Croatian Names
Croatian names are used in the country of Croatia and other Croatian communities throughout the world.
612 names in our directory
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612Milivoj is a South Slavic masculine given name, most common in Croatia, Serbia, and Slovenia. It is composed of two ancient Slavic elements: milŭ ("gracious, dear") and vojĭ ("soldier, warrior"), thus conveying the meani...
Miljenko is a Croatian masculine given name, derived as a diminutive of Milan. The name Milan itself originates from the Slavic element milŭ, meaning "gracious, dear", and has been popular across various Slavic languages...
Milka is a feminine given name commonly found in Bulgarian, Croatian, Macedonian, Serbian, and Slovene languages. Originally a diminutive of names containing the Slavic element milŭ meaning "gracious, dear", it stands as...
Milorad (Cyrillic script: Милорад) is a masculine given name predominantly used in Serbian, Croatian, and Macedonian cultures. The name derives from two Old Slavic roots: milŭ meaning "gracious, dear" and radŭ meaning "h...
Miloš is a masculine given name common among Slavic peoples, particularly in Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovak, and Slovene cultures. It originated as a diminutive of names beginning with the Slavic element mi...
Milovan (Serbian Cyrillic: Милован) is a Slavic male given name, particularly common in Croatia and Serbia. The name is derived from the Slavic element milovati, meaning "to caress" or "to show affection," and is based o...
Miodrag is a South Slavic masculine given name, primarily used in Serbian and Croatian. It is a dithematic name composed of two Slavic elements: mio, a Serbo-Croatian form of the Slavic element milŭ meaning “dear,” and d...
Mira is a short form of Miroslava and other names beginning with Mir, commonly derived from the Slavic element mirŭ meaning "peace, world". This feminine diminutive is used across several South and West Slavic languages,...
Mirela is a feminine given name used in Albanian, Croatian, and Romanian. It is the form of Mireille adapted into these languages through the intermediate Italian Mirella. Mireille was coined by the Occitan poet Frédéric...
Mirica is a feminine given name of Slavic origin, primarily used in Croatia. It derives from the Slavic element mirŭ, meaning "peace" or "world," combined with a diminutive suffix -ica, which conveys endearment or smalln...
Mirjana is a South Slavic feminine given name widespread in Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and North Macedonia. It is generally considered a form of Miriam, which itself is a va...
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...
Mirna is a feminine given name common among Croats and Serbs.Derived from the Slavic element mir, meaning "peace" or "world", the name Mirna carries the connotation of "peaceful" or "calm". It is closely related to other...
Miro is a masculine given name, most commonly a short form of Miroslav in Croatian and Slovene, but also used as a shortened form of other names beginning with Mir. These names often incorporate the Slavic element mirŭ,...
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...
Miroslava is a feminine Slavic given name, the direct feminine form of Miroslav. It is composed of the Slavic elements mirŭ meaning 'peace, world' and slava meaning 'glory', thus conveying the overall meaning 'one who ce...
Mirta is a feminine given name that serves as a cognate of Myrtle in Spanish, Italian, and Croatian. Myrtle itself derives from the English word for the evergreen shrub, ultimately from the Greek μύρτος (myrtos), a name...
Miško is a South Slavic masculine given name, primarily used in Serbian and Croatian. It is a diminutive form of several longer names beginning with the sound "mi", such as Mihailo, Mihael, and Miroslav. The name is comm...
Mislav is a South Slavic masculine given name most common in Croatia. It is derived from the Slavic elements myslĭ "thought" or mojĭ "my" combined with slava "glory". The meaning can therefore be interpreted as "thought-...
Mladen is a South Slavic masculine given name, derived from the Slavic root mlad (from Old Slavic *moldŭ), meaning "young". The name has been in use since the Middle Ages across the southern Slavic regions, including Cro...
EtymologyMladenka is a feminine name primarily used in Croatia and Serbia. It is a Mladen with the feminine suffix -ka.moldŭ"young". The masculine form Mladen is itself derived from the South Slavic adjective mlad meanin...
