Slavic masculine given names

Alexander () is a masculine name of Greek origin. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history.

Ivan () is a male given name of Slavic origin, related to a variant of the Greek name (English: John), which in turn derives from the Hebrew (), meaning "God is gracious". The name is strongly associated with Slavic countries and cultures.

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Bogdan (Cyrillic: Богдан) is a Slavic masculine name that appears in the South Slavic languages and in Polish and Romanian. It is derived from the Slavic words Bog (Cyrillic: Бог), meaning 'god', and dan (Cyrillic: дан), meaning 'given'. The name appears to be an early calque from Greek Theódoros (Theodore, Theodosius) or Hebrew Matthew with the same meaning. The name is also used as a surname in Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Croatia. Bogdana is the feminine version of the name.

Zlatan () is a male given name of Slavic origin meaning Golden. The name is common amongst all South Slavic countries, namely in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, North Macedonia and Serbia. The name is found in particularly high frequencies in Bosnia because it is considered ethnically neutral amongst the three dominant Bosnian ethnicities: Bosniaks, Serbs and Croats. The name is derived from the South Slavic word zlato – from the Old Slavic root zolto (gold).

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Vladislav ( (', '); , ; Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, , ) is a male given name of Slavic origin. Variations include Volodislav, Vlastislav and Vlaslav. In the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Croatia, the common variation is Ladislav.

Kliment () is a male given name, a Slavic form of the Late Latin name Clement. A diminutive form is Klim. Notable people:

Oleg (), Oleh (), or Aleh () is an East Slavic given name. The name is very common in Russia, Ukraine, and Belаrus.

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Zoran () is a common South Slavic name, the masculine form of Zora, which means dawn, daybreak. The name is especially common in Serbia, North Macedonia, Croatia and to some degree in Slovenia.

Dušan () is a masculine given name of South Slavic origin. Today it is primarily used in the Western South Slavic languages and in Czech and Slovak. The name is derived from the Slavic noun duša ('spirit').

Rostislav is a male Slavic given name, meaning "to increase glory". The feminine counterpart is Rostislava.

Ladislav is a Czech, Slovak and Croatian variant of the Slavic name Vladislav. The female form of this name is Ladislava.

Václav () or rarely Vácslav is a Czech male given name. It is among the most common Czech names. The Latinized form of the name is Wenceslaus and the Polish form of the name is Wacław. The name was derived from the old Czech name Veceslav, meaning 'more famous'. Nicknames are Vašek, Vašík, Venca, Venda.

Damir is a male given name.

Mieczysław () is a Polish masculine given name. It is composed of the Slavic elements miecz meaning "sword" and sława meaning "glory, fame". It thus means "glory of the sword", "famous by the sword", or "sword bearer".

thumb | right | alt=Painted portrait of Miloš Obrenović in a red outfit and blue sash, holding his crown at his side | A portrait of Miloš Obrenović, former prince of Serbia Miloš (), Milos, Miłosz or spelling variations thereof is a mainly male Slavic given name and a surname. It may refer to:

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Budimir (, Polish language : Budzimir) may refer to:

Wojciech () is a Polish name, equivalent to Czech Vojtěch , Slovak Vojtech, and German Woitke. The name is formed from two Slavic roots: wój (Slavic: voj), a root pertaining to war. It also forms words like wojownik ("warrior") and wojna ("war"). ciech (from an earlier form, tech), meaning "joy". The resulting combination means "he who enjoys war" or "joyous warrior".

Jaromír is a Czech male given name. It is composed from the old Czech words jaryj ('strong') and mir ('peaceful'). An obsolete version of the name is Jaroměr. The feminine counterpart is Jaromíra. Notable people with the name include:

Bojan (Serbian Cyrillic and Macedonian: Бојан; Ukrainian, Russian and Bulgarian Cyrillic: Боян, transcribed Boyan) is a Slavic given name, derived from the Slavic noun boj "battle." The ending -an is a suffix frequently found in anthroponyms of Slavic origin. The feminine variant is Bojana. The name is recorded in historical sources among Serbs, Bulgarians, Czechs, Poles, Croats, Slovenians, Macedonians, Ukrainians and Russians. In Slovenia, it is the 18th most popular name for males, as of 2010.

Dragan (, ) is a South Slavic masculine given name. It is derived from the common Slavic element drag meaning "dear, beloved". The feminine form is Dragana.

Predrag () is a Slavic masculine given name, predominantly borne by ethnic Slavs, derived from pre- ("very, much") and -drag ("dear, beloved"), both common in Slavic dithematic names. It roughly means "very beloved". The usual nickname is Peđa (Pedja).

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Nenad (; Cyrillic script: Ненад) is a masculine given name of Slavic origin. It is common in countries that speak South Slavic languages, especially in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, and Montenegro. The name is derived from the word nenadan, which means "unexpected".

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Božidar (Bulgarian, Macedonian, , , sometimes transliterated as Bojidar, or Bozhidar) is a Slavic masculine given name.

Željko (), sometimes written Zeljko, is a South Slavic masculine given name.

