Many Slavic peoples tried to protect the baby from evil forces and protect the baby with the help of a name. The meaning of the child's name was associated with faith in the forces of nature or hope for best qualities human nature.

Serbian names are of pagan origin. The main wish for a child is to live, to survive. Therefore, the root “zhivo” was often found in the name of the Serbs: Zhivko, Zhivan, Zhivana, Dabizhiv. The special meaning that was invested in each of the Serbian names is not difficult to understand. They sound very poetic: Slavica, Gordana, Milica, Srebryanka, Slobodan, Radovan.

Names of Serbian princes

Historical sources have preserved the names of noble people of Serbia who lived before the baptism of Serbian tribes in the 9th century. Names very sonorous and majestic- Svevlad, Selemir, Vladin, Ratmir, Vysheslav, Radoslav, Vlastimir, Stroimir. Prince's name contains two roots- it is immediately clear what great hopes and tasks were placed on the child named in this way.

The compound name was the privilege of men. But in noble families, girls sometimes received this name - Negoslava, Negomira, Dregoslava, Radmila.

Baptism in Serbia led to the widespread dissemination of the names of Christian canonized saints. Mainly names of Greek, Roman, Hebrew origin. However, Slavic names are still popular in Serbia.

Feminine names

There are a lot of authentic Serbian female names. It is especially interesting that the same name can be used in different forms. The documents indicate the version of the name that you like: the full name or one of the abbreviations.

The consonance of the Serbian and Russian languages, which are of Slavic origin, makes the names of the Serbs completely clear in meaning: Spring, Dubravka, Dushka, Sloboda. Serbian female names and their meanings are sometimes heard almost the same:

• Militsa is sweet.
• Dragana is dear.
• Snezhana - snowy.
• Boyana is brave.
• Gordana is proud.
• Srebryanka - silver.
• Slavitsa is nice.
• Dobritsa is kind.

Yugoslav female names that came from Russia are reminiscent of the common history and significant influence of Russian culture and literature. They are also popular in Serbia:

• Tatiana.
• Olga.
• Masha.
• Natasha.
• Irina.

Nowadays, when people in the Balkans name their daughters with names of very different origins, the most common ones are not only native Serbian names. The names Sofia, Maria, Angela, Teodora, Katarina, Jovana, Iva, Yana, Tatyana, Sara are very popular in Serbia.

And yet Milica still remains the most popular. Nevena and Tijana are two other particularly favorite names of Serbian origin.

Name options for men

A male name of Serbian origin, like a female one, is even officially used in different forms. For example, Milko. Such a name may be recorded in the owner's passport. But the same name can constantly be used to call those who have the names in their documents - Milan, Miloslav, Milosh, Milodrag, Miladin, Milovan.

The Slavic root “mil” is very common, and the roots “rad” and “stan” are also common. Their meaning is clear to Russian-speaking people, as is the meaning of other male names. The list of Serbian male names sounds like a list of fairy-tale characters, reminiscent of pagan times:

• Dusan is the soul.
• Vuk is a wolf.
• Dragan is dear.
• Milan is charming.
• Milorad - joyful.
• Dragoslav is gifted.
• Bratislav is a fighter.
• Vladislav is the owner.
• Radovan - happy.
• Tihomir is peaceful.
• Lyubomir - peaceful, loving.
• Deyan is enterprising.
• Dobrilo - approving.
• Slavolub is magnificent.
• Slobodan is free.
• Gorazd is skillful.
• Goran is a mountain dweller.
• Dabazhiv is a survivor.

As a result of the baptism of Serbia, children began to be named after canonized saints. This tradition has been well established over several centuries, and now the names Nikola, Luka, Lazar, Stefan, Aleksandar are very popular.

More than 90% of Serbs today consider themselves Christians. Nevertheless, old Serbian names are still popular.

The formation of names in Serbia after baptism had another interesting feature. Compound names arose with a Slavic root that included the name of the saint. For example, Nikoslav, Petroslav, Marislav.

Male names that came to Serbia from Russia are Boris, Igor, Ivan, Sasha. Interestingly, it is common in the country short form- Vanya, which became a name for both boys and girls.

But such consonant names - Milos and Miklos - have different origins. Milos is a name with a Slavic root, and Miklos comes from the name of St. Nicholas. It was transformed according to the rules and features familiar to the people native language. It should be taken into account that the owner of the name Milos is most likely Serbian by nationality. This is a Slavic name. And Miklos is a Hungarian name that has also become a surname.

