Name Element DRAGU

Type Element
Usage Medieval Slavic
Scripts драгъ(Church Slavic)

Meaning & History

Slavic element meaning "dear, precious", from the root доргъ (dorgu) [1].

Related Items

Given Name DescendantsDragan, Drago, Dragomir(Bulgarian) Draga, Dragan, Dragana, Drago, Dragoljub, Dragomir, Dragoslav, Dragutin, Dražen, Draženka, Miodrag, Predrag(Croatian) Drahomír, Drahomíra, Drahoslav, Drahoslava(Czech) Dragan, Dragana(Macedonian) Dragomir(Romanian) Draga, Dragan, Dragana, Drago, Dragoljub, Dragomir, Dragoslav, Dragoslava, Dragutin, Dražen, Miodrag, Predrag(Serbian) Drahomír, Drahomíra, Drahoslav, Drahoslava(Slovak) Draga, Dragan, Drago, Dragomir, Dragoslav, Dragutin(Slovene) Predrag(South Slavic)
Surname DescendantsDraganov, Dragomirov, Dragov(Bulgarian) Dragić, Dragović(Croatian) Dragić, Dragović(Serbian) Dragić(Slovene)

Sources & References

  1. Derksen, Rick. Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon. Brill, 2008, page 113.

Entry updated February 4, 2020