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Vilenka f Croatian (Rare)
Very rare name in Croatia, exclusively for women and most commonly used in the coastal region. Meaning uncertain, possibly coming from the mythological creature ''Vila'' (Slavic fae).

Vilibald m Croatian, Czech, Slovene
Variant of Willibald.

Vilin m Croatian (Rare)
Male form of Vilina.

Vilina f Russian, Bulgarian, Croatian (Rare)
Derived from the Slavic element vila meaning "fairy".

Vilotije m Serbian (Rare)
Serbian form of Philotheos.

Vilson m Brazilian, Albanian, Croatian (Rare)
Variant of Wilson.

Vina m Croatian
Diminutive of Vinko.

Vincencija Винцеција f Slovene, Serbian, Croatian
Croatian, Serbian, and Slovene feminine form of Vincent.

Vincencije m Croatian (Rare)
Croatian form of Vincent.

Vincenta f Lithuanian, Croatian
Lithuanian and Croatian feminine form of Vincent.

Virdžinija f Serbian (Rare), Macedonian (Rare)
Form of Virginia.

Visarion Висарион m Bulgarian, Croatian, Romanian, Serbian
Bulgarian, Croatian, Romanian and Serbian form of Bessarion via Vissarion. Bearers of this name include Romanian metropolitan bishop Visarion Puiu (1879-1964) and Serbian metropolitan bishop Visarion Ljubiša (1823-1884).

Vitka f Croatian, Slovene, Bulgarian
Diminutive of Vita 1.

Vitomira Витомира f Croatian (Rare), Serbian, Slovene, Medieval Slavic
Feminine form of Vitomir.

Vitoslav m Croatian (Rare)
Croatian form of Vítězslav.

Vitoslava f Croatian (Rare), Slovene (Rare)
Feminine form of Vitoslav.

Vivijana f Slovene (Rare), Croatian (Rare)
Slovene and Croatian form of Viviana.

Vjenceslav m Croatian
Croatian form of Wenceslas

Vjenceslava f Czech, Croatian (Rare)
Feminine form of Václav.

Vjeran m Croatian
Means "faithful".

Vjerka f Croatian
Diminutive of Vjera.

Vlada Влада f & m Russian, Ukrainian, Serbian, Croatian
Feminine form of Vlad and a female and male short form of names starting with this element, like Vladimira, Vladimir, Vladan or Vladislava.

Vlade Владе m Serbian

Vladek m Czech, Croatian
Diminutive of Vlado.

Vladeta Владета m Serbian
Derived from the Slavic element vladati, meaning "to rule". A famous bearer is Vladeta Jerotić, Serbian writer, psychiatrist, Jungian psychologist and erudite.

Vladica f & m Serbian, Croatian (Rare)
Diminutive of Vlad and Vlada.

Vladko m Croatian, Bulgarian, Slovene
Variant of Vlatko.

Vlajka Влајка f Serbian
Feminine form of Vlajko.

Vlajko Влајко m Serbian, Croatian
Short form of Vladimir.

Vlatkica f Croatian
Diminutive form of Vlatka.

Voja m Serbian, Croatian
Short from of names containing the element voj, like Milivoj, Vojislav.

Vojimir m Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Variant form of Vojmir

Vojimira f Slovene, Croatian
Feminine form of Vojimir.

Vojin Војин m Serbian
Derived from the Slavic element voi or voin, meaning "soldier". Vojvoda (Duke) Vojin, also known as Vojin of Gacko was 14th century Serbian magnate and nobleman, founder of Vojinović noble family.

Vojka f Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Feminine form of Vojko.

Vojkan Војкан m Serbian (Rare)
Derived from the Slavic element voi meaning "soldier". Also used as a short from of Vojislav.

Vojko m Croatian, Slovene
Derived from the Slavic element voi meaning "soldier".

Vojmir m Croatian, Slovene
Derived from the Slavic elements voi "soldier" and mir meaning "peace" or "world"..

