Nenad

Nenad
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/Name	Greek, Serbian
Meaning	unexpected
Region of origin	the Balkans
Other names
Related names	Nebojša, Nemanja, Neno

Nenad (Cyrillic: Ненад) is a Slavic origin male personal (first) name common in the former Yugoslavia. It is more widespread in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia than in other countries. The name is derrived from the word 'nenadan' which means 'unexpected'. It was introduced to Macedonia via Serbian and is now a fairly popular name, in Bulgaria, the name is not traditional.

This name is often given to the second born twin child, in this case usually paired with name Predrag, from the epic Serbian folk song "Predrag i Nenad".^[1]

People

• Jovan Nenad, Serb leader in Hungary
• Nenad Vasić, Serbian hooligan from Ivanjica
• Nenad Adamović, Serbian football player
• Nenad Bach, Croatian-American composer
• Nenad Begović, Serbian football player
• Nenad Bjeković, former director of FK Partizan
• Nenad Bjeković, Serbian football player
• Nenad Bjelica, Croatian football player and coach
• Nenad Bogdanović, former mayor of Belgrade
• Nenad Brnović, Montenegrin football player
• Nenad Buljan, Croatian olympic swimmer
• Nenad Čanak, Serbian politician
• Nenad Dizdarević, Bosnian film director, screenwriter and producer
• Nenad Đorđević, Serbian football player
• Nenad Džodić, Serbian football player
• Nenad Erić, Serbian football player
• Nenad Filipović, Serbian football player
• Nenad Firšt, Slovene composer, conductor and violinist
• Nenad Gagro, Bosnian football player
• Nenad Gajić, Serbian-Canadian lacrosse player
• Nenad Gračan, Croatian football player
• Nenad Grozdić, Serbian football player
• Nenad Injac, Serbian football player
• Nenad Janković, Bosnian Serb musician, composer, actor and television director.
• Nenad Jestrović, Serbian football player
• Nenad Knežević Knez, Montenegrin singer
• Nenad Kovačević, Serbian football player
• Nenad Krstić, Serbian basketball player
• Nenad Krstičić, Serbian football player
• Nenad Lazarevski, Serbian football player
• Nenad Marinković, Serbian football player
• Nenad Marković, Bosnian football player
• Nenad Maslovar, Montenegrin football player
• Nenad Medić, Serbian-Canadian poker player
• Nenad Mijatović, Montenegrin basketball player
• Nenad Milijaš, Serbian football player
• Nenad Milosavljević, Serbian singer and songwriter
• Nenad Mirosavljević, Serbian football player
• Nenad Mišanović, Serbian basketball player
• Nenad Mišković, Bosnian Serb football player
• Nenad Mišović, Serbian-Swedish murderer
• Nenad Mladenović, Serbian football player
• Nenad Nastić, Serbian football player
• Nenad Nikolić, Croatian football player
• Nenad Novaković, Serbian football player
• Nenad Pagonis, Serbian kickboxer
• Nenad Petrović, Serbian writer
• Nenad Petrović, Croatian chess player
• Nenad Petrović, Serbian jazz musician
• Nenad Popović, Bosnian Serb businessman
• Nenad Pralija, Croatian football player
• Nenad Prokić, Serbian playwrighter, theatre director and MP in the Parliament of Serbia
• Nenad Sakić, Serbian football player and coach
• Nenad Savić, Serbian football player
• Nenad Slivić, Serbian football player
• Nenad Starovlah, Bosnian football player
• Nenad Stekić, Serbian long jumper
• Nenad Stojaković, Serbian football player
• Nenad Stojanović, Serbian football player
• Nenad Stojković, Serbian football player
• Nenad Sudarov, Serbian Olympic and Half Ironman distance triathlete
• Nenad Todorović, Serbian football player
• Nenad Tomović, Serbian football player
• Nenad Vanić, Serbian football player
• Nenad Vasić, Serbian football player
• Nenad Veličković, Bosnian playwrighter
• Nenad Vučinić, Serbian basketball coach
• Nenad Vukanić, Montenegrin water polo player
• Nenad Vukasović, Serbian politician and lawyer
• Nenad Zimonjić, Serbian tennis player

See also

• Slavic names

References

1. ^ "Predrag i Nenad"

External links

• http://www.behindthename.com/name/nenad