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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 are used in Croatia.

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–Touge

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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Croatian names. Male and female Croatian names

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 and natural phenomena left their mark on the personal names of the people. The girls were called beautiful names plants, fruits, flowers (for example, Dzhurzhitsa - “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 the Slavic root -drag ("dear") several feminine forms of names were formed with the same value- 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 the masculine forms of names, preserving their meaning: for example, Jasenka (Yasenka) - the female form of the masculine 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 (Croatian version Greek name Philip - “horse lover”), 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 the conquest of part of the country by the 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), they also came to Croatia Muslim names(for example, the Turkic name Alma (Alma), meaning “apple”). Croats also often use Slavic names, which are also common in Serbia - for example, Mirna (derived from the word “peace”).

Croats actively borrow foreign names, while sometimes changing their sound: for example, the most popular in Croatia female name Mia is derived from the Hebrew name Maria, and in neighboring Italy it is considered Italian and translates 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.).

To the question “What do we know about the names of the Slavic peoples?” you need to answer honestly - nothing! Meanwhile, there is a lot to learn from the “Slavic brothers”: and careful attitude to the names of their Slavic ancestors, and to the names of Christian saints, and to the ability to adopt the names of neighboring peoples, doing it easily and very organically. So let's get started...

Part 1. What names do Croats have? General review.

On this page you will see not some “lists of Croatian names” taken from nowhere, but the names of living people who live in today’s Croatia, and you will be able to get a first idea of ​​the degree of their popularity.

Croats are southern Slavs. Croatia has a population of 4.2 million, of whom 90% are Croats, approximately 5% Serbs and a few Italians (0.4%, mainly in Istria, in the north). Catholics in the total population are 86% (usually Croats), Orthodox 4.5% (mostly Serbs), Muslims 1.5% (usually immigrants from Bosnia).

The official language is Croatian. Writing based on the Latin alphabet (unlike Serbia, which uses the Cyrillic alphabet). The Croatian Latin alphabet is called "gajica" (gajica, hrvatska abeceda), in honor of its creator, Ljudevit Gaj. There are no letters Q, W, X, Y in the Gaevitsa, but there are several “special” letters: Č, č (hard), Ć, ć (soft), Dž, dž (j), Đ, đ (j), Lj, lj (l), Nj, nj (nn), Š, š (w), Ž, ž (f). Croatian female names Ljuba, Lerka, Ruza, Zeljka and Stefanija, for example, are written like this: Ljuba, Ljerka, Ruža, Željka and Štefanija, and Djordje Marjanović (a famous singer) is written as Đorđe Marjanović.

The name of the country in Croatian is Republika Hrvatska, and in English it is Republic of Croatia. The capital is Zagreb (800 thousand people). Other large cities are Split (170 thousand people), Rijeka (130 thousand people) and Osijek (85 thousand people).

The head of the government is Prime Minister Tihomir Orešković.

What should I say first? The number of personal names - both female and male - is impressive: it is simply huge. The thing is that in modern Croatia, any diminutive or abbreviated (truncated) form of a name can be recorded on a birth certificate and even on a passport. No one is surprised there that a woman member of Parliament is called, for example, Anka, Milanka, Tanja, Željka, and a 60-year-old man is called Saša, Paško, Dubravko.

Look here: Ana, Anja, Anita, Ani, Anka, Ankica, Anica, Ančica, Anna, Anela, Aneli, Aneta(Ana, Anya, Anita, Ani, Anka, Ankica, Anica, Ancica, Anna, Anela, Aneli, Aneta) - Croatian variations of the name Anna are listed here. Please note that all of them are registered by the Civil Registry Office of the Croatian Republic as independent passport names. And a few more examples: Katarina, Katija, Katja, Katica, Kata, Katrin, Katrina, Rina, Kaja(Katarina, Katya, Katitsa, Kata, Katrin, Katrina, Rina, Kaya); Tatjana, Tajana, Tanja (Tatyana, Tayana, Tanya); Štefanija, Štefani, Štefa, Fani(Stefania, Stefanie, Stefa, Fani); Terezija, Tereza, Tesa, Tessa (Teresia, Teresa, Tesa, Tessa); Draga, Dragana, Dragica, Draženka(Draga, Dragana, Dragitsa, Drazhenka), Nediljka, Neda (Nedilka, Neda).

