Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks, Macedonians, Montenegrins - Balkan Slavs who once made up one large country called Yugoslavia. These peoples, separated from each other in different countries, have common historical events, neighboring territories, and have much in common in culture and traditions. Despite belonging to different faiths, Serbian, Bosnian and Croatian surnames are often difficult to distinguish by affiliation.
Who are Croats
Croats - Slavic tribes, who settled the Balkans around the 7th century, after the collapse of the empire. Presumably they came from Galicia. In their genetic structure, Croats are related to the Slavs and the North Germans, or Goths. Croatian tribes were divided into white, black and red Croats. Whites are the ancestors of the population of Galicia (Western Ukraine), blacks (Czech Croats) are immigrants from Moravia and Slovenia. Red Croatia is the name given to the area of what is now Dalmatia and some areas of neighboring Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Most people of this nationality live in the territory of the current surname and are often found in all former republics Yugoslavia, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Romania, Poland, Hungary. Small groups of Croats can be found in many parts of the world.
Pre-Christian names
The ancient tribes - the ancestors of the Croats - were pagans, like all Slavs. The Slavs preferred naming a name great importance. It was believed that a name gives a person the quality that it carries. Yes, this is how it is in modern times: “Whatever you call the boat, that’s how it will float.” Croatian surnames, like other peoples, arose only with the advent of the need to document citizens. An interesting belief existed among pagan tribes regarding naming. Very often, a permanent name was given to a child when he was already growing up, and his character traits and inclinations became clear, then they called him Slavko (glorious), Goran (mountain man), Vedrana (cheerful). Girls were often given names of plants and flowers. Thus, Croatian women often have the names Cherry, Yagoda, and Elka. Before receiving a permanent name, in order to hide the child from evil spirits, he was called simply Naida, Momche (boy) or given pet name animal, piglet, for example (Gushyu).
Religion and surnames
The need to add surnames to the name appeared among the Slavs with the adoption of Christianity, as records were made of church books of births, deaths, and population censuses. Croatian first and last names form a full-fledged personal name. Patronymics, like the Serbs, are not accepted. Actually, the majority original surnames- these are the changed names of the fathers, which later began to be passed down through the family. This type of surname is akin to patronymics Eastern Slavs: Petrovich, Markovich, Yakovich.
Forms of Croatian surnames
Surnames derived from the father's name or occupation, ending in -ich, rank first in prevalence among Serbs, and only second among Croats. The pronunciation of Croatian surnames, like Serbian surnames of this kind, is practically no different, because they have the same language - Serbo-Croatian. Kovacevich, Vukovich, Shumanovich - this form is also common among Poles and Western Ukrainians. Mostly townspeople and merchants in these regions called themselves this way. Russians formed patronymics with a similar ending, but the emphasis in Croatian surnames, unlike Russian patronymics, is on the first syllable in most cases, or on the third from the end for long surnames.
Popular surnames
Without being particularly modest, the surname Horvat leads the list of the most common ones. The second most popular Croatian surnames with endings - ich, of which the championship belongs to the Kovacevics. The following are surnames ending in -a To: Novak, Dvorak, and those formed from the diminutive name of the father with the ending - IR Jurek, Michalek. Next on the popularity list are: family endings- uk: Tarbuk, Biyuk. Less common are the groups - rts, -nts, -ar, -sh (Khvarts, Rybar, Dragosh). Eat individual surnames, characteristic only of certain regions or constituting two-root combinations (Krivoshiya, Belivuk). There are also Oresanin, Gracanin, and Tsvetanin in Croatia. About 5 thousand people in the country have surnames with such endings.
Geography in surnames
Croatian anthroponymic experts have done a tremendous job of describing the surnames of their region. IN scientific works on this topic it is described not only how Croatian surnames are pronounced, how they were composed and what they mean. Linguists have collected and classified the prevalence of their native surnames by region of Croatia and beyond. Knowing these patterns, it is possible to determine approximately from which region the ancestors of a particular clan originated. Thus, the most numerous surname Horvat, it turns out, is concentrated in the area of a small northern territory that once belonged to Austria-Hungary; apparently, foreigners once called the indigenous inhabitants that way.