Monika is a widespread variant of the name Monica, favored across Central, Eastern, and Northern Europe as well as in parts of Asia. Its usage spans Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Estonian, Finnish, German, Latvian,...
Morana is a feminine name of Slavic origin, derived from the Old Slavic word morŭ meaning "death, plague". In Slavic mythology, Morana is the name of a goddess associated with winter and death, often depicted as a dark d...
Nada 2 is a feminine name of South Slavic origin, meaning "hope." In the contexts of Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, and Slovene, Nada functions as a direct and simple name derived from a common word in South Slavic langu...
Etymology and Linguistic OriginsNadica is a feminine given name of South Slavic origin, predominantly used in Croatian and Serbian. It is a diminutive of Nada 2, which means "hope" in South Slavic. The suffix -ica is a c...
Natalija is a feminine given name used in several Slavic and Baltic languages, including Croatian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Serbian, and Slovene. It is a form of Natalie, derived from the Late Latin name Natalia, meaning...
Nataša is a feminine given name found primarily in West and South Slavic languages, functioning as a cognate of the East Slavic name Natasha. It is used in Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovak, and Slovene, among...
Nebojša is a South Slavic given name primarily used in Serbia and Croatia. The name directly translates to "fearless" in both Serbian and Croatian, deriving from the Old Slavic root nebojĭ (composed of negative prefix ne...
Neda is a short form of Nedeljka, a feminine given name used in Bulgarian, Croatian, and Serbian. Ultimately derived from the masculine name Nedeljko, it comes from the South Slavic words for "Sunday"—Croatian nedjelja a...
Nedeljka is a feminine given name used primarily in Croatian and Serbian-speaking regions. It is the feminine form of Nedeljko, a masculine name derived from the Slavic word for "Sunday" (Croatian nedjelja, Serbian недељ...
Nedeljko (Serbian Cyrillic: Недељко) is a Serbian and Croatian masculine given name derived from the word for "Sunday" in the South Slavic languages: Serbian недеља (nedelja) and Croatian nedjelja. The name thus carries...
Nediljka is a Croatian feminine given name, derived as the feminine form of the masculine name Nedeljko. The root of the name is the word nedjelja (Croatian) or ned̦elja (Serbian), meaning "Sunday". This connection to th...
Nediljko is a South Slavic masculine given name, primarily used in Croatian. It is a variant of Nedeljko, itself derived from the Croatian word nedjelja or Serbian недеља (nedelja) meaning "Sunday." The name thus carries...
Nedjeljka is a variant of Nedeljka, a Croatian feminine name ultimately derived from Nedeljko. The masculine root comes from Croatian nedjelja and Serbian недеља (nedelja), meaning Sunday. As with Nedeljka, the name like...
Etymology and MeaningNedjeljko is a Croatian male given name, a phonetic variant of Nedeljko. Both names derive from the Common Slavic word for Sunday (Croatian: nedjelja; Serbian: nedelja). The name thus carries connota...
Nela is a feminine given name predominantly found in Central and Eastern Europe, particularly in Croatia, Czech Republic, Poland, Portugal, and Slovakia. It originates as a short form of longer names such as Kornelia, Pe...
Nenad is a masculine given name of South Slavic origin, most common in Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro. The name is derived from the word nenadan, meaning "unexpected" in Serbian and Croatian. Thi...
Neno is a diminutive of Nenad, used primarily in Croatian and Serbian contexts. The name Nenad itself means "unexpected" in these languages, a concept rooted in Slavic onomastic traditions. According to Serbian folk song...
Nensi is the Croatian form of Nancy, itself a diminutive of Ann or Annis. While Nancy gained popularity in the English-speaking world during the 18th and 19th centuries, the adaptation Nensi entered Croatian usage throug...
Neven is a Slavic masculine given name, used predominantly in Croatia, Serbia, and Macedonia. It is the masculine form of the feminine name Nevena, which in turn derives from the South Slavic word neven meaning "marigold...
