South Slavic Submitted Names

Lipa f Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Russian, Ukrainian
It comes from the Slavic name for the linden tree Lipa (Липа) originally came from the Greek word "Lipos" (λίπος) meaning: "fat, thick". And a shorter form of the Russian and Ukrainian name Olimpiada as well.

Lira f Croatian (Rare)
From the name of the musical instrument lira (from Latin lira, from Ancient Greek λύρα (lúra)), called "lyre" in English.

Liubena f Bulgarian
Variant transcription of Любена (see Lyubena).

Livija f Slovene, Lithuanian
Slovene and Lithuanian form of Livia 1.

Livijan m Croatian
Croatian form of Livianus.

Livijana f Slovene, Croatian
Variant of Liviana.

Livije m Croatian
Croatian form of Livius.

Liviy m Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian
Bulgarian, Russian and Ukrainian form of Livius (see Livy 1).

Liviya f Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian
Bulgarian, Russian and Ukrainian form of Livia 1.

Livjana f Slovene
Variant of Livijana.

Lizika f Slovene
Originally a diminutive of Liza, used as a given name in its own right.

Lizimah m Bosnian, Croatian
Bosnian and Croatian form of Lysimachus.

Lizinka f Russian, Croatian, Theatre
Diminutive of Yelizaveta. This was the title character of an opera by Croatian composer Ivan Zajc, Lizinka (1878).

Lizip m Croatian, Slovene
Croatian and Slovene form of Lysippos via its latinized form Lysippus.

Ljubčo m Macedonian, Bulgarian

Ljubdrag m Croatian (Rare)
Derived from the Slavic elements lyuby "love" and dragu meaning "precious".

Ljubena f Bulgarian
Variant transcription of Любена (see Lyubena).

Ljubenka f Croatian (Rare), Serbian (Rare)
Feminine form of Ljubenko.

Ljubenko m Croatian (Rare), Serbian (Rare)
From the Slavic element lyuby "love".

Ljubina f Serbian
From the Slavic element lyuby meaning "love".

Ljubinko m Croatian, Serbian
Male form of Ljubinka.

Ljubislava f Slovene
Feminine form of Ljubislav.

Ljubka f Bulgarian
Variant transcription of Любка (see Lyubka).

Ljubomira f Croatian, Slovene
Feminine form of Ljubomir.

Ljuboslava f Slovene
Feminine form of Ljuboslav.

Ljuboslaw m Bulgarian
Variant transcription of Любослав (see Lyuboslav).

Ljubuša f Croatian, Serbian
Croatian and Serbian form of Libuše.

Ljupka f Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian
Derived from Slavic ljupko, ljupka, meaning "delightful, gracefully".

Lobel m Croatian (Rare), Slavic Mythology
An old Croatian name of unknown meaning.... [more]

Lojska f Slovene
Variant feminine form of Aloysius.

Lojza f Croatian (Rare)
Short form of Alojzija.

Lojzka f Slovene
Originally a diminutive of Alojzija, now used as a given name in its own right.

Lordan m Croatian
Either a masculine form of Loredana or derived from the English word lord.

Lorena f Galician, Slovene
Variant of Lorina.

Loreta f Slovene
Slovene form of Loretta.

Lorija f Croatian (Rare), Macedonian (Rare)
Variant of Loria.

Lorijana f Slovene, Croatian (Rare)
Slovene and Croatian form of Loriana.

Lorina f English (Rare), Italian (Rare), Romanian (Rare), Albanian, Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare), Hungarian, Croatian, Romani (Archaic)
Italian elaboration of Lora and variant of Laurina as well as a Scandinavian feminine form of Lorens... [more]

Lota f Croatian, Slovene, Estonian
Croatian and Slovene form and Estonian variant of Lotta.

Loti f Slovene, Bosnian
Diminutive of Karla.

Lovor m Serbian
Serbian name for the Laurus nobilis tree, known in English as bay tree or laurel.