There are many Croats in Gorni Kotar, these areas also have the largest number of group surnames - k, -ets, -ats, -sh. In Slavonia the predominant forms are -ich, -ats. Dalmatia is characterized by a regional form of surnames, with the ending - itza(Kusturica, Pavlitsa, Cinnamon).
Famous Croats
Many Croatian outstanding people glorified the names of their ancestors throughout the world. The first of them was the famous geographer and traveler Marco Polo. The parachute was invented by Faust Vrančić, the “Theory of Natural Philosophy” was compiled by the physicist, mathematician and astronomer Ruđer Bošković, and the fingerprinting method was introduced to the world by Ivan Vucečić. The architect and sculptor Juraj Dalmatinets, the artist Juliv Klovic, and the politician Joseph and physicist Nikolai Tesla are widely known outside the country. This is just a small list of illustrious Croatian families who made a significant contribution to the development of world history.
Male and female Croatian names have much in common with the European naming system. It is impossible not to note the great similarity of the naming. In general, modern Croatian names for boys and girls are very diverse. Among them there are many both traditional and quite exotic, borrowed from other languages and cultures.
Origin of male and female Croatian names
Most traditional male and female Croatian names are of Slavic origin. They began to appear as early as the seventh century. The significance of traditional Croatian first and last names is still very high. They continue to be actively used in our time. However, there are popular Croatian names for girls and boys, borrowed from the Catholic calendar. The tradition of naming children according to the calendar is quite common in Croatia.
Among male and female Croatian names, there are also those that were taken from other cultures and languages. Many of them appeared quite recently, under the influence of globalization processes. Among those that are completely contrary to Croatian naming traditions.
Top most beautiful Croatian names for boys
- Bronislav. Translated into Russian = “fighter for glory”
- Branimir. From the Old Slavic “protecting world”
- Goran. Translated into Russian, this Croatian name means “high” / “mountainous”
- Casimir. From Old Slavonic "preacher of peace"
- Lubomir. Name Slavic origin. Meaning = "loving world"
- Marco. Form of the Latin name Mark
- Miroslav. Derivative from "peace" and "glory"
- Mladen Translated into Russian, this Croatian name for a man means = “small”
- Radomir. From the Old Slavic "peace fighter"
- Tihomir. Croatian name for a boy, created from the words "quiet" and "peaceful"
- Tomislav. From Old Church Slavonic “tormented by glory.”
List of the most beautiful Croatian names for girls
- Bogdana. The name is of Slavic origin. Meaning = "given by God"
- Borislava. Means "she who fights for glory"
- Vlasta. from Slavic "homeland"
- Dragana. Translated into Russian, this female Croatian name means = “dear”
- Dubravka. From Old Church Slavonic “strong as an oak”
- Zlata. Croatian girl name meaning "golden"
- Ivana. Translated from Hebrew, this Croatian girl's name means = "given by God"
- Kvita. From Slavic "flower"
- Militsa. South Slavic version of the name Melisa = "honey"
- Mirka. Produced from Mir or Miroslav = “famous throughout the world”
- Slavika. From Old Church Slavonic "glorious"
- Stanislava. Name of Slavic origin = "to become glorious"
The most popular female and male Croatian names
Today, the most common male and female Croatian names are Ivan, Marko, Josif, Stepan, Tomislav, Maria, Anna and Ivana. However, in last years Residents of Croatia are increasingly calling newborns in a foreign manner. In this regard, in the near future we can expect a sharp increase in the number of names borrowed from other languages.
