Appendix:Serbian given names
This is a list of first names that are common for Serbs, have origin in Serbia or that are unique to the Serbian culture.
Information on Serbian names[edit]
As with most Western cultures, a child is given a first name chosen by their parents but approved by the godparents of the child (the godparents usually approve the parent's choice). The given name comes first, the surname last, e.g. "Zeljko Popovic", where "Zeljko" is a first name and "Popovic" is a family name.
Serbian first names mostly originate from the wider Slavic (e.g. Miroslav, Vladimir, Zoran) or Orthodox Christian (e.g. Nikola, Djordje, Petar) tradition. The Christian names are derived from the Greek language standard.[1]
As the result of the unification (and Serbianisation) of Republic of Macedonia to Serbia, subsequently Yugoslavia, Serbian names are today very popular in the Republic of Macedonia. Names such as Nenad, Zoran and Slobodan were introduced via Serbian, evidently as; Nenad - Medieval ethnic Serb name, Zoran - traditionally non existant among the Eastern South Slavs (Macedonians and Bulgarians), Slobodan - Sloboden is the correct variant in the Macedonian-Bulgarian languages.
Male names[edit]
Names with Western cognates[edit]
- Aleksa - Alexis (Greek)
- Aleksandar - Alexander (from Greek Alexandros)
- Andrej / Andrija - Andrew (from Greek Andreas)
- Avram - Abraham (Biblical)
- Boris (Slavic)
- Božidar ("God's gift) - Theodore (from Greek Theodoros)
- Damjan - Damian (from Greek Damianos)
- Danilo / Danijel - Daniel (Biblical)
- Dimitrije - Demeter (from Greek Dimitrios)
- Draža - Draže (from Greek Dimitrios)
- Dražen - Dražan (from Greek Dimitrios)
- Đorđe / Đurađ - George (from Greek Giorgos)
- Filip - Philip (from Greek Philippos)
- Gavrilo / Gabrijel - Gabriel (Biblical)
- Grgur - Gregory (from Greek Gregorios)
- Igor - Ingwar (from Norse Ingwar)
- Ilija - Elias (Greek)
- Jakov - Jacob, James (Biblical)
- Jovan / Ivan - John (Biblical)
- Kosta / Konstantin - Constantine (from Greek Kostantinos/Kostas)
- Kristijan - Christian
- Lazar - Lazarus (Biblical, from Hebrew Eleazar)
- Luka - Luke (from Greek Loukas)
- Marko - Mark (from Roman Marcus)
- Matija - Matthew, (Biblical, from Greek Matthaios)
- Mihailo / Mihajlo - Michael (Biblical)
- Nikola - Nicholas (from Greek Nikolaos)
- Pavle - Paul (Biblical, from Greek Pavlos)
- Petar - Peter (Biblical, from Greek Petros)
- Sava - Sabbas (Biblical)
- Sergej - Sergius (Roman)
- Stefan / Stevan - Steven (from Greek Stephanos)
- Zoltanovic - Zoltanislav
Names ending with -an[edit]
- Boban
- Bogdan
- Bojan
- Borjan
- Damjan
- Dejan
- Dragan
- Dušan
- Fazan
- Goran
- Kristijan
- Kokan
- Milan
- Miljan
- Milovan
- Miran
- Radoman
- Radovan
- Sežan
- Slobodan
- Srđan
- Stojan
- Vladan
- Vuksan
- Zlatan
- Zoran
- Živan
- Zvezdan
Names ending with -slav[edit]
- Berislav
- Borislav
- Branislav
- Dragoslav
- Jugoslav
- Miroslav
- Radoslav
- Stanislav
- Svetislav
- Tomislav
- Višeslav
- Vladislav
- Vojislav
- Zdeslav
Names ending with -mir[edit]
The Serbian word "mir" means "peace" in English.
- Branimir
- Budimir
- Čedomir
- Desimir
- Dragomir
- Jezdimir
- Ljubomir
- Milomir
- Miomir
- Momir
- Predimir
- Ratimir
- Sretomir
- Stracimir
- Tihomir
- Velimir
- Vladimir
Names ending with -oje[edit]
Names ending with -in[edit]
Names ending with -ko[edit]
- Boško
- Branko
- Cvetko
- Danko
- Darko
- Draško
- Đoko
- Janko
- Marinko
- Matko
- Milanko
- Milenko
- Mirko
- Nedeljko
- Rajko
- Rastko
- Raško
- Ratko
- Slavko
- Srećko
- Stanko
- Vasko
- Veljko
- Vlatko
- Zdravko
- Zvonko
- Žarko
- Željko
- Živko
Other typical names[edit]
- Aca - Short form of Aleksandar
- Bogoljub - "God's love"
- Boža - Short form of Božidar
- Dragoljub
- Dražen
- Đura
- Ivica
- Jovica
- Ljuba
- Ljubiša
- Mika
- Mikica
- Miloje
- Milorad
- Miloš
- Miodrag
- Miša
- Mitar, Short form of Dimitar, Dimitrije
- Mladen - "young"
- Momčilo
- Nebojša
- Nemanja
- Nenad
- Nikša
- Novak
- Novica
- Obrad
- Ognjen
- Pera - Short form for Petar
- Periša
- Predrag
- Radič
- Rodoljub - "patriot"
- Siniša
- Svetozar
- Strahinja
- Uroš
- Velibor
- Vlado
- Vuk, Vukota - wolf
- Života
Female names[edit]
Names with Western cognates[edit]
- Adrijana - Adrienne
- Aleksandra - Alexandra
- Ana - Anna
- Andrea - Andrea
- Andrijana - Andriana
- Anđela - Angela
- Dajana, Dijana - Diana
- Danijela - Danielle
- Jasmina - Jasmin, Yasmin
- Jelena / Helena - Helen
- Katarina - Catherine
- Kristina - Christina
- Ksenija - Xenia
- Magdalena - Magdalene
- Marija - Mary
- Marina - Marina
- Natalija - Natalie
- Nataša - Natasha, Natalie
- Sandra - Sandra
- Sonja - Sonya
- Tamara - Tamara
- Suzana - Susan
- Tanja - Tanya
- Tatjana - Tatiana
- Tijana - Tianna
- Teodora - Theodora
Names ending with -ica[edit]
- Anica
- Blagica
- Dobrica
- Danica
- Dragica
- Dušica
- Đurica
- Ljubica
- Marica
- Milica
- Ružica
- Slavica
- Verica
- Vujica
Names ending with -ana[edit]
- Biljana
- Bobana - feminine form of Boban
- Bogdana - feminine form of Bogdan
- Bojana - feminine form of Bojan
- Dragana - feminine form of Dragan
- Gordana
- Ivana - feminine form of Ivan
- Jovana - feminine form of Jovan
- Ljiljana
- Milana - feminine form of Milan
- Mirjana
- Slađana - feminine form of Slađan
- Smiljana
- Snežana
- Svetlana
- Vladana - feminine form of Vladan
- Zorana - feminine form of Zoran
Names ending with -ka[edit]
- Anka
- Bosiljka
- Borka
- Danka
- Darinka
- Desanka
- Dubravka
- Dušanka - feminine form of Dušan
- Duška - feminine form of Duško
- Ivanka - feminine form of Ivan
- Jadranka
- Jovanka - feminine form of Jovan
- Ljubinka
- Milanka - feminine form of Milan
- Milka
- Radojka
- Slavka - feminine form of Slavko
- Stojanka - feminine form of Stojan
- Varadinka
- Veselinka - feminine form of Veselin
- Vlatka - femenine form of Vlatko
Other typical female names[edit]