In general, Balkan names have different origins, including common Slavic, ancient Germanic, ancient Greek, Hebrew and others.

Surname in Serbia

Serbian surnames have a characteristic ending “-ich”: Pavic, Pekić, Cosic, Dučić, Andrić. Most popular surnames came from personal names- Petrovic, Milosevic, Pavlovich, Nikolic, Markovic, Ivanovic. Their main root is taken from the name given at baptism. Surnames with Slavic roots are very expressive - Krasic, Stojanovic, Vranich, Vukic. It is not uncommon, as in other languages, to have surnames reminiscent of a profession - Kolarevich, Kacharovich, Kovačevich.

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The adoption of Christianity, which came from Byzantium in the second half of the 9th century, entailed the obligatory nature of only canonical names, that is, limited to the Orthodox calendar. By origin, these names are ancient Greek or adopted from the languages ​​of the eastern part of the Roman Empire in the era of early Christianity. For many centuries, names from the native language competed with canonical names in Serbian anthroponymy (Vuk “wolf”); among the princes, compound names became stronger, in the second component of which the most frequent are “peace” and, somewhat inferior to it in terms of frequency, “slav”.

There were often “protective” names dictated by superstition, that is, according to Serbian ideas, designed to ward off evil spirits so that they would not kidnap the child or harm him. The centuries-old domination of the Ottoman Empire in Serbia (after the loss of independence as a result of defeat in the Battle of Kosovo in 1389) not only failed to destroy the original Serbian names, but, on the contrary, unwittingly contributed to their transformation into one of the means protecting the unity and identity of the Serbs. Some names of Turkic origin included in the Serbian anthroponymy (Karanfila “carnation”) do not exceed the usual number of borrowings during long-term close contact with the foreign-language population.

The establishment of the socialist system in Serbia in 1945 abolished church ban to non-canonical names; the choice of names became free. Many new names have appeared, mainly based on Serbian vocabulary; The transition of informal forms of naming to basic names is especially frequent. Borrowings from the names of the fraternal peoples of Yugoslavia are also common (for example, the names Iegan, Njegosh, Negota, Negatic, Negach, Negaje, and the feminine Negotinka were formed.

Suffixes form a kind of paradigm, which can be illustrated by the example of male names:

Bratota Bratun Bratui Bratokhna Bratoje Milota Miloš Milun Miluy Milokhna Miloje Work Radosh Rayun Raduy Radohna Radoje.

The most common suffixes of female names: -ka (covers 20% of all names of Serbian women; differs from Russian in that it does not carry any derogatory connotation at all (Zhivka, Zdravka, Slavyanka), -ina (Yasmina, Angelina), -itsa (Milica, Zorica ), -ana (Lilyana, Snezhana).
Compound names are numerous. A third of all men wear them (Miroslav, Radomir); in women they are half as common (Negomira, Negoslava).

The ten most common male names are: Dragan, Zoran, Milan, Slobodan, Miroslav, Milodrag, Dusan, Radomir, Petar, Vladimir. But their frequency is variable and different in different areas.

All female names end in -a (in Russian transmission - also in the spelling -iya, which conveys the pronunciation -iya), male names end in a hard consonant, a small amount - iot and a slightly larger number - a vowel.

Numerous derivative forms are extremely widespread in the sphere of everyday communication. For example, from the main form male name Alexander, such derivatives as Sandro, Sanda, Sandal, Sande, Sanko, Lesan, Leko, Lela, Lesa, Lesko, Lesander, Lecha, Leiko, Lekan, Tsane, Tsaka, Tsanda are possible.

Serbian anthroponymy is characterized by an abundance of nicknames.

Last names are required for everyone. Many Serbs have surnames ending in -ich.

In the Russian program the spelling is -ich.

There are significantly fewer surnames with -ich in Vojvodina - half of all surnames in Kosovo-Metohija. In a number of localities, the entire population has, in addition to the official surname, a parallel one, used by all residents within the village.

The modern Serbian name book has a rich educational suffixation: there are more than 50 suffixes that form personal names. So, for example, from the base they can.

SERBIAN NAMES

Serbian language belongs to the South Slavic subgroup Slavic branch languages. Very close to Croatian and Bosnian languages ​​and for a long time(1850 - II half of the 20th century) was united with them into a single literary language, known as Serbo-Croatian or Croatian-Serbian. All three languages ​​are mutually intelligible.