Traditional Croatian girl names: origin
Croatian national female names date back to the Middle Ages and have Slavic roots. Before the adoption of Christianity, the Croatian religion was paganism. Pagan traditions of worshiping various deities, natural phenomena, left their mark on the personal names of the people. The girls were called beautiful names plants, fruits, flowers (for example, Dzhurzica - “lily of the valley”, Dunja (Dunya) - the Slovenian, Croatian and Serbian name for the quince fruit), in honor of the seasons (Spring), Slavic gods(Morena (Morena) is the name of the Slavic goddess of winter and death).
Sometimes the name meant an attractive “feminine” character trait (Tihana - “quiet”). Often sonorous Croatian names for girls had the character of a wish - Moika (“beloved”), and from Slavic root-drag (“dear”) several feminine forms of names with the same meaning are formed - Draga, Dragana, Drazhenka. The ancient Croats chose affectionate, soft names for their daughters - Milica (“fragrant”), Ljubica (from the word “to love”).
Often Croatian female names were formed from male forms names, preserving their meaning: for example, Jasenka (Yasenka) - female uniform male name Jasen (Ash) – “ deciduous tree", Gordana "proud" - from the masculine Gordan, etc.
Borrowed female Croatian names
Over time, the list of Croatian female names was constantly replenished - first with Christian names, then with names borrowed from other languages and countries.
Since the 7th century, Christianity has spread in Croatia, and with it the religious names of Catholic saints. Moreover, female names were borrowed both in a “ready-made” form (for example, the Greek name Clara - “bright, clear”), and were formed from male ones: for example, Filipa (Filipa) - from the male name Philip (the Croatian version of the Greek name Philip - “loving horses"), Josipa (Josipa) - from the masculine Joseph. Biblical christian names also modified (for example, Estera - the Croatian version of the biblical name Esther - Esther, Esther).
The period of conquest of part of the country Ottoman Empire also did not pass without a trace for the anthroponymy of the people: along with Islam (now there are approximately 1.5% of Muslims in the country) came to Croatia Muslim names(for example, the Turkic name Alma (Alma), meaning “apple”). Also often used by Croats Slavic names, common in Serbia - for example, Mirna (derived from the word “peace”).
Croats actively borrow foreign names, sometimes changing their sound: for example, the most popular female song in Croatia name Mia derived from Jewish name Maria, and in neighboring Italy it is considered Italian and is translated as “mine, belonging to me.” The name Nadezhda, which came from Russia, changed to Nada, Nadica (Nada, Naditsa).
New female names in Croatia
The list of Croatian female names is regularly updated thanks to borrowings from other languages and cultures, as well as the peculiarities of the Croatian formation of proper names.
Recently, short names have become especially popular in the country - borrowed names or full names shortened to 3-4 letters. So, Iva (Willow) is a short form of the name Ivanka (Ivanka), Lara (Lara) - Larisa, etc. Often newly formed names are the endings of borrowed foreign names (Ena, Eni are independent names derived from the ancient Greek name Irena - “peace, tranquility”).
Among Croats, national names with Slavic roots and Catholic Christian names are still relevant. At the same time, the naming of the people is very similar to the European system: in recent years, borrowed foreign and European names have been most in demand (German Karla - “courageous”, Spanish Dolores, etc.).
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Croatian names
Male and female Croatian names
Croatian names have significant similarities with most other Slavic names. In addition to Slavic names, names associated with religious tradition(from the Catholic calendar) and names of other peoples.
A full Croatian name consists of a first and last name.
The most common Croatian names are: Ivan, Josip, Luki, Marko, Peter, Lana, Maria, Lucy, Petra and Anna.
Traditional Croatian names are mostly Slavic names.