Lovorko m Croatian (Rare)
Male form of Lovorka.

Lovrek m Croatian
Nickname for Lovro.

Lovren m Croatian
Croatian form of Lovrenc.

Lovrenac m Croatian (Rare)
Croatian form of Lovrenc.

Lovrencija f Slovene
Feminine form of Lovrenc.

Lovrenko m Croatian (Rare)
Diminutive form of Lovrenac.

Lozan m Serbian (Rare)
From the word "лоза" (loza), which means "vine", especially grapevines.... [more]

Lozana f Bulgarian

Lozenka f Macedonian (Rare)

Lozko m Bulgarian
Meaning uncertain.

Lubena f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Luben.

Lubka f Bulgarian
Variant transcription of Любка (see Lyubka).

Lubomira f Polish, Bulgarian
Feminine form of Lubomir.

Lučana f Slovene
Slovene borrowing of Italian Luciana.

Lučano m Slovene
Slovene form of Luciano.

Luchiya f Bulgarian, Russian
Bulgarian and Russian form of Lucia.

Lučiano m Croatian (Rare)
Croatian form of Luciano.

Lucijana f Croatian, Slovene
Croatian and Slovene form of Luciana.

Lucijano m Croatian
Croatian spelling of Luciano.

Lucije m Croatian
Croatian form of Lucius.

Lucika f Slovene
Diminutive form of Lucija.

Lučka f Slovene
Diminutive of Lucija, used as a given name in its own right.

Ludovik m Croatian
Croatian form of Ludwig.

Ludovika f German (Rare), Hungarian, Slovene
German feminine form of Ludwig via the Latinization Ludovicus as well as a Hungarian borrowing of this name and the Slovene feminine form of Ludvik... [more]

Ludvika f Czech, Slovene
Czech feminine form of Ludvík and Slovene feminine form of Ludvik.

Lugomir m Croatian, Serbian
The first element of this name is possibly derived from Russian lug "meadow". Also compare modern Polish łąka, Czech louka and Slovak lúka, all of which also mean "meadow"... [more]

Lujo m Croatian (Rare)
Croatian form of Louis.

Lukan m Croatian (Rare), German, Polish, Russian
Croatian, German, Polish and Russian form of Lucanus (see Lucan).

Lukrecija f Croatian, Lithuanian
Croatian and Lithuanian form of Lucretia.

Lukrecije m Croatian
Croatian form of Lucretius.

Lukretsiya f Bulgarian (Rare), Russian (Rare), Ukrainian (Rare)
Bulgarian, Russian and Ukrainian form of Lucretia.

Lukša m Croatian
Diminutive of Luka.

Lunći f Bosnian (Archaic)
Diminutive of Luna.

Lunči f Bosnian (Archaic)
Variant of Lunći.

Lunčika f Bosnian (Archaic)
Diminutive of Lunči.

Lunika f Judeo-Spanish, Bosnian (Archaic)
Diminutive of Luna.

Lup m Bulgarian (Archaic), Medieval Romanian, Russian (Archaic), Serbian (Archaic)
Bulgarian, Romanian, Russian and Serbian form of Lupus (see Loup).

Lurda f Croatian

Lusianna f Bulgarian (Rare)

Luska f Slovene (Rare)

Lutsiy m Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian
Bulgarian, Russian and Ukrainian form of Lucius. Also compare Lukiy and Lyutsiy.

Lutsiya f Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian
Bulgarian, Russian and Ukrainian form of Lucia. Also compare Lukiya and Lyutsiya.

Lyubena f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Lyuben.

Lyubka f Bulgarian
Short form of names beginning with the element Lyub-, such as Lyubomira.

Lyubomira f Bulgarian
Feminine form of Lyubomir.

Lyuboslav m Bulgarian
Cognate of Ľuboslav.

