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Agleja f Croatian
Croatian form of Aglaea (see Aglaia).

Ajlina f Bosnian
Bosnian form of the Turkish name Aylin.

Anakars m Bosnian (Rare), Croatian (Rare)
Bosnian and Croatian form of Anacharsis.

Anaklet m Bulgarian, Croatian, German, Polish, Russian
Bulgarian, Croatian, German, Polish and Russian form of Anakletos (see Anacletus).

Anđeo m Croatian (Rare)
Croatian form of Angel.

Anije m Croatian (Rare)
Croatian form of Annius.

Anteo m Croatian
Elaborated form of Ante 1, possibly influenced by Mateo.

Antifon m Croatian
Croatian form of Antiphon.

Apolon m Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian (Rare), Georgian (Rare), Macedonian, Serbian (Rare), Slovene
Form of Apollon (see Apollo) in various languages.

Apolos m Serbian
Serbian name for the apostle Apollos.

Arhimed m Bosnian, Croatian
Bosnian and Croatian form of Archimedes.

Aristid m Croatian
Croatian form of Aristides.

Asmodej m Croatian
Croatian form of Asmodaeus.

Bariša m Croatian
Derived from Bartol.

Barnabaš m Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Yugoslav form of the Hungarian name Bárnabas. Used by Hungarian diaspora across the Ex-Yugo countries, especially in Vojvodina.

Belimir m Croatian
The first element of this name is derived from Proto-Slavic bělъ "white, pale". Also see Běla, which is of the same etymology. The second element is derived from Slavic mir "peace".

Biankica f Bosnian (Archaic)
Diminutive of Bianka.

Bogoljub m Croatian, Serbian
Derived from Bog "God" and ljubiti ''to love".

Bonača f Bosnian (Archaic)
Diminutive of Bona.

Bončika f Bosnian (Archaic)
Diminutive of Bonči.

Bosiljka f Croatian, Serbian
Derived from bosiljak, Croatian and Serbian name for the herb "basil" (Ocimum basilicum), ultimately from Greek basileus meaning "king".

Branilo m Serbian
Diminutive of Branislav.

Bratimir m Croatian, Serbian
There are two possible explanations for the etymology of the first element of this name. The first explanation is that it is derived from Slavic brati "reap, gather", which would make the whole name an older form of Berimir... [more]

Bratoljub m Serbian, Croatian
Derived from the Slavic elements bratu "brother" and lyub "love".

Bratomir m Croatian, Polish, Serbian
Means "brother of peace", derived from Slavic bratu "brother" combined with Slavic mir "peace". Also compare Bratimir.

Bretislav m Slovak, Slovene
Slovak and Slovene form of the Czech name Břetislav, which has Slavic roots. Nicknames for this name include Bret or Brett, Slávek, Slavo, and Břeťa.

Brijana f Serbian (Modern)
Serbian form of Briana.

Budimir m Croatian, Serbian
The first element of this name is derived from (Serbo-)Croatian buditi "to awaken, to (a)rouse". The second element is derived from Slavic mir "peace" or "world". In other words, this name is the Croatian and Serbian cognate of the Polish name Budzimir.

Budislav m Czech, Croatian, Serbian
Deroved from buditi, "to wake up", and slava, "fame, glory".

Budivoj m Czech, Croatian, Serbian
Derived from buditi, "to wake up", and voi, "army".

Bunača f Bosnian (Archaic)
Variant of Bonača.

Častimir m Croatian (Rare)
Derived from Croatian čast "honour" (which is ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic čьstь "honour") combined with mir "peace".

Cerera f Croatian, Lithuanian
Croatian and Lithuanian form of Ceres.

Cheresha f Bulgarian (Rare)
Derived from Bulgarian череша "cherry".

Cilika f Croatian
Diminutive of Cecilija.

Cintija f Croatian, Serbian
Croatian and Serbian form of Cinthia.

Ciprijan m Croatian
Croatian form of Cyprian.

Damilka f South Slavic, English
It derives from the slavic form of Damian, name that means "tamer" and the diminutive suffix -lka

Danilka f Croatian, Serbian
Feminine form of Danilo.

Đanluka m Croatian
Đani+Luka

Darije m Croatian, Serbian
Croatian and Serbian form of Darius.

Delisja f Bosnian (Archaic)
Derived from Spanish delicia "delight, pleasure".

Denija f Croatian (Rare), Serbian
Derived from Dejana.

Desanka f Serbian, Croatian
Derived from the South Slavic desiti meaning "to happen". A bearer of this name was Desanka Maksimović (1898-1993), a Serbian poet and professor of literature.

Djustina f Bosnian (Archaic)
Bosnian form of Justine.

Dorica f Croatian, Slovene
Diminutive of Dora.

Dorija f Croatian, Slovene
Croatian and Slovene feminine form of Dorian.

Dražimir m Croatian
Croatian (variant) form of Dragomir.

Đustina f Bosnian (Archaic)
Variant transcription of Djustina.

Dženana f Bosnian
Feminine form of Dženan.

