Serbian Surnames - Behind the Name

ANTIĆ Антић Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of ANTO" or "son of ANTE (1)".

ATELJEVIĆ Атељевић Serbian
Probably from Hatelji, the name of a town in Serbia, which is of unknown meaning.

BABIĆ Бабић Serbian, Croatian
Matronymic surname derived from Slavic baba "old woman".

BOGDANOVIĆ Богдановић Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of BOGDAN".

BRANKOVIĆ Бранковић Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of BRANKO".

BRANKOVICH Бранковић Serbian
Alternate transcription of Serbian Бранковић (see BRANKOVIĆ).

CRNČEVIĆ Црнчевић Serbian, Croatian
Derived from Serbian and Croatian црн (crn) meaning "black".

DAVIDOVIĆ Давидовић Serbian
Means "son of DAVID".

DRAGIĆ Драгић Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Patronymic from any of the Slavic given names starting with Drag (see DRAGO).

DRAGOVIĆ Драговић Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of DRAGO".

FILIPOVIĆ Филиповић Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of FILIP".

GAVRILOVIĆ Гавриловић Serbian
Means "son of GAVRILO".

GRBIĆ Грбић Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Means "hunchback", derived from Serbian, Croatian and Slovene grba "hump".

ILIĆ Илић Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of ILIJA".

IVANOVIĆ Ивановић Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of IVAN".

JANKOVIĆ Јанковић Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of JANKO".

JOVANOVIĆ Јовановић Serbian
Means "son of JOVAN".

KNEŽEVIĆ Кнежевић Croatian, Serbian
Patronymic of Serbo-Croatian knez meaning "prince" (ultimately of Germanic origin).

KOVAC Ковач Slovak, Croatian, Serbian, Czech
Simplified spelling of KOVÁČ or KOVAČ.

KOVAČ Ковач Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, Slovene
Means "blacksmith", a derivative of Slavic kovati meaning "to forge".

KOVAČEVIĆ Ковачевић Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian
Variant of KOVAČIĆ.

KOVAČIĆ Ковачић Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian
Patronymic derived from South Slavic kovač meaning "blacksmith".

LONČAR Лончар Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Means "potter", from Serbo-Croatian lonac, Slovene lonec meaning "pot".

LUKIĆ Лукић Serbian
Means "son of LUKA".

MARKOVIĆ Марковић Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of MARKO".

MIHAILOVIĆ Serbian
Means "son of MIHAILO".

MIHAJLOVIĆ Serbian
Means "son of MIHAJLO".

MILIĆ Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of MILE".

MILOJEVIĆ Милојевић Serbian
Means "son of MILOJE".

MILOŠEVIĆ Милошевић Serbian
Means "son of MILOŠ".

MILOVANOVIĆ Миловановић Serbian
Means "son of MILOVAN".

NIKOLIĆ Николић Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of NIKOLA (1)".

NOVAK Новак Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Derived from Slavic novy "new", originally a name for someone who was new to a village.

PAVLOVIĆ Павловић Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of PAVLE".

PETROVIĆ Петровић Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of PETAR".

RADIĆ Радић Serbian, Croatian
Patronymic derived from the given name RADE.

STANKIĆ Станкић Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of STANKO".

STEFANOVIĆ Стефановић Serbian
Means "son of STEFAN".

STOJANOVIĆ Стојановић Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of STOJAN".

TOMČIĆ Томчић Serbian, Croatian
Derived from a diminutive of the given name TOMA (2).

TOMIĆ Томић Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of TOMA (2)".

VLAHOVIĆ Влаховић Serbian, Croatian
Patronymic from Serbo-Croatian Vlah meaning "Romanian".

VUKOVIĆ Вуковић Serbian, Croatian
Derived from the given name VUK.

ŽIVKOVIĆ Живковић Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of ŽIVKO".

ZORIĆ Зорић Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of ZORA".

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