Lyusi m & f Bulgarian
Nickname for Lyudmil and Lyudmila.

Maca f Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Diminutive of Marija, used as a given name in its own right.

Mada f Croatian, Spanish, Portuguese
Diminutive of Magdalena.

Madlen f Croatian (Rare), German (Rare), Bulgarian, Medieval German, Alsatian, Hungarian, Welsh
Bulgarian, Croatian, Alsatian, and German variant of Madeleine as well as a Hungarian borrowing of this name as well as a medieval German contracted and the Welsh regular form of Magdalena.

Madlena f Bulgarian, Croatian, Georgian, German, Serbian, Sorbian, Romansh
Bulgarian, Croatian, German and Serbian variant of Magdalena as well as the standard Sorbian and Romansh form of the name.... [more]

Magica f Croatian
Diminutive of Magdalena or Margareta.

Mai m Slovene
Variant of Maj 1.

Maid m Bosnian
Variant of Majid.

Maida f Pakistani (Rare), Arabic, Bosnian (Rare)
Feminine form of Maid.

Majda f Arabic, Bosnian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
Feminine form of Majid.

Majdalena f Czech (Rare), Slovene (Archaic)
Variant of Magdalena.

Majdica f Slovene
Originally a diminutive of Majda, used as a given name in its own right.

Majdka f Slovene
Diminutive of Majda.

Majkl m Croatian (Rare), Slovene (Rare), Czech (Rare), Serbian (Rare), Macedonian (Rare)
Variant spelling of Michael, reflecting the English pronunciation.

Majorijan m Croatian, Serbian
Croatian and Serbian form of Majorian.

Majra f Bosnian

Mak m Bosnian, Croatian
Male flower name, equivalent of English Poppy. Famous bearer is Bosnian poet Mak Dizdar.... [more]

Makarije m Croatian, Serbian
Croatian and Serbian form of Makarios via Macarius.

Maki m Macedonian, Serbian
A Serbian and Macedonian diminutive for a variety of names starting with M. Most commonly Marjan 2, Marko, Mihail and Maksim.

Maklen m Serbian
The Serbian name of the Acer monspessulanum, the Montpellier maple, a species of maple native to the Mediterranean region from Morocco and Portugal in the west, to Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel in the east, and north to the Jura Mountains in France and the Eifel in Germany.

Makrida f Russian (Rare), Serbian (Rare)
Russian and Serbian form of Macris.

Makrin m Croatian, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian
Croatian, Russian, Serbian and Ukrainian form of Macrinus.

Makrina f German, Russian, Serbian, Greek, Banat Swabian, Hungarian
German, Greek, Russian, Hungarian and Serbian form of Macrina.

Maksa f Slovene
Short form of Maksimiljana.

Maksencije m Croatian
Croatian form of Maxentius.

Maksima f Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Cognate of Maxima.

Maksimian m Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian
Bulgarian, Russian and Ukrainian form of Maximian.

Maksimijan m Croatian, Serbian
Croatian and Serbian form of Maximian.

Maksimilijana f Slovene
Slovene form of Maximiliana.

Maksimiljan m Slovene
Variant form of Maximilian.

Maksimiljana f Slovene
Slovene form of Maximiliana.

Maksimin m Bulgarian, Croatian, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian
Bulgarian, Croatian, Russian, Serbian and Ukrainian form of Maximinus (see Maximino).

Malahija m Croatian
Croatian form of Malachi.... [more]

Malčika f Slovene
Diminutive of Amalija, occasionally used as a given name in its own right.

Malena f Bulgarian
Variant of Malina 2.

Malija f Croatian (Rare, Archaic), Slovene (Rare, Archaic)
Hypocoristic of Amalija.

Malin m Bulgarian
Backformation from Malina 2.

Mališa m Serbian (Rare)
Derived from the adjective mali, meaning "little, tiny one".

Malka f Slovene
Diminutive of Amalija, occasionally used as a given name in its own right.

