Names Categorized "Croatian kings"

Albert is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, derived from the Old High German name Adalbert, composed of the elements adal meaning "noble" and beraht meaning "bright". Thus, the name signifies "noble and bright"....

EtymologyAleksandar is a South Slavic variant of the name Alexander, found in Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Macedonian, and Serbian. The name derives from the Greek Aléxandros, meaning “defending men,” composed of alexo...

Andrija is a Croatian and Serbian masculine given name, cognate to the Greek Andreas and English Andrew. It derives from the Greek element aner meaning 'man', with the derivative andreios meaning 'manly' or 'masculine'....

Béla [ˈbeːlɒ] is a common Hungarian masculine given name. Its exact etymology is uncertain, but several plausible origins have been proposed. One theory traces it to the Old Hungarian word bél, meaning “heart” or “inside...

Etymology and OriginsDmitar is a Croatian and Serbian form of the name Demetrius, which itself is the Latinized version of the Greek name Δημήτριος (Demetrios), derived from the goddess Demeter. The name thus means "foll...

Ferdinand is a Germanic given name with a rich history spanning centuries and cultures. It is the Latinized form of Fredenandus, itself derived from a Gothic name composed of the elements friþus "peace" (or perhaps farþa...

Franjo is a Croatian and Serbian masculine given name, serving as the local form of Francis. The name ultimately derives from the Late Latin Franciscus, meaning "Frenchman," which itself comes from the Germanic tribe of...

Ivan is a male given name of Slavic origin, representing a newer form of the Old Church Slavic name Іѡаннъ (Ioannŭ), which was derived from Greek Ioannes (see John). The name ultimately traces back to the Hebrew Yôḥānnān...

EtymologyJosip is a Croatian and Slovene form of the biblical name Joseph, which derives from the Hebrew name Yosef meaning "he will add" or "God will increase," a reference to the Hebrew root yasaf (“to add”). In the Ol...

Karlo is a masculine given name used in Croatian, Slovene, and Georgian, serving as a form of Charles. The name Charles ultimately descends from the Germanic name Karl, meaning "man" (from Proto-Germanic *karlaz), or pos...

Koloman is the German and Slovak form of Colmán, itself a diminutive of Colum, the Irish form of Columba. The ultimate root is the Late Latin name Columba, meaning "dove", a symbol of the Holy Spirit in Christianity. The...

Krešimir is a Croatian masculine given name of Slavic origin. It is derived from the elements krěsiti ("to spark, to flare up, to bring to life, to resurrect") and mirŭ ("peace, world"), thus conveying a meaning akin to...

Etymology and OriginLadislav is a Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croatian and Serbian variant of the Slavic name Vladislav. The root name Vladislav derives from the Old Slavic elements volděti “to rule” and slava “glory,” givin...

Leopold is a masculine given name of Germanic origin, used in Czech, Dutch, English, German, Polish, Slovak, and Slovene. It is derived from the Old German elements liut "people" and bald "bold, brave". The spelling was...

Maksimilijan is the Slovene and Croatian form of the Latin name Maximilianus, which is the source of the more widely known Maximilian. The name ultimately derives from the Roman family name Maximus, meaning “greatest.”Et...

Matija is a South Slavic masculine given name, principally used in Croatia, Serbia, and Slovenia. It is a local form of Matthias, which itself derives from the Greek Ματθίας (Matthias), a variant of Ματθαῖος (Matthaios),...

Mihajlo is a South Slavic form of Michael, primarily used among Serbs. The name is a cognate of Mihailo and Mijailo, and it shares the same overarching meaning derived from the Hebrew rhetorical question “mi ka’el” — “wh...

Mirko is a masculine given name of South Slavic origin, popular in countries such as Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and also found in Italy and Germany. Linguistically, it deriv...

Miroslav is a common Slavic masculine given name, popular in numerous countries including Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Macedonia, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Ukraine (where it is rendered as Myrosla...

Robert is a masculine given name of ancient Germanic origin, widely used across many languages and cultures for centuries. It derives from the Proto-Germanic *Hrōþiberhtaz, composed of the elements hruod meaning "fame, g...