Like the surrounding Balkan countries, Bosnia and Herzegovina has had a turbulent past marked by frequent foreign invasions and occupation. As a result, Bosnian music is now a mixture of Slavic, Turkish, Central European, Mediterranean, and other influences.
Habib, sometimes written as Habeeb, is an Arabic masculine given name, occasional surname, and honorific, with the meaning "beloved" or "my love", or "darling". It also forms the famous Arabic word ‘Habibi’ which is used to refer to a friend or a significant other in the aspect of love or admiration.
Vahid is the Persian, Kurmanji Kurdish and Bosnian variant of the Arabic masculine given name Wahid, meaning "The One", "Unique". People named Vahid include:
Irfan is an Arabic/Persian male given name, meaning "knowledge", "awareness", "learning", and "wisdom".
Ammar is an Arabic/Sanskrit masculine given name.
Asem is a male given name of Arabic origin, which means "savior, protector, guardian, defender." Asem is also a female given name of Kazakh origin, which means "beauty, beautiful, refined, graceful, elegant, excellent, splendid, magnificent." It is not related to the Indian given name Asim.
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:
Derviş is the Turkish and Bosnian (Derviš) spelling of the Persian and Arabic word "darwīš" (درويش), referring to a Sufi aspirant. The word appears as a given name and surname in various forms throughout Arabic, Bosnian, Persian, and Turkish-speaking communities. An etymology for the name is given in the Oxford Dictionary of American Family Names:
Status name for a Sufi holy man, from Persian and Turkish derviş ‘dervish’, a member of a Sufi Muslim religious order, from Pahlavi driyosh meaning ‘beggar’, ‘one who goes from door to door’.
Ajla is a feminine given name in various areas around the Eastern Mediterranean. In Arabic it means the “brightest”, “most dazzling”, “most brilliant”, smart. In Turkish it means ’’moonlight’’’ or “halo”, and in Bosnia and Herzegovina the name means "The one who shines in moonlight". The given name is also used elsewhere in the former Yugoslavia such as Croatia.
Nihad Đedović is a Bosnian professional basketball player for Unicaja of the Liga ACB. He also represented the Bosnia and Herzegovina national basketball team internationally.
Suad and the variants Souad, Soad, stems from the Arabic verb sa‘ada which the name means "good luck, good fortune, happiness, auspicious, prosperous, favorable". Suad is another variant from the Arabic given name Saad.
Hasanović is a Bosnian surname derived from the Arabic name Hasan and means "son of Hasan". Notable people with the surname include:
Awad or Aouad or Awwad is an Arabic given name and surname. People with the name include:
Hakala is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Fazlić is a Bosnian patronymic surname formed by adding the Slavic diminutive suffix -ić to the masculine given name of Arabic origin Fazli and may refer to:
Sadiković is a Bosnian patronymic surname formed by adding the Slavic diminutive suffixes -ov and -ić to either one of the masculine given names of Arabic origin Sadiq or Sadeeq – both from the Arabic root ص د ق (ṣ-d-q) – and may refer to:
Alibegović is a surname, derived from Turkish Ali Bey. Notable people with the surname include:
Kreševljaković is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Đedović is a rare surname found primarily in Southern Europe, concentrated in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Mameledžija is a Bosnian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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