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Serbian and Croatian Names

Adamic
Usage: Croatian
Means "son of Adam".

Antic
Usage: Croatian
Means "son of Ante".

Ateljevic
Usage: Serbian
Possibly means "from Hatelji". Although this place may have got its name from the family.

Babic
Usage: Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Extra: Statistics
A matronymic derived from Slavic baba "old woman".

Bogdanic
Usage: Croatian
Means "son of Bogdan".

Bogdanovic
Usage: Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Bogdan".

Brankovic
Usage: Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian
Means "son of Branko".

Broz
Usage: Croatian, Slovene
Extra: Statistics
Derived from Broz, a pet form of Ambrozije, Ambrozije being the Croatian form of Ambrose. This is the birth surname of the Yugoslavian dictator Josip Broz Tito.

Crncevic
Usage: Serbian
Derived from the Serbian crn "black". The name refers to a person who was dark-skinned, or a person from the region Crna Gora "Black Mountain" (modern-day Montenegro).

Davidovic
Usage: Serbian
Means "son of David".

Dragic
Usage: Croatian, Serbian
A patronymic from any of the given names starting with Drag-.

Dragovic
Usage: Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Drago".

Filipovic
Usage: Serbian, Croatian
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Means "son of Filip".

Franic
Usage: Croatian
A variant of Franjic.

Franjic
Usage: Croatian
Means "son of Franjo".

Gavrilovic
Usage: Serbian
Means "son of Gavril".

Horvat
Usage: Croatian, Slovene
Extra: Statistics
Means "Croatian" in the Slavic languages.

Horvatincic
Usage: Croatian
A patronymic derived from Horvat.

Ilic
Usage: Serbian
Extra: Statistics
Means "son of Ilija".

Ivanovic
Usage: Croatian
Means "son of Ivan" in Croatian.

Jankovic
Usage: Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Janko", a pet form of Janez.

Jovanovic
Usage: Serbian
Extra: Statistics
Means "son of Jovan" in Serbian.

Juric
Usage: Croatian
Means "son of Jure".

Juriša
Usage: Croatian
Derived from a diminutive form of Jure.

Kasun
Usage: Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian
Extra: Statistics
Derived from the Old Slavic term kazac "to order, command", here refering to one who bore an air of authority, and whose word was heeded and obeyed.

Knezevic
Usage: Croatian, Serbian
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A patronymic of the South Slavic word knez meaning "prince".

Košar
Usage: Croatian
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Means "a person who makes or sells baskets" from the Slavic word koš "basket".

Kovac
Usage: Croatian, Slovene, Serbian, Czech
Extra: Statistics
Means "blacksmith" in the Slavic languages.

Loncar
Usage: Serbian, Slovene
Extra: Statistics
Means "potter" from Slovene lonec "pot".

Lukic
Usage: Serbian
Means "son of Luka".

Markovic
Usage: Russian, Jewish, Serbian
Means "son of Marko.

Marusic
Usage: Croatian
A metronymic surname meaning "son of little Marija".

Matic
Usage: Croatian
Means "son of Matija".

Mihailovic
Usage: Serbian
Means "son of Mihailo".

Mihajlovic
Usage: Serbian
Means "son of Mihajlo".

Milic
Usage: Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Mila".

Milojkevic
Usage: Serbian
Variant of Miloševic.

Miloševic
Usage: Serbian
Extra: Statistics
Means "son of Miloš".

Milovanovic
Usage: Serbian
Means "son of Milovan", Milovan being a variant of Milan.

Mlakar
Usage: Croatian, Slovene
Derived from mlaka "pool". The name referred to someone who lived close to a pool.

Nikolic
Usage: Serbian, Croatian
Extra: Statistics
Means "son of Nikola".

Pavletic
Usage: Croatian
Extra: Statistics
Derived from a diminutive form of Pavle.

Pavlovic
Usage: Croatian, Serbian
Extra: Statistics
Means "son of Pavle".

Perko
Usage: Croatian, Slovene
Extra: Statistics
Derived from an archaic pet form of Petar.

Petric
Usage: Croatian
Extra: Statistics
Means "son of Petar".

Petrovic
Usage: Croatian, Serbian
Extra: Statistics
Means "son of Petar".

Radic
Usage: Serbian, Croatian
A partonymic derived from the given name Rade, Rade being a pet form of Radoslav, Radovan or any other name beginning with rad.

Stankic
Usage: Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Stanko".

Stefanovic
Usage: Serbian
Means "son of Stefan".

Stjepanic
Usage: Croatian
Means "son of Stjepan".

Stojanovic
Usage: Serbian
Extra: Statistics
Means "son of Stojan".

Tomcic
Usage: Slovene, Croatian
Derived from a pet form of the given name Toma.

Vinkovic
Usage: Croatian
Means "son of Vinko".

Vlahovic
Usage: Serbian, Croatian
A patronymic from the nickname vlah "Romanian".

Vlašic
Usage: Slovene, Croatian
A patronymic from Vlah "Romanian".

Vlasic
Usage: Serbian, Croatian
A patronymic from Vlah "Romanian".

Vukoja
Usage: Croatian, Serbian
Derived from the given name Vuk.

Zivkovic
Usage: Serbian
Means "son of Zivko", Zivko being the Serbian form of Zhivko.

Zoric
Usage: Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Zora".

Zupan
Usage: Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Extra: Statistics
Means "village, community leader" from the Slavic župan.

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