Mancho m Bulgarian

Mancika f Slovene
Diminutive of Manca, occasionally used as a given name in its own right.

Mandolina f Croatian (Rare)
From the name of the musical instrument, called mandolin in English.

Manduša f Serbian, Croatian
Further diminutive of Manda.

Mani f & m English, Croatian, Spanish
Diminutives of names beginning with Man-

Manica f Slovene
Originally a diminutive of Marija, used as a given name in its own right.

Manja f Slovene
Originally a diminutive of Marija, used as a given name in its own right.

Manjana f Slovene (Rare)
Elaboration of Manja.

Manjaša f Slovene
Elaboration of Manja.

Manjula f Slovene (Rare)
Diminutive of Marija.

Mankica f Slovene
Diminutive of Marija.

Manko m Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian
Diminutive of Emmanuel.

Manojlo m Serbian
Serbian variant of Emanuel.

Manol m Bulgarian, Albanian

Manuil m Romanian (Archaic), Moldovan (Rare), Bulgarian, Russian (Rare), Ukrainian (Rare)
Truncated form of Emmanuil.

Marac m Croatian (Rare)
Rare Croatian nickname for male names starting with Mar-, like Mario, Marko, etc.

Marajka f Slovene
Diminutive of Marija.

Marčela f Slovene
Variant of Marcela.

Marcija f Slovene (Rare), Croatian (Rare)
Slovene and Croatian form of Marcia.

Marcijan m Croatian
Croatian form of Marcian.

Marcijana f Croatian (Rare)
Croatian form of Marciana.

Mardarije m Serbian (Rare)
Variant of Mardarius.

Marea f English, Croatian (Rare)
Variant of Maria.

Marenka f Russian, Slovene
Russian diminutive form of Mariya and Marya and Slovene diminutive of Marija.

Margerita f Maltese, Polish, Slovene, Romansh
Maltese and Romansh form and Polish and Slovene variant of Margaret.

Mariča f Slovene
Variant of Marica.

Marička f Slovene
Diminutive of Mariča, occasionally used as a given name in its own right.

Mariena f Slovene
Latinized form of Marienne.

Marienka f Slovene
Diminutive of Mariena.

Marieta f Spanish (Rare), Romanian (Rare), Bulgarian, Armenian, Afrikaans, Polish (Rare), Latvian (Rare), Slovene, Croatian, Lengadocian, Provençal, Gascon, Albanian
Cognate of Marietta.

Marijanca f Slovene
Diminutive of Marijana, used as a given name in its own right.

Marije m Croatian
Croatian form of Marius.

Marijela f Croatian, Slovene, Serbian
Cognate of Mariella.

Marika f Bulgarian
Variant transcription of Марийка (see Mariyka).

Mariora f Serbian, Croatian (Rare)
Serbian and Croatian elaborated form of Maria.

Mariša f Slovene
Variant of Marisa.

Marisa f Romanian (Rare), Slovene (Rare)
Originally a Romanian diminutive of Maria, now occasionally used as a given name in its own right (no doubt influenced by Italian and Spanish Marisa).

Mariza f Slovene (Rare)
Diminutive of Marija.

Marizela f Slovene

Marjanca f Slovene
Originally a diminutive of Marjana, used as a given name in its own right.

Marjanka f Slovene
Diminutive of Marjana, occasionally used as a given name in its own right.

Marjetica f Slovene
Originally a diminutive of Marjeta, used as a given name in its own right.

Marjetka f Slovene
Originally a diminutive of Marjeta, used as a given name in its own right.

Marka f English (Rare), Croatian (Rare)
Croatian feminine form of Marko or a diminutive form of Mara 2.

Markelj m Slovene
Derivitave of Marko.

Markian m German, Slovene
German and Slovene form of Marcian.

Markica m Croatian (Rare)
Diminutive form of Marko.

