Croatian
names are used in the country of Croatia and other Croatian communities throughout the world.
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BALOKOVIĆ CroatianMost of Croatian families with the surname (last name) Baloković originate from the town of Donji Miholjac located in Osijek-Baranja County on the border with Hungary. During the 1700s and 1800s most of the people bearing this family name were born either in Donji Miholjac and/or nearby Nasice...
[more] BAN CroatianDerived from a noble title used in several states in Central and Southeastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century.
BANOVIĆ Serbian, Croatian"Son of a Ban", the
-ić "son of" suffix with
ban, the title of class of Croatian nobility beginning in the 7th century approximately equivalent to viceroy, lord or duke, stemming potentially from the Turkic
bajan ("rich, wealthy").
BIGOVIĆ CroatianMeaning unknown. Sources say that there's only 35 people with this surname in Croatia....
[more] BOBAN CroatianHabitational name, originates from Bobanova Draga, a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
BOŠNJAK Croatian, SerbianDerived from "Bošnjak", for someone who has their roots in Bosnia. This surname is rare in Bosnian Muslims.
BOŽIĆ CroatianDiminutive of
bog, meaning "god", literally means Christmas.
BUMBA Portuguese, Spanish, Galician, Italian, Catalan, Occitan, Polish, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Croatian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Romanian, Swedish, Latvian, LithuanianVariant of
BOMBA.
ČELIK Croatian, SerbianDerived from Serbo-Croatian "čelik", ultimately from Turkish
çelik, meaning "steel".
CRNKOVIĆ CroatianDerived from
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).
DUNDOVIĆ CroatianPatronymic of the Ragusan word dundo meaning "uncle" or "gentleman" and originating from the Latin word dominus (meaning "master" or "sir").
GABRIEL English, Cornish, Welsh, Scottish, French, German, Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Slovene, Jewish, Indian (Christian)Derived from the given name
GABRIEL.
GALOVAC CroatianPossibly originates from a village, castle and/or lake in Croatia with the same name.
HRŽENJAK CroatianHabitational name for someone from places starting with "Hržen-".
JELUŠIĆ CroatianThe first ever appearance recorded to this date was even before the Turkish men (Ottoman) broke into the Kingdom of Croatia (around 13. century)....
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