Pronunciation | Serbo-Croatian: [ˈmlâ.dɛn] |
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Gender | masculine |
Origin | |
Language(s) | Slavic |
Other names | |
Derived | mlad ("young") |
Mladen (Cyrillic : Младен) is a South Slavic masculine given name, derived from the Slavic root mlad ( *moldъ , mladъ ), meaning "young". [1] [2] It is present in Bosnian, Slovenian, Montenegrin, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Serbian, and Croatian society since the Middle Ages.