| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Old Gaelic, Celtic |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Europe |
| Meaning | Little rock, handsome, harmony |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Allan, Allen, Alan, Alain, Alun |
Alen is a male given name of European origin. In Old Gaelic, the name means "little rock." Other sources suggest it means "handsome" or "harmony."
In the Balkans, this particular spelling of the name is predominantly found among the peoples of the former Yugoslav nations, specifically among Bosniaks and Croats. This region also has a female equivalent: Alena.
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).
Vedran is a Slavic masculine given name of Croatian origin, which is also used among Serbs, Slovenes, and Bosniaks. Vedran means clear or cheerful.
Babić is a Croatian, Bosniak and Serbian family name. It is the 3rd most frequent surname in Croatia and is derived from the common Slavic word for grandmother or old woman: baba.
Slobodan is a Serbo-Croatian masculine given name which means "free" 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 Yugoslav peoples.
Hadžić is a Bosnian surname, derived from the word hadži (hajji), referring to pilgrims to Mecca. Its bearers are predominantly Bosniaks. It may refer to:
Hodžić is a common family name found in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia. It is derived from the word hodža, meaning "master/lord", itself a Turkish loanword (hoca) of ultimately Persian origin (khawaja). Its literal meanings are "little hodža" or "son of the hodža".
Ibrahimović is a Bosnian surname derived from the masculine given name Ibrahim, the Arabic name of the prophet and patriarch Abraham. Notable people with the name include:
Damir is a male given name.
Brkić is a surname borne by Bosniaks, Croats and Serbs. Notable people with the surname include:
Halilović is a Bosniak surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Savić, Sawicz, Савич, Савiч, Savic, Savich or Savitch is a Slavic surname, sometimes used as a first name, most common among South Slavs. It can be related to the name Sava or Sava (river).
Stojanović is a South Slavic surname derived from the South Slavic masculine given name Stojan. Stojanović is the sixth most frequent surname in Serbia, and is also common in Croatia, with 2,798 carriers.
Siniša is a South Slavic masculine given name of medieval Serbian origin. It may refer to:
Edin is a male given name.
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.
Vuković is a common family name found in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia, of which bearers are either Bosniaks, Croats, Montenegrins or Serbs, as well as medieval families long before idea of national identity ever appeared.
Bubalo is a Serbo-Croatian-Bosnian surname, borne by ethnic Serbs, Croats and Bosniaks in Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The word buba means "bug" or "beetle", and is derived from a pejorative nickname, based on character traits of its first bearers. At least 343 individuals with the surname died at the Jasenovac concentration camp.
Emir is a male given name. It is derived from the Arabic title Emir or Amir. In Turkish, Emir means command, order, prince, local king.
Sulejman is the Bosnian and Albanian variant of Suleiman as a given name and surname. It means "man of peace". It may refer to:
Sead is masculine Bosnian given name equivalent to the Arabic masculine given name Sa'id.