The Serbian language uses two alphabets in parallel: the Cyrillic "Vukovica" and the Latin "Gajevica". And although in Serbia now only “Vukovica” is considered the official alphabet, in everyday life “Gajevica” is used almost as often as the Cyrillic alphabet.

Serbian names

Names occupy a huge place in the Serbian name book Slavic origin: Radovan, Milos,Dusan,Dragan,Slobodan, Militsa, Milan, Milena, Zorana, Snezhana. Like the Bulgarians, the Serbs have no fundamental difference between a full and a diminutive name - both of them can quite officially act as independent names. Therefore, for example, guess the “passport” name of a Serb who introduced himself to you as Milko, is fundamentally impossible: it can appear in documents as Milan, And How Miloslav, And How Milos and just like Milko. Actually, the origin of such names is not completely clear: historically they could have been formed either directly from the common Slavic root “mil-”, or as short forms from more complex names ( Miloslav,Milodrag, Miladin, Milovan).

Serbs also actively use names from the Orthodox calendar: Nikola,Luke, Marco, Jovan, Petar (Feather), Maria,Elena, Sofia, Natalie. There are also hybrid two-part names, “glued together” from a borrowed calendar name and a purely Slavic component: Petroslav, Marislav, Nikoslav.

However, even for believing Serbs, the presence or absence of a name in Orthodox calendar does not play big role. “If in Russia it is customary to celebrate name day - the day of the heavenly patron of every person, then in Serbia, although someone has a personal “imendan” (that is, name day) it happens, but much more often they celebrate “slava” - the memory of the patron saint of the whole family, and moreover, the entire family. Usually the saint in whose honor the first Christian in the family was baptized was chosen. I think more than half of Serbian families celebrate the glory of St. Nicholas of Myra. But I also know cases when. glory is celebrated in memory of Alexander Nevsky. It is difficult to say when the veneration of this Russian saint reached Serbia, but most likely it came late - with Russian soldiers during one of the Balkan campaigns. The question then arises: did the first Christian in the family live in the 19th century or so? the beginning of the 20th century? The answer is this: the Serbs always fought a lot. Accordingly, there were many orphans, and a person simply might not know his glory. And if, suppose, a child was saved by Russian soldiers, then he, having become the head of the family, could take it in gratitude. patron saint of the Russian saint" ( from an interview with the editor of the “Local Churches” department of the website Pravoslavie.ru, Hieromonk Ignatius (Shestakov), to the magazine “Neskuchny Sad”).

About the list of Serbian names posted on this site

The names in the list are given in two spellings (Vukovica and Gajevica). The list is ordered by the Cyrillic version (Vukovitsa). Also given various options spelling names ( Milena,Mijena), diminutive forms, description of origin and meaning, Russian transcription.

Since this section is dedicated specifically to Serbian (and not Croatian or Bosnian) names, the list does not include names from the Catholic and Muslim spectrum, with the exception of popular foreign names borrowed in relatively recent times.

In the description of the meanings of names of Slavic origin, for convenience, Russian versions of common Slavic lexemes are given.

Abbreviations used:
decrease - diminutive
prod. - derivative
medieval - medieval
modern - modern
church - church
bib. - biblical
ist. - historical
evang. - evangelical
general glory - Common Slavic
ancient german - Old Germanic
Old-Hebrew - Hebrew
lat. - Latin
Serbian - Serbian
Turkic - Turkic
tour. - Turkish
Celtic - Celtic, belonging to the Celtic group of languages
Ancient Greek - ancient Greek
Old Scand. - Old Norse
Norman - Norman
fr. - French

A correctly chosen name has a strong positive impact on a person’s character, aura and destiny. Actively helps to develop, forms positive qualities of character and condition, strengthens health, removes various negative programs of the unconscious. But how to choose the perfect name?

Despite the fact that there are cultural interpretations of what male names mean, in reality the influence of the name on each boy is individual.

Sometimes parents try to choose a name before birth, preventing the child from developing. Astrology and numerology for choosing a name have squandered all serious knowledge about the influence of a name on fate over the centuries.

Calendars of Christmastide, holy people, without consulting a seeing, insightful specialist, do not provide any real help in assessing the influence of names on the fate of a child.

And lists of ... popular, happy, beautiful, melodious male names completely turn a blind eye to the individuality, energy, soul of the child and turn the selection procedure into an irresponsible game of parents in fashion, selfishness and ignorance.

