Sava is a common male personal name in south Slavic languages, and is also used in Romanian, where it is also a surname. Perhaps the most famous example is the Serbian medieval prince turned monk Saint Sava. In Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sava could also be a female name, a result of the tradition of naming female children after rivers – in this case, after the river Sava.
Jovanović is the most common Serbian surname. It derives from Jovan, which is comparable to John in English. The part ov designates possession: Jovanov means John's. The suffix ić is a diminutive designation, or descendant designation. It is spelled in Austria as Jovanovic. So, the last name can be translated as John's son leading to the English equivalent last name of Johnson.
Nikolić, meaning "son of Nikola", is a common South Slavic surname and is found in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Austria and Serbia. Nikolić is the third most frequent surname in Serbia, and is also common in Croatia, with 6,353 carriers.
Zoran is a common South Slavic name, the masculine form of Zora, which means dawn, daybreak. The name is especially common in Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia and North Macedonia.
Jovan is a Serbian and Macedonian male given name equivalent to English "John" or Slavic "Ivan", from Hebrew: יהוחנן.
Popović or Popovich or Popovitch is a common Serbian, Russian, Montenegrin, Bosnian, Romanian, Croatian, Ukrainian and Belarusian surname, and sometimes a patronymic meaning son of a priest.
Nikola is a given name which, like Nicholas, is a version of the Greek Nikolaos (Νικόλαος). It is common as a masculine given name in the South Slavic countries, while in West Slavic countries it is primarily found as a feminine given name. There is a wide variety of male diminutives of the name, examples including: Niko, Nikolica, Nidžo, Nikolče, Nikša, Nikica, Nikulitsa, Nino, Kole, Kolyo, Kolyu.
Milošević is a patronymic surname derived from the given name Miloš. It is predominantly worn by ethnic Serbs, and to a lesser degree Montenegrins and Croats.
Janković is a Serbo-Croatian surname, a patronymic derived from Janko. It is found in Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro. It may refer to:
Martinović is a patronymic surname meaning 'son of Martin', and is a common surname in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia. Its Hungarian form is Martinovics.
Branko is a South Slavic male given name found in all of the former Yugoslavia. It is related to the names Branimir and Branislav, and the female equivalent is Branka.
Božidar is a Slavic given name meaning "Divine gift". It is a calque of the Greek name Theodore, itself derived from the Greek word "Theodoros". Božo is a nickname form of Božidar. People with the name include:
Filipović is a patronymic formed out of the name Filip and the suffix -ić. It is a common surname in South Slavic languages. It's cognate to Bulgarian Filipov or Polish Filipowicz.
Veljko is a masculine given name of Slavic origin. It may refer to:
Dragan is a popular Serbo-Croatian masculine given name derived from the common Slavic element drag meaning "dear, beloved". The feminine form is Dragana.
Ljubo is a South Slavic masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
Drago is a Bulgarian, Serbian, Slovene, Croatian male given name, usually short for the other names with the root drag-, such as Dragan, Dragutin, etc. The feminine version is Draga. A Romanian version is Dragoș.
Marko is a masculine given name, a cognate of Mark.
Andrija is the South Slavic variant of Greek Andreas (Andrew). It may refer to:
Janko is a name that derives from a diminutive form of the name Jan, Janez (Slovenian), János (Hungarian), and Yakov/Jacob. It also derives from the vernacular form of Latin Johannes. Notable people with the name include:
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