Vojmira f Croatian, Slovene
Feminine form of Vojmir.

Vojnomir m Croatian, Slovene
Means "war and peace", derived from Slavic vojna meaning "war" combined with Slavic mir meaning "peace".

Volfgang m Croatian (Rare), Czech (Rare)
Croatian and Czech form of Wolfgang.

Volimir m Bulgarian, Croatian, Russian, Ukrainian
Means "peaceful will", derived from Proto-Slavic volja "will, volition" combined with Slavic mir "peace".

Volislav Волислав m Russian, Serbian
Means "glorious will", derived from Proto-Slavic volja "will, volition" combined with Slavic slav "glory".

Vona f English (Rare), Croatian (Rare, ?)
In Croatia, this name is allegedly a short form of Ivona.... [more]

Vonka f Croatian
Diminutive of Ivona.

Vucinna m Montenegrin (Archaic)
Recorded in Montenegro in the early 1600s.

Vucus m Montenegrin (Archaic)
Recorded in Montenegro in the early 1600s.

Vujadin Вујадин m Serbian
One of the many Serbian names derived from the element vuk, meaning "wolf". ... [more]

Vukadin m Serbian
Derived from Serbian vuk "wolf".

Vukan Вукан m Serbian, Croatian (Rare)
Derived from South Slavic vuk "wolf".

Vukana f Croatian (Rare), Serbian (Rare)
Feminine form of Vukan.

Vukica f Serbian
Feminine form of Vuk.

Vukmir Вукмир m Serbian (Rare)
Derived from the elements vuk meaning"wolf" and mir meaning "peace".

Vukomir Вукомир m Croatian, Serbian
The first element of this name is derived from Serbo-Croatian vuk "wolf", which is ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic vьlkъ "wolf". The second element is derived from Slavic mir "peace"... [more]

Vukosav m Serbian, Croatian (Rare)
Variant of Vukoslav.

Vukosava f Serbian, Croatian (Rare)
Feminine form of Vukosav.

Vukoslav Вукослав m Croatian, Serbian
The first element of this name is derived from Serbo-Croatian vuk "wolf", which is ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic vьlkъ "wolf". The second element is derived from Slavic slav "glory"... [more]

Vukoslava f Serbian, Croatian (Rare)
Feminine form of Vukoslav.

Vukota Вукота m Serbian (Rare)
One of the numerous masculine Serbian names derived from vuk, meaning "wolf".

Vuksan Вуксан m Serbian
Diminutive or Vukoslav or elaborated form of Vuk.

Wuk Вук m Serbian (Latinized, Archaic)
Rare German rendering of the Serbian name Vuk (using an obsolete transliteration from the Cyrillic alphabet).

Yarilo Јарило m Russian (Rare, Archaic), Slavic Mythology, Serbian (Rare, Archaic), Polish (Rare, Archaic), Belarusian
Yarilo is a Slavic god of vegetation, fertility and spring.

Žac m Croatian
Short form of Željko.

Zaga Зага f Serbian, Croatian
Croatian and Serbian diminutive of Zagorka.

Zagorka Загорка f Serbian (Rare), Croatian (Rare)
From Croatian and Serbian загорје (zagorye) meaning "up behind the mountains, plains". It may also designate an inhabitant of Hrvatsko Zagorje, an area of Croatia.

Zaharija Захарија m Croatian, Serbian
A form of Zachariah.

Zaharije Захарије m Serbian (Rare)
Serbian form of Zechariah.

Zaim m Arabic, Bosnian, Albanian, Malay
Means "leader" in Arabic.

Zakarija m Croatian
Croatian form of Zechariah.

Zana Зана f Croatian, Bosnian, Serbian, Kashubian
Croatian, Serbian and Bosnian short form of Suzana and Kashubian short form of Zuzana.