Male Croatian names
Berislav
Berivoj – Berivoj
Good
Bogdan
Bogumil – Bogumil
Bogolyub
Bogomil
Boris
Borislav
Borna
Bozetjeh
Bozidar
Bozo
Budimir – Budimir
Branimir
Brajko
Branko
Braslav
Bratolyub – Bratoljub
Goyko
Kvitko – Cvitko
Kvetko – Cvjetko
Kaslav – Caslav
Castimir – Castimir
Kedomir – Cedomir
Daliboru
Damir
Darko
Davor
Desimir – Desimir
Dobroslav – Dobroslav
Dobrovit – Dobrovit
Dragan
Drago
Dragoslav
Drazen
Drzislav
Godemir – Godemir
Goyko
Gojislav
Goran
Hrvoj
Kazimir – Kazimir
Clonimir – Klonimir
Kresimir – Kresimir
Ladoslav – Lavoslav
Lubomir
Ljudevit
Milan
Miles
Milivoj
Milko
Milovan
Miljenko
Mirko
Miroslav
Mislav – Mislav
Mladen
Mojmir – Mojmir
Mutimir – Mutimir
Nediljko
Nedjeljko
Nenad
Ognen
Ozren
Predrag
Pribislav – Pribislav
Prvan
Prvoslav
Radimir – Radimir
Radomir
Raiko
Ranko
Ratimir
Ratko
Rato
Radovan
Radoslav
Slaven
Slavolub
Slawomir
Smiljan – Smiljan
Spomenko – Spomenko
Srebrenko – Srebrenko
Stanislav
Stanko
Stanimir – Strahimir
Svyatoslav
Tihomil – Tihomil
Tihomir
Tjesimir
Tomislav
Tomo
Tweetko – Tvrtko
Vecheslav – Veceslav
Vedran
Velimir
Veselko – Veselko
Vidoslav – Vidoslav
Vekoslav – Vjekoslav
Wenceslav – Vjenceslav
Viseslav – Viseslav
Vitomir – Vitomir
Vladimir
Vlado
Voimir – Vojmil
Vojnomir – Vojnomir
Zdenko
Zdeslav – Zdeslav
Zdravko – Zdravko
Zorislav – Zorislav
Zoran
Zninko – Zrinko
Zrinoslav – Zrinoslav
Zlatko
Zvonimir
Zvonko – Zvonko
Hot – Zarko
Zhelimir – Zelimir
Zivko – Zivko
Female Croatian names
Berislava – Berislava
Benefits
Blagica
Blazhenka – Blazenka
Bogdana
Bogomila
Bogumila
Borislava – Borislava
Bozena – Bozena
Bozica
Bozidarka
Branimir – Branimira
Branca
Buga
Kvita – Cvita
Danica
Davorka
Divna
Dragana – Dragana
Drazhenka – Drazenka
Dubravka
Jasenka
Jasna
Lyuba
Mila
Militsa
Milenka – Miljenka
Mislava – Mislava
Mira – Mira
Mirka
Mirna
Mojmira
Morana – Morana
Nada
Nediljka
Nevenka
Ognjenka – Ognjenka
Ranka – Ranka
Raseljka
Ratka
Ruzha – Ruza
Ruzica – Ruzica
Glory
Slavika – Slavica
Slavenka
Smilana – Smiljana
Spomenka – Spomenka
Srebrenka – Srebrenka
Stanislava
Stana
Stanka
Snezka – Snjeska
Snjezana
Susana – Suncana
Svetlana – Svjetlana
Teha – Tjeha
Tihana
Tihomila – Tihomila
Tyre–Tuge
Vedrana
Vera – Vjera
Verica – Verica
Spring
Vjekoslava
Vlasta
Zlata
Zora
Zoritsa
Zrinka – Zrinka
Zrina – Zrina
Zvezdana – Zvjezdana
Zvonimira – Zvonimira
Zvonka – Zvonka
Zhelika – Zeljka
Vein – Zivka
Croatian names include names of Greek, Latin and Hebrew origin:
Male names : Ante, David, Dominic, Iliya, Ivan, Yakov, Josip, Juraj, Luka, Marko, Matej, Peter, Pero, Sylvester, Simon, Stefan.
Female names: Ana, Andrea, Katarina, Maria.
Croatian names borrowed from foreign names:
Denis, Carlo, Mario, Robert, Vanya, Victor, Alex and others.
Dora, Doris, Dolores, Ines, Carla, Natasha, Susana and others.
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