With male names - the same picture: Arsen, Seno, Senko (Arsen, Seno, Senko), B ožidar, Božo, Bože, Božen, Boško, Darko(Bozidar, Bozho, Bozhe, Bozhen, Boshko, Darko); Vladimir, Vlado, Vlatko (Vladimir, Vlado, Vlatko), Stjepan, Stipe, Stipo, Stjepko, Stijepo, Stevo(Stepan, Stipe, Stipo, Stepko, Stepo, Stevo).

And now we can continue. The review is based on the age principle. And we will get acquainted with the names of the inhabitants of Croatia step by step, following from one age group to another: older age (40-50 years or more) - youth (20-25 years) - newborns (0-5):

1) Names of members of the Parliament of the Croatian Republic

151 deputies, of which 121 are men and 30 women,

age range from 30 to 70 years, average age 50 years

Men - Anđelko / Angelko, Andrija / Andria, Ante / Ante, Antun / Antun, Arsen / Arsen, Blaženko / Blazhenko, Boris / Boris (2), Božo / Bozho, Branimir / Branimir, Branko / Branko (3), Damir / Damir (4), Darinko / Darinko, Dario / Dario, Darko / Darko (2), Davor / Davor (3), Domagoj / Domagoj, Domagoj Ivan / Domagoj Ivan ( double name), Drago / Drago, Dražen / Drazhen (3), Franio / Franio, Franko / Franco, Furio / Furio, Giovanni / Giovanni, Goran / Goran (3), Gordan / Gordan (2), Igor / Igor, Ivan / Ivan (11), Ivica, Ivo, Jaroslav, Jasen, Yasen, Josip (6), Joško, Juro, Ladislav, Leon, Lucian, Marijan , Mario / Mario, Marko / Marko, Maro / Maro, Mihael / Michael, Mile / Mile, Milivoj / Milivoj, Milorad / Milorad (2), Miodrag / Miodrag, Mirando / Mirando, Mirko / Mirko, Miro / Miro (2) , Miroslav / Miroslav (2), Nenad / Nenad, Orsat / Orsat, Peđa / Peđa / Peja, Pero / Feather, Petar / Petar, Predrag / Predrag, Radimir / Radimir, Rajko / Raiko, Ranko / Ranko, Robert / Robert, Silvano / Silvano, Siniša / Sinisha (2), Stevo / Stevo, Stipe / Stipe, Stjepan / Stepan, Šandor / Sandor, Tihomir / Tihomir, Tomislav / Tomislav (6), Tulio / Tulio, Vedran / Vedran, Veljko / Velko, Vladimir / Vladimir, Zdravko / Zdravko, Zoran / Zoran (2), Žarko / Zharko, Željko / Zeljko (5).

Women - Ana, Anka, Božica, Dragica, Ermina, Gordana (2), Ines, Irena, Jasna, Josipa, Ljubica, Margareta / Margareta, Marija / Maria (3), Milanka / Milanka, Nada / Nada (2), Nansi / Nancy, Ružica / Ruzica, Sabina / Sabina, Sandra / Sandra (3), Sanja / Sanya, Štefanija / Stefania, Tanja / Tanya, Vesna / Spring

The number of people with this name is indicated in parentheses.

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Note: At the time of writing this article (August 2016), the Parliament of the 8th convocation was in force, elected on December 28, 2015. The names of the deputies, indicating their dates of birth, were posted on the website (Hrvatski sabor - Parliament of Croatia, www.sabor.hr).