Beautiful and modern Serbian names should first of all suit the child, and not the relative external criteria of beauty and fashion. Who don't care about your child's life.

Various characteristics according to statistics are positive features of the name, negative traits name, choice of profession by name, the influence of a name on business, the influence of a name on health, the psychology of a name can only be considered in the context of a deep analysis of subtle plans (karma), energy structure, life goals and the type of a particular child.

The topic of compatibility of names (and not the characters of people) is an absurdity that turns the internal mechanisms of the influence of a name on the state of its bearer inside out on the interactions of different people. And it cancels the entire psyche, unconscious, energy and behavior of people. Reduces the entire multidimensionality of human interaction to one false characteristic.

The meaning of the name has no literal impact. For example, Andria (warrior), this does not mean that the young man will be strong, and bearers of other names will be weak. The name can weaken his health, block his heart center and he will not be able to give and receive love. On the contrary, another boy will be helped to solve problems of love or power, which will make life and achieving goals much easier. The third boy may not have any effect at all, whether there is a name or not. Etc. Moreover, all these children can be born on the same day. And have the same astrological, numerological and other characteristics.

The most popular Serbian names for boys are also a misconception. 95% of boys are called names that do not make their fate easier. You can only rely on the child’s innate character, spiritual vision and wisdom of an experienced specialist.

The secret of a man's name, as a program of the unconscious, a sound wave, vibration, is revealed in a special bouquet primarily in a person, and not in the semantic meaning and characteristics of the name. And if this name destroys a child, then no matter how beautiful, melodious with the patronymic, astrologically accurate, blissful it is, it will still be harmful, destroy character, complicate life and burden fate.

Below is a list of Serbian names. Try to choose several that you think are most suitable for your child. Then, if you are interested in the effectiveness of the name’s influence on fate, .

List of male Serbian names in alphabetical order:

Andria - man, warrior
Anthony - invaluable

Blagoye, Blagoya - gentle
Boyan - battle
Bratislav - brother of glory

Vuk - wolf
Vukashin - wolf
Vasily is the king

Goran - mountain man

George - peasant
Deyan - enterprising

Dimitrie - loves the earth
Dobrilo – encourages excellence in others
Dobroshin - perfection
Dragan - dear, beloved
Dragoslav - precious glory
Dusan - soul

Elijah - God, my God

Jovan - good god
Joseph - he will increase

Christian - follower of Christ

Lyubomir - the world of love

Miomir - fragrance
Milyan - charm
Milun - kind
Mikhailo, Mikhailo - who is like God

Nebojsa - fearless
Nemanja - poor, bad
Nenad - unexpected

Obrad - happiness

Predrag - precious
Pavle - small

Radmilo - happy favor
Radovan - happy

Sava - old man
Slobodan - freedom
Slavolub - magnificent
Srechko - luck
Stevan - crown

Tihomir - peace

Remember! Choosing a name for a child is a huge responsibility. A name can greatly make a person’s life easier, but it can also cause harm.

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Serbs (Serb. Srbi) are a Slavic people living on the southern side, representatives of this people live in Serbia, Bosnia, Montenegro and Croatia, Herzegovina and other countries. Their total population is about 12-13 million people.

Their main religion is Orthodoxy. The national language is Serbian.

Ethnographic groups of Serbs are divided, in total, by dialects of the Serbian language. The largest group is Shtokavian Serbs. There are also Gorani and other ethnographic groups. The history of Serbia begins to count its beginning in the 6th century, from the moment the western part of the Balkan Peninsula began to be settled by the ancient Slavs.

It is said that many names in ancient times were derived from what families farmed or made. Thus, one can understand that if a family grew tomatoes, then their names slowly became, for example, from paradajze, but Abit are different - so they think.... Some names originated because the ancestors grew flowers, such as lilacs.

Suffix in Serbian surnames

Serbian immigrants to the US or other English countries tend to be ich.

Most Serbian surnames with the suffix - IC (ITJ / IPA/, Cyrillic - ић). It is most often transcribed as - IC. In history, Serbian names have often been transcribed with a phonetic ending, -uzd or -ich. This form of education is often associated with Serbs right up until the beginning of the 20th century: from here one can identify Milutin Milanković, mostly called, for historical reasons: Milutin Milanković.

IC is a suffix which is used in Slavic diminutives. Thus, the Serbian surname Petrich means little Peter.