Emerik m Croatian, Slovene, Finnish, Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare)
Variant form of Emmerich.

Enica f Croatian
Diminutive of Ena 2.

Erdonja f Bosnian (Archaic)
Possibly derived from the Spanish word doña, meaning "lady".

Estreja f Judeo-Spanish, Bosnian (Archaic)
Judeo-Spanish and Bosnian form of Estrella.

Euklid m Croatian, German
German and Croatian form of Euclid.

Evica f Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Slovene, Hungarian
Diminutive of Eva.

Fidanka f Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian
Means "sapling, sprout, shoot" in Macedonian.

Francika f Croatian
Short form of Franciska.

Gizela f Polish, Kashubian, Slovene, Croatian, Sorbian, Czech, Slovak
Polish, Kashubian, Slovene, Croatian, Czech, Slovak and Sorbian form of Giselle.

Godemir m Croatian (Rare)
Croatian form of Godzimir.

Golijat m Croatian (Rare)
Croatian form of Goliath.

Gorian m Macedonian, Slovene
Means "mountain" or "wood". Derived from south Slavic gora "mountain" and is a variation of name Goran

Gracija f Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian
Serbian, Croatian, and Slovene form of Gratia.

Hajrudin m Bosnian
Bosnian variant of Hayreddin.

Hanika f Judeo-Spanish, Bosnian (Archaic)
Diminutive of Hanna 1.

Hrvojka f Croatian
Feminine form of Hrvoje.

Idora f Croatian
Contracted form of Isadora. This name is borne by Croatian figure skater Idora Hegel (born 1983).

Iglika f Bulgarian (Rare)
Derived from Bulgarian иглика "primrose, primula".

Irenej m Croatian, Czech
Croatian and Czech form of Ireneus.

Irinej m Serbian
Serbian form of Irenaeus.

Iskrena f Bulgarian, Serbian (Rare), Croatian (Rare)
Feminine form of Iskren.

Istoka f Serbian, Croatian
Feminine form of Istok.

Ižeslav m Serbian
From Old Church Slavonic, ижe (iže) meaning "who (is)" and popular suffix слав (slav) meaning "glory", thus "one who is glorious".

Izika f Judeo-Spanish, Bosnian (Archaic)
Diminutive of Izraela.

Izrafel m Serbian
Serbian name for the Judeo-Christian angel Israfil, an angel of music.

Janica f Croatian, Slovene
Originally a diminutive of Jana, used as a given name in its own right.

Janislaw m Bulgarian (Germanized)
German transcription of Yanislav.

Jasenka f Croatian
Feminine form of Jasen.

Jasenko m Croatian
Derived from Croatian jasen "ash tree".

Jasminko m Bosnian, Croatian (Rare), Serbian (Rare)
Diminutive of Jasmin 2.

Jelkica f Croatian
Diminutive of Jelka.

Jezerka f Serbian
Rare name that comes from the word "jezero", meaning "lake".

Jugoslav m Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian
Derived from југ, jug meaning "south" and слава, slava meaning "fame".... [more]

Julije m Croatian (Rare)
Croatian form of Julius.

Kalistrat m Ukrainian, Croatian, Bosnian
Ukrainian, Croatian, and Bosnian form of Callistratus.

Kitica f Croatian
Diminutive of Kita.

Klaudije m Croatian
Croatian form of Claudius.

Kleobul m Croatian
Croatian form of Cleobulus.

Kosjenka f Croatian (Rare), Literature
The name of a fairy in the book Croatian Tales of Long Ago by Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić.

Krševan m Croatian
Croatian form of the Greek name Chrysogonus.

Krunomir m Croatian
Derived from the Slavic elements kruna "crown" and mirŭ "peace".

Ksenofan m Croatian
Croatian form of Xenophanes.

Lahorka f Croatian
From Croatian lahor meaning ''breeze''.

Latica f Croatian
It means "flower petal" in Croatian.

Lavoslav m Croatian
Means "glorious lion", derived from Croatian lav "lion" combined with Slavic slav "glory".

Lelija f Croatian
Croatian form of Laelia. There is a poem from the famous Croatian poet Dragutin Tadijanović (1905.-2007.) named "Lelija".

Lenkica f Bosnian (Archaic)
Diminutive of Lenka.

Leonel m Croatian, English
Croatian form and English variant of Lionel.

Lučano m Slovene
Slovene form of Luciano.

Lučiano m Croatian (Rare)
Croatian form of Luciano.

Lunčika f Bosnian (Archaic)
Diminutive of Lunči.

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

Magica f Croatian
Diminutive of Magdalena or Margareta.

Maksima f Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Cognate of Maxima.

Maroje m Croatian
Variant of Maro.

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

Merica f Slovene
Diminutive of Marija via the form Meri 2.

Merjemi f Bosnian
Cognate of Merjem.

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

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

Milijan m Croatian, Serbian
Elaborated form of Milan.

Mirzeta f Bosnian
Feminine form of Mirza.

Mishella f Croatian
Michael ... [more]

Mojsije m Croatian (Rare), Serbian (Rare)
Croatian form of Moses.

