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Mladen (Cyrillic : Младен) is a South Slavic masculine given name, derived from the Slavic root mlad ( *moldъ , mladъ ), meaning "young". [1] It is present in Bosnian, Slovenian, Montenegrin, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Serbian, and Croatian society since the Middle Ages.[ citation needed ]

Notable people with the name include:

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References

  1. "mlȃd - Onomastika". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Croatian). Znanje d.o.o. and Srce . Retrieved December 12, 2022.