2) Names of Croatian artists national theater in Zagreb

270 people, of which 125 men and 145 women,

age range from 25 to 65 years, average age 45 years

Men - Adam (2), Alan, Alen (3), Andrija, Ante (2), Antonio, Bojan, Božidar, Božimir, Damir (4), Danijel, Danko (2), Darijan, Dario (2), David, Davor (2), Davorin, Domagoj, Dragan, Dubravko, Dušan (2), Filip, Franjo, Goran, Gordan, Hrvoje (2), Igor, Ivan (10), Ivica (3), Ivo (2), Jerko, Josip (2), Jurica, Krešimir, Kristian, Kristijan (2), Kornel, Leonard, Livio, Ljubomir, Luciano, Luka, Marijan, Mario (3), Marko (2), Matija, Milan, Miljenko (3), Miroslav , Mislav, Nenad, Neven, Nikola, Nikša (3), Ninoslav, Petromil, Renko, Robert, Roko, Romeo, Saša, Sebastian, Silvio, Siniša (5), Slavko, Srđan, Stjepan (3), Svebor, Tin ( 2), Toma, Tomica, Tomislav (4), Tvrtko, Vjekoslav, Vladimir (2), Zlatko, Zvonimir (2), Željko (2), Žorž

Orašar (Nutcracker)

Romeo i Julija (Romeo and Juliet)

Women - Adela, Aleksandra, Alma, Ana (4), Anastasija, Andreja, Antonija, Anželika, Barbara (3), Bernardina, Blanka, Blaženka, Bojana, Božica, Branka (2), Cecilija, Danijela, Danjela, Daria (2 ), Darija, Diana, Dijana, Dora, Dorotea, Dubravka, Dunja (2), Eleonora, Ema, Emilija, Eva, Gorana, Gordana (3), Helena, Henrijeta, Ida, Irena, Iva (4), Ivana (2 ), Ivančica, Ivanka, Jadranka (2), Jelena, Katarina, Katija, Kristina, Ksenija (3), Lana, Lidija (3), Ljerka, Lovorka, Luca, Lucija, Lujza, Magda, Maja (3), Marija, Marijana (2), Marta (2), Martina (3), Mateja, Mia, Mihaela, Milka, Minja, Mira, Mirela, Mirna, Mirta, Mojca, Nadežda, Natalija, Nensy, Nina (3), Olga, Olja, Orijana, Pavla, Petra (3), Sanda, Sandra, Sanja (2), Silvana, Slavica, Snježana (6), Sofia, Suzana (2), Štefa, Tajana, Tamara (2), Tatjana (4), Tihana ( 2), Valentina, Vanja, Verica, Viktorija, Višnja, Vladimira, Vlasta, Vlatka, Zrinka (2), Željka (2)

Note: Data as of August 2016. The names of the theater troupe (opera, ballet, drama, choir and orchestra) are given on the website of Hrvatsko narodno kazalište u Zagrebu, www.hnk.hr

3) Names of the artists of the Croatian Folk Dance and Song Ensemble LADO

40 people, of which 22 men and 18 women,

age 35-50 years

Men - Alan, Alen, Andrija, Antun (2), Bojan, Boris, Branimir, Dubravko, Dražen (2), Igor (2), Josip, Mario, Matej, Mladen, Nenad, Pavo, Saša, Željko (2)

Women - Adrijana, Ana, Anita, Dijana, Iva, Ivana, Irena, Jasenka, Klara, Kristina, Mateja, Nataša, Snježana, Tamara, Verica, Vlatka (2), Zrinka

Note: Data as of August 2016. Roll names

listed on the website of Ansambl narodnih plesova i pjesama Hrvatske LADO, www.lado.hr