Marlenka f Slovene
Diminutive of Marlena, occasionally used as a given name in its own right.

Maro m Croatian
Croatian form of Marius or Marianus.

Maroje m Croatian
Variant of Maro.

Marša f Slovene, Croatian (Modern, Rare)

Marsel m Slovene, Tatar, Albanian, Croatian
Cognate of Marcel; in the case of Tatar usage, it is inspired by the name of Marcel Cachin (1869–1958), a French politician.

Marsela f Albanian, Croatian
Feminine form of Marsel. Albanian folk etymology likes to derive this name from Albanian mars "(the month of) March", popularly interpreted to mean "March child; born in March".

Martinijan m Croatian, Serbian
Croatian and Serbian form of Martinian.

Martinka f Slovene, Hungarian
Diminutive of Martina, occasionally used as a given name in its own right.

Maruška f Croatian, Czech, Slovak, Slovene
Croatian, Czech, Slovak and Slovene form of Marushka. Also compare Maruša.

Mašenka f Slovene, Croatian
Feminine diminutive form of Maša.

Masimo m Croatian (Rare)
Variant of Massimo.

Mata m Croatian
Short form of Mateo, Matej or Matija in some parts of Croatia.

Mateas m Swedish (Rare), German (Bessarabian), Croatian (Rare)
Variant of Matthias.

Matejka f Slovene
Diminutive of Mateja 1, occasionally used as a given name in its own right.

Matek m Croatian
Diminutive of Mato.

Matusal m Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of Methuselah via its latinized form Mathusalem.

Mauricij m Croatian (Rare)
Croatian form of Mauritius and Mauricius.

Mauricije m Croatian (Rare)
Croatian form of Mauritius and Mauricius.

Mauzol m Croatian
Croatian form of Mausolus.

Mavricija f Slovene
Feminine form of Mavricij.

Mavrikiy m Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian
Bulgarian, Russian and Ukrainian form of Mauritius via Mauricius. A bearer of this name was Mavrikiy Slepnyov (1896-1965), a Soviet polar aviator.

Mavro m Croatian
Croatian form of Mauro.

Maya f Bulgarian
Bulgarian variant of Maja 2.

Medard m Dutch (Rare), German (Rare), Polish, Slovak, Slovene, Lengadocian, Provençal, Gascon
Dutch, German, Occitan, Polish, Slovak and Slovene form of Medardus.

Medarda f Polish (Archaic), Slovene (Archaic)
Feminine form of Medard.

Medeja f Croatian (Rare), Serbian (Rare), Slovene (Rare)
Croatian form of Medea.

Medena f Croatian (Rare), Serbian (Rare)
From med meaning ''honey''. It's also used as a nickname for a dear person.

Mediha f Turkish, Arabic (Egyptian), Bosnian, Albanian
Derived from Midha.

Medisa f Bosnian (Rare), Iranian (Rare)
Probably derived from Media, a historical region in northwestern Iran, originally inhabited by the Medes.

Meduza f Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Georgian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Ukrainian
Form of Medusa in various languages.

Megi f Albanian, Georgian, Slovene (Modern)
Albanian, Georgian and Slovene borrowing of the English given name Maggie. Known bearers of this name include the Albanian soccer player Megi Doci (b. 1996) and the Georgian actress Megi Tsulukidze (1921-1993).

Meglena f Bulgarian (Rare)
Of debated origin and meaning. Theories include a contracted form of Magdalena, a derivation from Slavic megla "mist, fog" and a derivation from an Old Bulgarian меглен "wind".

Mehmedalija m Bosnian
Combination of Mehmed and Alija.

Meho m Bosnian
Bosnian diminutive of Mehmed.

Mejmuna f Albanian, Bosnian, Bulgarian
Albanian, Bosnian and Bulgarian form of Maimouna.

Melana f English (Rare), Croatian (Rare)
Variant of Melania.

