the etymology and history of surnames
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| Adamic |
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Usage: Croatian
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| Means "son of Adam". |
| Antic |
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Usage: Croatian
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| Means "son of Ante". |
| Ateljevic |
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Usage: Serbian
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| Possibly means "from Hatelji". Although this place may have got its name from the family. |
| Babic |
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Usage: Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Extra: Statistics |
| A matronymic derived from Slavic baba "old woman". |
| Bogdanic |
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Usage: Croatian
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| Means "son of Bogdan". |
| Bogdanovic |
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Usage: Serbian, Croatian
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| Means "son of Bogdan". |
| Brankovic |
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Usage: Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian
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| Means "son of Branko". |
| Broz |
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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 |
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Usage: Serbian
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| 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 |
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Usage: Serbian
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| Means "son of David". |
| Dragic |
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Usage: Croatian, Serbian
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| A patronymic from any of the given names starting with Drag-. |
| Dragovic |
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Usage: Serbian, Croatian
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| Means "son of Drago". |
| Filipovic |
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Usage: Serbian, Croatian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Filip". |
| Franic |
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Usage: Croatian
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| A variant of Franjic. |
| Franjic |
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Usage: Croatian
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| Means "son of Franjo". |
| Gavrilovic |
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Usage: Serbian
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| Means "son of Gavril". |
| Horvat |
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Usage: Croatian, Slovene
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "Croatian" in the Slavic languages. |
| Horvatincic |
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Usage: Croatian
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| A patronymic derived from Horvat. |
| Ilic |
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Usage: Serbian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Ilija". |
| Ivanovic |
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Usage: Croatian
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| Means "son of Ivan" in Croatian. |
| Jankovic |
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Usage: Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
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| Means "son of Janko", a pet form of Janez. |
| Jovanovic |
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Usage: Serbian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Jovan" in Serbian. |
| Juric |
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Usage: Croatian
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| Means "son of Jure". |
| Juriša |
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Usage: Croatian
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| Derived from a diminutive form of Jure. |
| Kasun |
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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 |
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Usage: Croatian, Serbian
Extra: Statistics |
| A patronymic of the South Slavic word knez meaning "prince". |
| Košar |
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Usage: Croatian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "a person who makes or sells baskets" from the Slavic word koš "basket". |
| Kovac |
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Usage: Croatian, Slovene, Serbian, Czech
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "blacksmith" in the Slavic languages. |
| Loncar |
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Usage: Serbian, Slovene
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "potter" from Slovene lonec "pot". |
| Lukic |
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Usage: Serbian
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| Means "son of Luka". |
| Markovic |
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Usage: Russian, Jewish, Serbian
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| Means "son of Marko. |
| Marusic |
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Usage: Croatian
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| A metronymic surname meaning "son of little Marija". |
| Matic |
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Usage: Croatian
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| Means "son of Matija". |
| Mihailovic |
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Usage: Serbian
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| Means "son of Mihailo". |
| Mihajlovic |
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Usage: Serbian
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| Means "son of Mihajlo". |
| Milic |
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Usage: Serbian, Croatian
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| Means "son of Mila". |
| Milojkevic |
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Usage: Serbian
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| Variant of Miloševic. |
| Miloševic |
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Usage: Serbian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Miloš". |
| Milovanovic |
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Usage: Serbian
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| Means "son of Milovan", Milovan being a variant of Milan. |
| Mlakar |
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Usage: Croatian, Slovene
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| Derived from mlaka "pool". The name referred to someone who lived close to a pool. |
| Nikolic |
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Usage: Serbian, Croatian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Nikola". |
| Pavletic |
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Usage: Croatian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from a diminutive form of Pavle. |
| Pavlovic |
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Usage: Croatian, Serbian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Pavle". |
| Perko |
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Usage: Croatian, Slovene
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from an archaic pet form of Petar. |
| Petric |
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Usage: Croatian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Petar". |
| Petrovic |
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Usage: Croatian, Serbian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Petar". |
| Radic |
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Usage: Serbian, Croatian
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| A partonymic derived from the given name Rade, Rade being a pet form of Radoslav, Radovan or any other name beginning with rad. |
| Stankic |
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Usage: Serbian, Croatian
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| Means "son of Stanko". |
| Stefanovic |
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Usage: Serbian
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| Means "son of Stefan". |
| Stjepanic |
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Usage: Croatian
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| Means "son of Stjepan". |
| Stojanovic |
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Usage: Serbian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "son of Stojan". |
| Tomcic |
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Usage: Slovene, Croatian
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| Derived from a pet form of the given name Toma. |
| Vinkovic |
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Usage: Croatian
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| Means "son of Vinko". |
| Vlahovic |
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Usage: Serbian, Croatian
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| A patronymic from the nickname vlah "Romanian". |
| Vlašic |
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Usage: Slovene, Croatian
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| A patronymic from Vlah "Romanian". |
| Vlasic |
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Usage: Serbian, Croatian
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| A patronymic from Vlah "Romanian". |
| Vukoja |
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Usage: Croatian, Serbian
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| Derived from the given name Vuk. |
| Zivkovic |
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Usage: Serbian
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| Means "son of Zivko", Zivko being the Serbian form of Zhivko. |
| Zoric |
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Usage: Serbian, Croatian
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| Means "son of Zora". |
| Zupan |
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Usage: Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "village, community leader" from the Slavic župan. |
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