List of Serbian given names

This is a list of first names that are common for Serbs, have origin in Serbia or that are unique to the Serbian culture.

Male names

Names with Western cognates

* "Aleksa" - Alexis (Greek)
* "Aleksandar" - Alexander (from Greek "Alexandros")
* "Andrej, Andrija" - Andrew (from Greek "Andreas")
* "Avram" - Abraham (Biblical)
* "Boris" (Slavic)
* "Damjan" - Damian (from Greek "Damianos")
* "Danilo"/"Danijel" - Daniel (Biblical)
* "Dimitrije" - Demeter (from Greek "Dimitrios")
* "Đorđe", "Đurađ" - George (from Greek "Giorgos")
* "Filip" - Philip (from Greek "Philippos")
* "Gavrilo" - Gabriel (Biblical)
* "Grgur" - Gregory
* "Igor" (Russian)
* "Ilija" - Elias (Biblical)
* "Jakov" - Jacob, James (Biblical)
* "Jovan", "Ivan" - John (Biblical)
* "Kosta", "Konstantin" - [Constantin (from Greek "Kostantinos/Kostas")
* "Lazar" - Lazarus (Biblical)
* "Luka" - Luke (Biblical)
* "Marko" - Mark (from Roman "Marcus")
* "Matija" - Matthew, (from Biblical "Matthias")
* "Mihailo" - Michael (Biblical)
* "Nikola" - Nicholas (from Greek "Nikolaos")
* "Pavle" - Paul (from Latin/Biblical "Paulus")
* "Petar" - Peter (from Greek/Biblical "Petros")
* "Sergej" - Sergius (Roman)
* "Stefan", "Stevan" - Steven (from Greek "Stephanos")
* "Toma" - Thomas (Biblical)

Names ending with -an

* "Bogdan"
* "Boban"
* "Bojan"
* "Dejan"
* "Dragan"
* "Dušan"
* "Goran"
* "Kristijan"
* "Milan"
* "Miljan"
* "Miran"
* "Radoman"
* "Radovan"
* "Slobodan"
* "Srđan"
* "Stojan"
* "Vladan"
* "Vuksan"
* "Zlatan"
* "Zoran"
* "Živan"

Names ending with -slav

* "Berislav"
* "Borislav"
* "Branislav"
* "Dragoslav"
* "Jugoslav"
* "Miroslav"
* "Radoslav"
* "Srboslav"
* "Stanislav"
* "Svetislav"
* "Tomislav"
* "Višeslav"
* "Vladislav"
* "Vojislav"
* "Zdeslav"

Names ending with -mir

The Serbian word "mir" means "peace" in English.

* "Branimir"
* "Budimir"
* "Desimir"
* "Dragomir"
* "Hvalimir
* "Krešimir"
* "Ljubomir"
* "Milomir"
* "Miomir"
* "Momir"
* "Predimir"
* "Ratimir"
* "Srbomir"
* "Sretomir"
* "Stracimir"
* "Tihomir"
* "Velimir"
* "Vladimir"
* "Vojnomir"
* "Zvonimir"

Names ending with -oje

* "Blagoje"
* "Dobrivoje"
* "Milivoje"
* "Radivoje"
* "Radoje"
* "Spasoje"
* "Sredoje"
* "Vidoje"

Names ending with -in

* "Vukašin"
* "Živojin"
* "Milutin"
* "Dragutin"

Names ending with -ko

* "Boško"
* "Branko"
* "Cvetko"
* "Danko"
* "Darko"
* "Draško"
* "Gojko"
* "Janko"
* "Marinko"
* "Matko"
* "Milanko"
* "Milenko"
* "Mirko"
* "Nedeljko"
* "Rajko"
* "Rastko"
* "Raško"
* "Ratko"
* "Slavko"
* "Stanko"
* "Vasko"
* "Veljko"
* "Vlatko"
* "Zdravko"
* "Zvonko"
* "Žarko"
* "Željko"
* "Živko

Other typical names

* "Aco" - Short form of Aleksandar
* "Bogoljub" - "God's love" (Greek: "Theodore")
* "Božidar" - "God's gift"
* "Božo" - Short form of Božidar
* "Dragiša"
* "Dražen"
* "Đuro"
* "Ljubiša"
* "Mika"
* "Mikica"
* "Milorad"
* "Miloš"
* "Miodrag"
* "Miša"
* "Mladen" - "young"
* "Nebojša"
* "Nemanja"
* "Nenad"
* "Novak"
* "Predrag"
* "Radič"
* "Rodoljub" - "patriot"
* "Sava"
* "Siniša"
* "Svetozar"
* "Strahinja"
* "Uroš"
* "Veselin"
* "Vilmoš"
* "Vlado"
* "Vuk" - "wolf"

Female names

Names with Western cognates

* "Adrijana" - Adrienne
* "Aleksandra" - Alexandra
* "Ana" - Anna
* "Danijela" - Danielle
* "Jelena" - Hellen
* "Katarina" - Katherine
* "Kristina" - Christina
* "Magdalena" - Magdalene
* "Marija" - Mary
* "Natalija" - Natalie
* "Suzana - Susan
* "Teodora" - Theodora

Names ending with -ica

* "Anica"
* "Blagica"
* "Dobrica"
* "Danica"
* "Dragica"
* "Dušica"
* "Đurica"
* "Ljubica"
* "Marica"
* "Milica"
* "Ružica"
* "Slavica"
* "Verica"
* "Vujica"

Names ending with -ana

* "Biljana"
* "Bobana" - feminine form of Boban
* "Bogdana" - feminine form of Bogdan
* "Bojana" - feminine form of Bojan
* "Dajana"
* "Dijana"
* "Dragana" - feminine form of Dragan
* "Gordana"
* "Ivana" - feminine form of Ivan
* "Jovana" - feminine form of Jovan
* "Ljiljana"
* "Milana" - feminine form of Milan
* "Mirjana"
* "Slađana"
* "Smiljana"
* "Snežana"
* "Svetlana"
* "Tijana"
* "Vladana" - feminine form of Vladan
* "Zorana" - feminine form of Zoran

Names ending with -ka

* "Anka"
* "Borka"
* "Danka"
* "Darinka"
* "Desanka"
* "Dubravka"
* "Dušanka" - feminine form of Dušan
* "Duška"
* "Ivanka" - feminine form of Ivan
* "Jadranka"
* "Jovanka" - feminine form of Jovan
* "Ljubinka"
* "Milanka" - feminine form of Milan
* "Milka"
* "Radojka"
* "Slavka"
* "Veselinka" - feminine form of Veselin
* "Vlatka"

Other typical female names

* "Andrea"
* "Anđela" - "angel"
* "Jasmina" - "jasmine"
* "Jasna"
* "Ksenija"
* "Marina"
* "Milena"
* "Mina"
* "Nada" - "hope"
* "Nevena" - "marigold"
* "Nataša"
* "Radmila"
* "Sandra"
* "Sanja"
* "Sonja"
* "Tamara"
* "Tanja"
* "Tatjana"
* "Vesna"
* "Vida"

ee also

*Serbian surnames