Melani f Croatian, Greek (Rare), Hungarian, English (American, Modern, Rare)
Croatian form, Modern Greek and English variant of Melanie and Hungarian variant of Melánia. In Greece, this name refers to St... [more]

Meldina f Bosnian

Melhior m Croatian

Melida f Albanian (Rare), Bosnian (Rare)

Meliha f Bosnian

Melika f Persian, Bosnian, Arabic (Maghrebi)
Variant transcription of Malika.

Melita f Latvian, Czech (Rare), Slovak (Rare), Croatian, Slovene, Polish, Estonian, Albanian
Albanian, Latvian, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Slovene, Polish and Estonian form of Melitta.

Melkior m Croatian
Croatian form of Melchior.

Melpomena f Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian
Slavic variant of Melpomene.

Menelaj m Bosnian, Croatian
Bosnian and Croatian form of Menelaus.

Menelay m Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian
Bulgarian, Russian and Ukrainian form of Menelaos (see Menelaus).

Menil m Serbian
Menil is dérived from manuel meaning God with us from hebrew.

Menka f Macedonian
Means "a change". Usually given when a family gets few girls in a row. The newest baby gets the name in hope that it will cause a change, and that the next baby would be a boy.

Mensura f Bosnian
Feminine form of Mensur.

Meri f Slovene (Modern)
Slovene borrowing of English Mary.

Merica f Slovene
Diminutive of Marija via the form Meri.

Merima f Bosnian
Bosnian form of Meryem.

Merisa f Bosnian

Merjam f Yiddish, Judeo-Spanish, Bosnian (Rare)
Variant of Miriam.

Merjemi f Bosnian
Cognate of Merjem.

Merkur m Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, German, Norwegian, Albanian
Albanian, Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, German and Norwegian form of Mercurius (see Mercury).

Mersada f Bosnian
Variant of Mirsada.

Mersiha f Bosnian

Mervana f Bosnian
Probably a Bosnian feminine form of Marwan. A notable bearer is Bosnian former tennis player Mervana Jugić-Salkić (1980-).

Merzet m Bosnian (Rare), Turkish (Rare)

Meša m Bosnian
Bosnian short form of Mehmed.

Metida f Serbian
Serbian, Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Kazakh, Bosnian, and Croatian name for the goddess Metis.

Metka f Slovene
Originally a diminutive of Meta, used as a given name in its own right.

Metodi m Bulgarian, Kashubian
Bulgarian and Kashubian form of Methodius.

Metušael m Croatian (Rare)
Croatian form of Methushael.

Metušalah m Croatian (Rare)
Croatian form of Methuselah.

Metuzalem m Croatian (Rare)
Croatian form of Methuselah.

Mića m Croatian, Serbian
Short form of Milan.

Mica f Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Short form of Marija.

Mice m Macedonian
Diminutive of Micko.

Micika f Slovene
Diminutive of Mica, occasionally used as a given name in its own right.

Micka f Slovene
Diminutive of Mica, occasionally used as a given name in its own right.

Mićko m Serbian (Rare)
Diminutive form of names containing the sound mi, like Milorad, Milan, Milovan, etc.

Mićo m Croatian, Serbian
Short form of Milan.

Miglena f Bulgarian
Variant of Meglena.

Mihalaki m Bulgarian (Archaic)
Bulgarian form of Michalakis. A notable bearer of this name was the Bulgarian diplomat and writer Mihalaki Georgiev (1854-1916).

Mihalj m Croatian
Regional Croatian variant of Mihael.

Mihayla f Bulgarian (Rare)
Variant transcription of Михаила (see Mihaila).

Mihec m Slovene
Diminutive form of Mihael.

Mihej m Croatian
Croatian form of Micah.

Mihela f Slovene
Variant of Mihaela.

Mihelca f Slovene
Originally a diminutive of Mihela, used as a given name in its own right.

Mihi f & m Croatian
Short form of Mihaela or Mihael.