4) Names of members of the Croatian delegation at the 2016 Olympic Games

in Rio de Janeiro - athletes, coaches and medical staff

a total of 157 people, of which 130 men and 27 women,

average age 25 years

Men - Alan, Aleksandar, Andrej, Andro, Anđelo, Antonio, Bojan (2), Borna, Božo, Dalibor, Dario (2), Damir (5), Darko, Davor, Dejan, Dinko, Domagoj, Dražen (2), Edis, Edo, Edvard, Filip (5), Franjo, Goran, Hrvoje (2), Igor (5), Ilija, Ivan (9), Ivica (3), Jakov, Jurica, Josip (4), Joško, Jozo, Karlo, Krešinir, Kristijan, Krunoslav, Leonard, Luka (6), Manuel, Marin (3), Mario (3), Marko (8), Maro, Martin, Matija, Miran, Miro, Miroslav (3), Mladen, Nikica , Nikola, Pavle, Pero, Petar, Renato, Rok, Roko, Sandro, Seno, Siniša, Srećko, Stevo, Stijepo, Stipe, Šime, Tomica, Tomislav, Tonči, Toni, Valent, Valter, Velibor, Vladimir (2), Zlatko, Zoran (2), Zvonimir, Zeljko (3)

Women - Ana (4), Andrea (2), Barbara, Blanka, Iva, Ivana, Lucija, Maja, Manuela, Marija (2), Marcela, Matea (2), Petra, Sandra (2), Sara, Snježana, Tanja , Tina, Valentina, Zdenka

Note: The information was published on the website of the Croatian Olympic Committee www.hoo.hr: Odluka o sastavu hrvatske olimpijske delegacije na Igrama XXXI. olimpijade Rio 2016).

5) List of names of players of the football club "Dinamo", Zagreb

total of 90 people, age from 15 to 30 years,

average age 19.4 years

Adrian (3), Alen (1), Ante (2), Antonijo (2), Antonio (1), Arijan (1), Bojan (1), Borna (3), Bruno (2), Damir (1), Dario (2), David (1), Dinko (1), Dino (1), Davor (1), Domagoj (5), Dominik (2), Eugen (1), Filip (4), Hrvoje (2), Ivan (3), Jakov (3), Josip (2), Juraj (1), Jurica (1), Karlo (2), Kristijan (1), Kruno (1), Leon (1), Lovro (1), Luka (4), Marijan (1), Mario (5), Marko (8), Martin (1), Matej (1), Matija (1), Matteo (1), Mihael (1), Neven (1), Nikola (1), Oliver (1), Petar (2), Renato (1), Tin (1), Tom Alen (1), Tomislav (3), Vinko (1), Vitomir (1), Zvonko (1)

Note: Club Dinamo, city of Zagreb (Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb, http://www.gnkdinamo.hr), as is known, consists of several divisions: GNK Dinamo Zagreb (main team), GNK Dinamo Zagreb II and three youth - GNK Dinamo Zagreb U19 (players from 17 to 19 years old), GNK Dinamo Zagreb U17 (16 - 17 years old), GNK Dinamo Zagreb Jugend (15 year olds). In the 2016/2017 season they had a total of 90 field players with Croatian surnames (players of other nationalities were not taken into account), age range 15 - 30 years, average age 19.4 years. Information about the players was published on the famous football website Transfermarkt.

6) The most popular baby names in Croatiain 2012-2016

7) Ten most popular newborn namesin Croatia in 2015

(in total 19,418 boys and 18,141 girls were born)

Note. Croatia is not a very big country. The total number of boys born in 2015 was 19,418. Of these, 919 boys were named after Luka. Calculating the percentage of the total number of newborns gives:

(919: 19418) * 100 = 5%,

that is, the name Luke was given to approximately five newborn boys out of a hundred. Similarly for the name Mia we get (596: 18141)*100 = 3%. - Not so much! (the names are popular, but, as they say, “without fanaticism”)

A source of information: Tablica2. Deset najčešćih muških i ženskih imena novorođene djece upisane u maticu rođenih u 2015, Tablica 3. Pet najčešćih muških i ženskih imena novorođene djece upisane u maticu rođenih po županijama u 201 5, see Statistical report of the Ministry of State. Department of the Republic of Croatia, Zagreb, February 2016. // Javna uprava vama na usluzi. Statistički prikaz Ministarstva uprave. Broj 1. // Republika Hrvatska, Ministarstvo uprave, Zagreb, Veljača 2016 (pages 6-9)

8) The most popular names of 2015 by administrative districts of Croatia.

