian feminine form of Nermin.

Sabahudin m Bosnian
Bosnian form of Sabah ad-Din.

Šaban m Bosnian, Macedonian
Bosnian and Macedonian form of Shaban.

Sajra f Bosnian
Bosnian form of Saira.

Salih m Arabic, Turkish, Bosnian
Means "virtuous" in Arabic. According to the Quran this was the name of an early Arabian prophet.

Sara f Greek, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Romanian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Finnish, German, French, Dutch, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Polish, English, Hebrew, Arabic, Persian, Bosnian, Biblical Greek
Form of Sarah used in various languages.

Sead m Bosnian
Bosnian form of Sa'id.

Sejad m Bosnian
Bosnian form of Sa'id.

Skender m Bosnian
Short form of Aleksandar.

Suad f & m Arabic, Bosnian, Albanian
Alternate transcription of Arabic سعاد (see Su'ad). In Bosnia and Albania it is typically masculine.

Suada f Bosnian, Albanian
Bosnian and Albanian form of Su'ad.

Suljo m Bosnian
Bosnian diminutive of Süleyman.

Sumeja f Bosnian
Bosnian form of Sumayya.

Tahir m Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Azerbaijani, Bosnian
Means "virtuous, pure, chaste" in Arabic.

Tajra f Bosnian
Possibly from Arabic طائر (ta'ir) meaning "bird".

Tarik m Bosnian, Arabic
Bosnian form of Tariq. It is also an alternate transcription of the Arabic name.

Vedad m Bosnian
Bosnian masculine form of Widad.

Zejd m Bosnian
Bosnian form of Zayd.

Zejneb f Bosnian
Bosnian form of Zaynab.

Zerina f Bosnian
Bosnian form of Zarina.

Zlatan m Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Slovene
Means "golden", a derivative of the Slavic word zlato "gold".

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