Slavoljub

Slavoljub

Pronunciation	Serbo-Croatian: [slâʋoʎuːb]
Gender	masculine
Origin
Language	Slavic
Word/name	slava (glory) and ljub (love)
Meaning	one who loves glory
Region of origin	Eastern Europe
Other names
Alternative spelling	Slavolub
Related names	Ljuboslav

Slavoljub (Cyrillic : Славољуб) is a Slavic masculine given name used in South Slavic languages, especially Serbian.

The name is composed of the Slavic elements slava ("glory") and ljub ("love"), thus meaning "glorious love" or "one who loves glory". ^[1] Common nicknames for people named Slavoljub are Slava, Slavko and Ljuba.

Notable people with the name

• Slavoljub Đorđević (born 1981), Serbian footballer
• Slavoljub Filipović (1951–2025), Serbian politician
• Slavoljub Gorunović (born 1970), Serbian basketball coach
• Slavoljub Janković (born 1969), Serbian footballer
• Slavoljub Marjanović (born 1955), Serbian chess player
• Slavoljub Mitov (born 1961), Serbian politician
• Slavoljub Muslin (born 1953), Serbian football player and manager
• Slavoljub Nikolić (born 1960), Serbian footballer
• Slavoljub Paunović (born 1947), Serbian football player and manager
• Slavoljub Eduard Penkala (1871–1922), Croatian engineer and inventor
• Slavoljub Srnić (born 1992), Serbian footballer
• Slavko Vorkapić, Serbian-American film director and editor

See also

• All pages with titles containing Slavoljub
• Slavoliub Adnagi (born 1965), Serbian-Romanian politician

References

1. Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Slavoljub