Morena f Slavic Mythology, Croatian, Serbian
Variant of Morana.

Nastasja f Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Croatian, Serbian and Slovene form of Nastasya.

Natija f Croatian (Rare)
Rare diminutive of Natalija.

Neana f Bosnian (Rare, Archaic)
Variant of Neama.

Neboje m Serbian
From Serbian не (ne) meaning "not" and бој (boj), from бојати се (bojati se), meaning "to fear". Therefore the name means "fearless".

Nevina f Serbian (Rare), Croatian (Rare), Slovene (Rare)
Either a form of Nevena or derived from Slavic nevina meaning ''innocent''.

Novica m Serbian, Montenegrin
Diminutive form of Novak. Used as an independent name.

Nudžejma f Bosnian
Variant of Nedžma.

Ozara f Serbian
From Serbian озарити (ozariti) or озарен (ozaren) meaning "to make radiant" and "radiant" respectively.

Panayot m Bulgarian
Bulgarian form of Panagiotis.

Pravdana f Serbian
Female form of Pravdan.

Prvana f Serbian
From Serbian први (prvi) meaning "first". It is thus given to first born daughters.

Prvosin m Serbian
From Serbian први (prvi) meaning "first" and син (sin) meaning "son". The name is clearly given to first born sons.

Rabija f Bosnian (Rare)
Bosnian form of Rabi'a.

Radoje m Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian
Derived from the Slavic element rad meaning "work" or "happily".

Ramael m Serbian
Serbian name for an angel of joy, possibly referring to Judeo-Christian angel Ramiel.

Regica f Croatian
Diminutive of Regina.

Renika f Judeo-Spanish, Bosnian (Archaic)
Diminutive of Reni.

Ribeka f Judeo-Spanish, Yiddish (Rare), Bosnian (Archaic)
Variant of Rivka.

Rikica f Bosnian (Archaic)
Diminutive of Rika.

Rozika f Bosnian (Archaic)
Diminutive of Roza 1.

Sadika f Bosnian, Arabic
Feminine form of Sadik.

Saraja f Bosnian, Slovene (Rare), Dutch (Rare)
Cognate of Sarai.

Sarika f Judeo-Spanish, Bosnian
Diminutive of Sara.

Sarinka f Bosnian, South Slavic
Diminutive of Sara.

Senija f Croatian (Rare), Slovene
Short form of Ksenija.

Slaviana f Russian, Bulgarian, Romanian
The name is divided into 2 parts in Russian: (slu-veet) that means "praise", and Yana. The whole meaning is "praise Yana". It's a long name for Yana.

Soraja f Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Dutch
Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian form of Thurayya.

Spasena f Bulgarian
Derived from Bulgarian спасена (spasena), the indefinite feminine singular past passive participle of спася (spasja) "to save, to rescue" referring to Jesus Christ.

Srbislava f Serbian
Feminine form of Srbislav.

Srboljub m Serbian
Derived from Srbin, meaning "a Serb", and ljubiti, meaning "to kiss, to love".

Strahimir m Croatian, Serbian
Croatian and Serbian variant form of Strahomir. A bearer of this name was Croatian poet Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević (1865-1908).

Strahinja m Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian
From the noun strah meaning "fear, dread". Borne by Strahinja Banović, a legendary Serbian nobleman and folk hero.

Strea f Bosnian (Archaic)
Bosnian form of Estrella.

Streja f Bosnian (Archaic)
Variant of Estreja and Strea.

Svemila f Serbian, Croatian (Rare)
From Serbian све (sve) meaning "all" and мила (mila) meaning "dear" thus the name means "dear to all".

Svetozar m Serbian, Croatian, Czech
Derived from Slavic svet "blessed, holy, bright" and zar, zariti meaning "radiant, beaming; delight".

Svilokos m Serbian
From Serbian свила (svila) meaning "silk" and коса (kosa) meaning "hair". Therefore the name means "silk haired".

Tankosav m Serbian

Tatijana f Serbian, Croatian
From Tatjana or Tajana. In Croatian the prononciation is the same prononciation as Tatiana.

Tiaša f Slovene, Croatian
Diminutive of Tatjana.

Todora f Serbian
Variant of Teodora, which is the feminine form of Teodor, a Serbian version of Theodore.

Tsarina f Bulgarian (Rare), Indonesian (Rare)
Taken directly from the title for a female monarch of Bulgaria, Serbia, or Russia.

Tugomil m Croatian (Rare)
From the Slavic elements togo "strong, mighty, potent" and milu meaning "gracious, dear".

Većeslav m Croatian
Croatian form of Wenceslas.

Venezja f Bosnian (Archaic)
Bosnian form of Venezia.

Vildana f Bosnian
Feminine form of Vildan.

Vilena f Croatian
Variant of Vilina.

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).

Vjenceslav m Croatian
Croatian form of Wenceslas

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

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

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

Zvizdana f Croatian
Derived from dialectal Croatian zvizda meaning "star". The standard form is zvijezda or Serbian zvezda.