Žarana f Serbian, Croatian (Rare)
A Serbo-Croatian name meaning "early", "from an early age" or "premature". A notable name bearer is Žarana Papić (1949-2002), an influential Serbian social anthropologist and feminist theorist. This name shares a similar spelling with the Sanskrit name Zarana, but holds a distinctly different meaning.

Zarije m Serbian, Croatian
Form of Zaharija.

Žarka f Croatian (Rare)
Feminine form of Žarko.

Zavid Завид m Serbian (Rare, Archaic)
From zavist ''envy'', variant of Zavida.

Zavida Завида m Medieval Serbian, Serbian (Archaic)
Derived from the verb zavideti, meaning "to envy". ... [more]

Zaviša Завиша m Serbian (Rare)
Derived from the old name Zavida, which itself was derived from the verb zavideti, meaning "to envy". It was once used to divert evil forces from a child, since it was believed it would prevent envy towards the child.

Zdeslava f Medieval Czech, Croatian (Rare)
Feminine form of Zdeslav.

Zdravislav m Bulgarian, Croatian
Variant of Zdravoslav.

Zdravomir Здравомир m Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian
The first element of this name is derived from Bulgarian zdráve or Serbo-Croatian zdravlje "health", which is ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic sъdorvъ "healthy". The second element is derived from either Slavic mir "peace" or Slavic mer "great, famous".

Zećir m Bosnian
Variant of Zekir.

Zećira f Bosnian (Rare)
Feminine form of Zećir.... [more]

Zeineb f Arabic (Maghrebi), Bosnian (Rare)
Bosnian variant of Zejneb and Maghrebi (chiefly Tunisian) variant of Zaynab.

Zejna f Bosnian
Bosnian form of Zaina.

Zejneba f Bosnian
Bosnian form of Zaynab.

Zekija f Bosnian
Bosnian variant of Zekiye.

Želidrag Желидраг m Serbian (Rare)
Derived from the elements želeti ("to wish, to desire") and drag ("dear, precious"), meaning "wished-for and dear".

Želimira Желимира f Serbian, Croatian
Feminine form of Želimir.

Želimirka Желимирка f Serbian (Rare), Croatian (Rare)
Feminine form of Želimir.

Želisav Желисав m Serbian (Rare)
From Serbian желети (želeti) meaning "to wish" and сав (sav) meaning "whole" or "all".

Želisava Желисава f Serbian (Rare)
Feminine form of Želisav.

Željan m Croatian
Derived from South Slavic želja meaning "desire".

Željana f Croatian, Serbian
Feminine form of Željan.

Zemina f Bosnian, Slovak, Slovene
Variant of Žemyna.

Zemka f Bosnian (Rare)
Diminutive of Zemira or Azema.

Ženja m & f Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian
Southern Slavic form of Zhenya.

Zenja f Bosnian
Hypocoristic form of Zejneb or Zenobia.... [more]

Zenobija Зенобија f Croatian (Rare), Serbian (Rare)
Serbian and Croatian form of Zenobia.... [more]

Žeraldina f Croatian (Rare)
Variant of Geraldine.

Zijad m Bosnian
Bosnian form of Ziyad.

Zijada f Bosnian
Bosnian feminine form of Ziyad.

Zijo m Bosnian
Bosnian form of Ziya.

Zijona f Bosnian (Archaic), Medieval Jewish (Rare)
Variant of Ziona.

Zimana Зимана f Serbian
From the Serbian зима (zima) meaning "winter".

Zinaid m Bosnian
Masculine form of Zinaida.

Zinedin m Bosnian
Variant of Zinedine.

Zineta f Bosnian
Bosnian form of Ziynet.

Zinka f Croatian
Croatian variant of Zrinka, or a diminutive of names ending in -zina.

Žitomir Житомир m Croatian, Serbian
Means "to live in peace", derived from Proto-Slavic žiti "to live" combined with Slavic mir "peace". In other words, this name is more or less the Croatian and Serbian cognate of the Polish name Życiomierz.