Dejan () is a South Slavic masculine given name, derived from the Slavic verb dejati, meaning "to act, to do". The name and the derived surname Dejanović are common among South Slavs.

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Mykola (, ) is a Slavic variant, more specifically a Ukrainian and Belarusian variant, of the masculine name "Nicholas", meaning "victory of the people". It may refer to:

thumb | right | alt=Card. Miloslav Vlk | Card. Miloslav Vlk Miloslav is a Slavic masculine given name, derived from the Slavic root mil-, "merciful" or "dear", and -slav glory.

Volodymyr (, ; ) is a Ukrainian given name of Old East Slavic origin. The related Ancient Slavic, such as Czech, Russian, Serbian, Croatian, etc. form of the name is Володимѣръ Volodiměr, which in other Slavic languages became Vladimir (from ).

Vanja is a given name. It was originally a nickname for Ivan.

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Zlatko (, ) is a South Slavic masculine given name. The name is derived from the word zlato meaning gold with hypocoristic suffix -ko common in South Slavic languages.

Czesław, (, , ) is an old given name derived from the Slavic elements ča (to await) and slava (glory). Feminine form: Czesława/Česlava. The name may refer to:

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Slobodan () is a Serbo-Croatian masculine given name which means "free" (sloboda / meaning "freedom, liberty") used among other South Slavs as well. It was coined by Serbian liberal politician Vladimir Jovanović who, inspired by John Stuart Mill's essay On Liberty baptised his son as Slobodan in 1869 and his daughter Pravda (Justice) in 1871. It became popular in both the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1945) and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1945–1991) among various ethnic groups within Yugoslavia and therefore today there are also Slobodans among Croats, Slovenes and other Yugosl

__NOTOC__ Uroš () is a South Slavic masculine given name used primarily by Slovenes and Serbs. This noun has been interpreted as "lords", because it usually appears in conjunction with velmõžie () "magnates", as in the phrase "magnates and lords". The noun was probably borrowed from the Hungarian word úr, "master" or "lord". The suffix -oš in uroš is found in a number of Slavic given or last names, particularly those of the Croats, Serbs, Czechs, and Poles.

thumb | right | 200px | alt=Sasha Vujačić | Aleksandar Saša VujačićSaša is a South Slavic given name. It is a diminutive of Aleksandar (see Sasha), but in the South Slavic countries it is often a formal name as well. It may refer to:

Mladen () is a South Slavic masculine given name, derived from the Slavic root mlad (, ), meaning "young". It is present in Bosnian, Slovenian, Montenegrin, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Serbian, and Croatian society since the Middle Ages.

Leszek () is a Slavic Polish male given name, originally Lestko, Leszko or Lestek, related to Lech, Lechosław and Czech Lstimir.

Borislav or Boryslav () is a Slavic masculine given name, derived from the Slavic elements borti (battle) and slava (glory, fame). The feminine form of the name is Borislava.

Branislav () is a Slavic masculine given name, derived from the Slavic elements borna (to protect, to defend) and slava (glory, fame) and means "warrior", "defender of the glory". The feminine form of the name is Branislava.

Radovan () is a Slavic male given name, derived from the passive adjective radovati ("rejoice"), itself from root rad- meaning "care, joy". It is found in Serbia, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Russia, Ukraine, and Bulgaria. It has been recorded in Serbia since the High Middle Ages.

Vladimir (, , pre-1918 orthography: ) is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, widespread throughout all Slavic nations in different forms and spellings. The earliest record of a person with the name is Vladimir of Bulgaria ().

Gerasim (Russian Герасим; ) is a male given name, derived from Greek γεράσιμος (cf. Gerasimos), meaning "Respectable", "Honorable Elder".

Dragomir () is a Slavic masculine given name. It is used as a given name in South Slavic languages, especially Serbian and Bulgarian, while in Romanian, it is used as a surname.

Jaroslav is a Czech and Slovak masculine given name. It is composed of the Slavic elements jar meaning "strong, fierce" and slav meaning "glory, fame".

Branimir () is a Slavic masculine given name. It is a combination of the Slavic elements borna ("to protect, to defend") and miru ("the world" or "peace" in Old Slavic), and hence means "the one who defends the world/peace". It is especially common in Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Bulgaria. Feminine versions of the name are Branimira and Branimirka.

Zdravko () is a masculine given name of South Slavic origin derived from word "zdrav" meaning "healthy". Notable people with the name include:

Zdenko is a male given name of Slovak, Slovene or Croatian origin. There are a number of competing explanations for the meaning of the name:

Borzysław is a Polish name of Slavic origin, derived from the Slavic elements bor ("war, fighter") and sław ("fame, glory"). The feminine form of the name is Borzysława, nicknames include Borek or Sławek. In other Slavic languages, the equivalent of this name is Borislav. It may refer to:

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Tihomir (Bulgarian, Macedonian and ) is a South Slavic male given name which means "quiet" and "peace" (South Slavic: Tiho = quiet, mir = peace). In Russian however the word “mir” мир also means world. So in Russian language, the name means “Tiho” = quiet “mir” = peace or world) It may refer to:

Zvonimir is a Croatian male given name, used since the Middle Ages.