Nai more commonnames by year of birth (from 1930 to 2015).

The popularity of names is, on the one hand, a geographical (territorial) concept, and on the other, a historical one. There is no particular need to explain this thesis. And so it is clear that in Rijeka they will never stop calling boys Vito and Vid, girls Vita and Vida, and in Split the names Roko and Duje will always be in the top ten, which cannot be said, for example, about the capital Zagreb. Likewise, it is absolutely clear that the most popular female name of 2015, Mia, was not even heard of 10-15 years ago. In this regard, we provide two interesting information: .

Most common surname in Croatia Wordcloud

Der most widely used surname in Croatia This H, which translates as “Croatian” means. It's so nice to have a patriotic name appear that makes sense in the naming context. Because why are there names? Simply put, to distinguish between families. This constellation in Croatia is When in Germany the most not Muller However, “German” as a surname will carry.

Why ending with “ić” is so common in Croatia

What jumps out at the reader in our list of the most popular surnames in Croatia is that many names end with “ić”. This follows from the fact that here patronymischer or matronymischer Last name based. So the surname, He is from the name of the father (Fr.) or mother (mater) stems. This extension can also be found in Bosnian, Serbian and Montenegrin language. These forms are found in , where the patro- or matronyme extension “Seine” is located.
Patronymes are examples:
–Filipovic-> Child Filip
–Stjepanic-> Child Stipe
Matronyme name:
–Babich-> Child b (Old woman)
–Marušić-Baby Marya (Maria)

Professions were used as a basis for naming

In Croatia, some families were named after the parents' occupation.
Notable examples include:
–Ribar-Fishing Ribarević - fisherman's child
–K-Forge Kovacevic, Kovacic - child blacksmith

The name is known to Kovac in Germany through the former Croatian football player Niko Kovac, Today's coach. As a player, he has been in the city of his birth since Hertha, at Bayer 04 Leverkusen, active at Hamburger SV and Bayern Munich.

Also known as their clever meanings: Here Čolak

Colak or Kolak is originally a surname found among Croats in Bosnia and Herzegovina and mid-Dalmatia. By internal migration from Herzegovina to the Croatian capital Zagreb and. the name is now also often from Dalmatia in the Croatian cities of Split and Zadar (as regards the total number) to meet. The surname is also found among Bosniaks and Serbs.

The surname was Čolak in the 18th century to the reign Ottoman Empire in South-Eastern Europe. He was a man to characterize accordingly. Added distinction to existing personal name. The name jhunlipps comes from a Turkish word that refers to "a person with a scrub hand or a crippled hand". The hand is probably hand or fingers crippled or completely missing. It can simply be used for left-handed people. Campbell is still a boy's name. Lived in Croatia in the year 2012 about 820 people with the last name Čolak.

List of 20 AM meisten verwendeten Familiennamen in Kroatien

1. H
2.K
3. Babich
4. M
5. Novak
6. J
7. K
8. Vukovich
9. K
10. Markovich
11. Petrovich
12. M
13.T
14.K
15. Pavlovich
16. Christmas
17.B
18. Grgic
19.P
20. Radic

Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks, Macedonians, Montenegrins - Balkan Slavs, who once made up one big country called Yugoslavia. These peoples, separated from each other into different countries, have common historical events, neighboring territories, have a lot 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, the Croats are related to the Slavs and the northern 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 also often found in all the former republics of Yugoslavia, in Ukraine, the Czech Republic, Romania, Poland, and 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 attached great importance to naming. 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 those of other peoples, arose only with the advent of the need to document citizens. 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, most of the original surnames are changed names of the fathers, which later began to be passed down through the family. This type of surname is akin to patronymics among the 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). There are individual surnames that are characteristic only of certain regions or that form 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. Scientific works on this topic describe 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 prominent people have 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.