Živadin m Serbian
Derived from the Slavic word живъ (zhivu) meaning "living".

Živadinka Живадинка f Serbian
Feminine form of Živadin.

Živan Живан m Slovak, Serbian
Masculine form of Živa.

Živana Живана f Slovak, Czech (Rare), Macedonian, Serbian
Variant of Živa and Zivena.

Živojin Живојин m Serbian
Derived from the Slavic word живъ ( zhivu ) meaning "living".

Živoljub Живољуб m Serbian
Derived from the elements živ, meaning "alive, living, vivacious" and ljub meaning "love" or "loved".

Živomir Живомир m Croatian, Serbian
The first element of this name is derived from the Serbo-Croatian adjective živ "alive, live, living", which is ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic živъ "live, alive". Also compare the Serbo-Croatian noun život "life, living, lifetime"... [more]

Života Живота m Serbian
Derived from the Serbian živ, meaning "alive, living, vivacious".

Životije Животије m Serbian, Croatian (Rare)
From Serbian живот (život) meaning "life".

Zlatana Златана f Croatian, Serbian
Feminine form of Zlatan.

Zlatibor m Serbian (Rare), Croatian (Rare)
From the Slavic elements zlato "gold" and bor "battle". This is the name of a mountain in Serbia.

Zlatimir Златимир m Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian
Variant of Zlatomir.

Zlatimira Златимира f Bulgarian, Serbian
Feminine form of Zlatimir.

Zlatoje Златоје m Serbian (Rare), Croatian (Rare)
Derived from zlato, the Slavic word for "gold", meaning "golden, like gold".

Zlatomir Златомир m Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian (Rare), Slovene (Rare)
Derived from Slavic zlato "gold" combined with Slavic mir "peace".

Zlatomira Златомира f Bulgarian, Serbian
Feminine form of Zlatomir.

Zoil m Catalan, Basque, Croatian, Polish, Russian
Basque, Catalan, Croatian, Polish and Russian form of Zoilus.

Zoki m Croatian
Diminutive form of Zoran.

Zoranka Зоранка f Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian
Feminine form of Zoran.

Zorina f Croatian (Rare), Moldovan
Derived from Zora.

Zorislav Зорислав m Croatian, Serbian
Derived from Serbo-Croatian zora "dawn, aurora" combined with Slavic slav "glory".

Zorislava Зорислава f Serbian (Rare), Slovene (Rare), Ukrainian (Rare)
Feminine form of Zorislav.

Zorko m Croatian, Slovene
Derived from zora which means "dawn".

Zoro Зоро m Serbian (Rare)
Diminutive or short form of Zoran.

Zoroslav Зорослав m Croatian, Serbian
Variant of Zorislav.

Zosim Зосим m Bulgarian, Croatian, Russian (Rare), Serbian, Slovene, Ukrainian
Bulgarian, Croatian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene and Ukrainian form of Zosimos (see Zosimus).

Zrina f Croatian (Rare)
Derived from Zrinka.

Zrinjka f Croatian (Rare)
Variant of Zrinka.

Zubejda f Bosnian
Bosnian form of Zubaida.

Žubora Жубора f Serbian
From Serbian жубор (žubor) meaning "rushing sound of water", "burble".

Zulejha f Bosnian
Bosnian form of Zuleika.

Zulejka f Hungarian (Rare), Croatian (Rare), Bosnian (Rare)
Cognate of Zuleika.

Zulfija f Bosnian
Bosnian form of Zulfiya.

Zumreta f Bosnian
Bosnian variant of Zümra.

Zumruta f Bosnian (Rare)
Bosnian form of Zumrut.

Žuva f Croatian (Rare)
It is a Dalmatian dialectical form of the Venetian Zuana or a Croatian form of Junia.

Žuža f Croatian (Rare)
Croatian form of Zsuzsa.

Žuži f Croatian (Rare)
Croatian form of Zsuzsi.