Mija f Croatian
Croatian variant of Mia.

Mijailo m Serbian
Variant of Mihailo.

Mijat m Serbian, Croatian
Derived from Milan or Mihael.

Mijomir m Serbian (Rare), Croatian (Rare)
Variant of Miomir.

Mika m Croatian, Serbian
Variant of Miha.

Mika f Slovene
Short form of Mihaela.

Mikac m Croatian (Archaic)
Old Croatian diminutive of Mika, itself either a variant of Miha or a pet form of Mikula/Mikulaš.

Mikica f Bosnian (Archaic)
Diminutive of Mica, itself a diminutive of Marija.

Miladin m Serbian
From the Slavic element milu meaning "gracious, dear".

Miladinka f Serbian
Feminine form of Miladin.

Milania f Croatian (Rare), English
Croatian variant spelling of Milanija.... [more]

Milanija f Croatian, Serbian
Variant of Milana.

Milava f Serbian (Archaic), Croatian (Archaic)
From the Slavic element milu meaning "gracious, dear".

Milcho m Bulgarian

Milenca f Slovene
Originally a diminutive of Milena, used as a given name in its own right.

Milenka f Serbian, Croatian, Sorbian, Slovene
Originally a diminutive of Milena, used as a given name in its own right.

Milesa f Serbian (Rare)

Mileti m Bulgarian

Miliana f Croatian (Rare), Serbian (Rare), Romanian (Rare)
Serbian and Croatian variant of Milijana.

Milija m & f Serbian
From the Slavic element milu meaning "gracious, dear".

Milijan m Croatian, Serbian
Elaborated form of Milan.

Milijana f Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Slovene
Feminine form of Milijan.

Milina f Croatian

Milisav m Serbian, Croatian
Variant of Miloslav.

Milislav m Croatian (Rare)
Cognate of Miloslav.

Militza f Bulgarian
Variant transcription of Милица (see Militsa). This was the name Duchess Jutta of Mecklenburg-Strelitz took after her marriage to the heir apparent of Montenegro Prince Danilo and her conversion to Orthodoxy.

Milivoje m Serbian
Variant of Milivoj.

Milja f Slovene
Short form of Miljana and in some cases of Milena.

Miljan m Montenegrin, Croatian, Serbian
Variant of Milan.

Miljenka f Croatian, Serbian (Rare)
Feminine form of Miljenko.

Miljka f Serbian, Croatian
Croatian and Serbian variant of Milka 1. It was at the height of its popularity in the 1950s.

Milodar m Serbian (Rare), Croatian (Rare)
Male form of Milodarka.

Milodarka f Serbian (Rare)
Derived from the Slavic elements mil, meaning "dear, precious" and dar, meaning "gift" or "given".

Milojka f Slovene
Diminutive of names containing the Slavic element milu "gracious, dear", used as a given name in its own right.

Milojko m Serbian
Derived from Miloje.

Miloša m Serbian
Variant of Miloš.

Milosija f Serbian
From Slavic elements mio meaning "charming" or "pleasant" and sija deriving from the verb sijati meaning "to shine". Hence the name means "one that shines charmingly/pleasantly".

Miltscho m Bulgarian
Variant transcription of Милчо (see Milcho).

Miluša f Croatian (Rare), Serbian, Slovak, Slovene
Diminutive of Mila and any other Slavic feminine name that contains the element milu meaning "gracious" or "dear", such as Miloslava and Ludmila... [more]

Milush m Bulgarian

Miluška f Croatian, Slovak
Diminutive of Mila and any other Slavic feminine name that contains the element milu meaning "gracious" or "dear", such as Miloslava and Ludmila... [more]

Milutin m Serbian, Croatian
Derived from the Slavic element mil "gracious, dear".

Mima f Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian, Bosnian
Nickname for Marija and other names starting with M (Milica, Mersiha, etc.).