Nevena is a feminine given name widely used in South Slavic countries. The name is derived from the South Slavic word neven, meaning "marigold" (specifically Calendula officinalis). Nevena is the feminine form of the mas...
Nevenka is a South Slavic feminine given name, primarily used in Croatian, Macedonian, Serbian, and Slovene. It is a variant of Nevena, which is derived from the South Slavic word neven meaning "marigold", a bright orang...
Nika is a feminine given name used in Croatian and Slovene, serving as a short form or variant of Nikola, the local form of Nicholas. Ultimately deriving from the Greek name Nikolaos, meaning "victory of the people" (fro...
Nikica is a Croatian and Serbian diminutive of Nikola, itself a form of Nicholas. The name Nicholas ultimately derives from the Greek Nikolaos, meaning “victory of the people,” from nike (victory) and laos (people). As a...
Niko is a Finnish form of Nicholas, as well as a Croatian, Slovene, Georgian and German short form. The name derives from the Greek Nikolaos, meaning "victory of the people", from nike (victory) and laos (people). Saint...
Nikola is a masculine given name used in several languages, including Basque, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Serbian, and Slovene. It is a form of Nicholas, derived from the Greek name Nikolaos, meaning "victory...
Nikolina is the feminine form of Nicholas used in Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, and Slovene. The name derives ultimately from the Greek Nikolaos, meaning “victory of the people,” from níkē (victory) and laós...
Nikša is a diminutive of Nikola 1, commonly used in Croatian, Bosnian, and Serbian contexts.EtymologyThe name Nikša ultimately derives from the Greek name Νικόλαος (Nikolaos), meaning "victory of the people," from νίκη (...
Nina is a feminine given name used widely across Europe and beyond, found in Belarusian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Serbi...
Ninoslav is a male given name of Slavic origin, primarily used in Croatian and Serbian contexts. The name is composed of two Slavic elements: the first element nyne, meaning 'now,' and slava, meaning 'glory.' Thus, the n...
Nives is a feminine Italian and Croatian given name, ultimately deriving from the Spanish Nieves. The name Nieves means "snows" in Spanish, stemming from the title of the Virgin Mary Nuestra Señora de las Nieves, meaning...
Noa is a masculine given name that serves as the Croatian and Hawaiian form of Noah, as well as a French variant. In Croatian, it adapts the biblical Noah to local phonological patterns, while in Hawaiian, it follows the...
Ognjan is a Croatian and Serbian variant form of Ognyan, a name with roots in South Slavic languages. The name ultimately derives from the Bulgarian or Macedonian word огнен (ognen), meaning "fiery" or "of fire." This as...
Etymology and Linguistic RootsOgnjen is a given name prevalent in the countries of the former Yugoslavia, particularly Croatian and Serbian. It is directly derived from the South Slavic word oganj, meaning "fire." The na...
Oliver is a masculine given name of Old French and Medieval British origin. The name has been generally associated with the Latin term olivarius, meaning "olive tree planter" or "olive branch bearer." Alternatively, ther...
Olivera is a feminine given name primarily used in Croatian, Macedonian, and Serbian, formed as a feminine equivalent of the male name Oliver. The name Oliver itself has a complex etymology, potentially derived from Lati...
Olivija is a feminine given name used primarily in Lithuania, Slovenia, and Croatia. It is a direct borrowing of Olivia, a name popularized in the English-speaking world, and adapted to the phonetic and orthographic norm...
Ozana is a feminine given name used in Croatian and Romanian, functioning as the local form of Osanna, which itself derives from the biblical expression Hosanna. The name ultimately traces back to the Aramaic phrase Hosh...
Paškal is the Croatian form of Pascal, a name with deep Christian and Hebrew roots. Derived from the Late Latin name Paschalis, it means "relating to Easter," which in turn comes from Latin Pascha (Easter) via Hebrew פֶּ...
Paško is a Croatian form of the name Pascal, which itself derives from the Late Latin name Paschalis, meaning “relating to Easter.” The root is Latin Pascha “Easter,” from Hebrew pesach (Passover), the ancient Jewish hol...