Most Serbian surnames are maternal (Mother) or paternal (Father) professional, but surnames can also be derived from personal qualities.

Other joint surname suffixes are -in or -ov which are Slavic possessive suffixes, so Nikola's son now becomes Nikolin, Petrov's son Peter, and Jovan's son Jovanov. Both suffixes are often combined.

The most common surnames are Petrovic, Nikolic and Jovanovic.

List of Serbian surnames:

Aleksic, Adzovic, Andjelic , Anastasijevic Old Andjelkovic

Babic Balasevic Bajic, Banovich Blagojevic Belic Blasevic Bogic Bogdanovich Bogicevic Bozovic Boshkovic Brkic Bulatovic Brnovic Buturovic

Celebic Cavoski Kasic Ckrebic Cicic Cosic Cubrilovic Coslovic Kuruvija Cvijic Cvetkovic

Djapic Djokovic Danicic Davidovic Djordjevic Djorovic Djuric Djurisic Djukanovic Djukic Djurdjevic Djuretic Dobrica Dokic Drac Drljaca Drulovic Dragomanovic Draskovic Dudukovic

Erkocevic

Gojkovic Garasanin Gavrilovich Goranovic Gracanin Grba Gorkic Govedarica Grol Grujic Grlic Grkovic Grujicic

Hrnjak Haravan

Jeftanovic Eftich Janic Jankovic Jevtic Jevremovic Jovanovic Jovic Jigovich Jokanovic Jovovic Jugovic

Kandic Karadzic Kadijevic Kajosevic Karkunica Kojic Kontic Kordic Kolevich Komljenovic Kos Kovacevic Korolevic Kral Kukcenjac

Ljotic Lekovic Lilic Lukovich

Maricic Marinkovic Mandaric Maric Markovich Mihailovich Mijatovic Martic Mihailovich Milankovic Milatovich Milkovic Milosevic Miletic Milic Milutinovich Minich Mitevic Mladic Mirkovic Misic Mladjenovic Moljevic Mrdzha

Nemanjic Nikezic Nacuk Nedic Nikolic Nusic

Ognenovic Ognjenovic Obradovic Obrenovic Ogrijenovic Opacic Ostojic

Pasic Pejovic Panika Pantelic Peric Perisic Petrovic Plavsic Perovic Peza Pokrajac Popov Princip Prodanovic Popovic Pribicevic Prpos Pupovac

Rasic Radanovic Račić Radic Radoncis Radosavijevic Ralevic Randjelovic Radulovic Ragulovic Raić Rankovic Roganovic Rogic Raškovich Raznjatovic

Savicevic Sekulic Santrac Saveljic Seshel Sibincic Skerlic Shlivancanin Simic Simovich Solevic Spasic Srbovic Srebov Spasojevic Srbic Srskic Stambolicha Stankovic Stanovcic Stanisic Stanjevic Stefanovic Stevic Stojanovic Stojadinovic Stojakovic Stojsic Stolicha Suljic Svabic Sujic Svetozar

Todorovic Tadic Telecevic Tucovic Tukovic

Uskokovic Utjesenovic Udovichi Unkovic Uzunovic

Veselin Vidovich Vasich Vasilievich Vukmanovic Vukovich Vukasinov Vujica

Zimojic Zivo (J) Zebic Zecevic inovic Zivkovic Zukic Zhupljanin Zoric Zujovic Zuzoric

Serbs are for all humanity. The contribution of the Serbs played a significant role in the development of science and art. Prominent figures among scientists include Nikola Tesla, Mihailo Pupin, Ruđer Bošković, Jovan Cvijić, Milutin Milanković and Mileva Maric, famous mathematicians Jovan Karamata, Mihailo Petrovic, and Djuro Kurepa; famous composers Stevan Mokranjac and Joseph Runjanin; famous authors Dositej Obradovic Milos Crnjanski, and Ivo Andrić, prolific inventor Ogneslav Kostovi.

The majority of Croatian Serbs were concentrated in the regions of Banija, Korduna, Lika, Northern Dalmatia, Western and Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Srem. Smaller groups of Serbs can also be found elsewhere in Slavonia and Dalmatia, Bilogora, Moslavina, Žumberak, Gorski Kotar and Istria, can also be found in all major cities in Croatia. Serbs in 2001 four counties with a Serb representation of more than 10%: Vukovar-Srem county, Sisak-Moslavina county, Karlovac county.

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