Croatian Submitted Surnames

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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

ABRAMOVIĆ Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Abram".

ADAMOVIĆ Serbian, Croatian
Patronymic from the personal name ADAM.

AGEJEV Croatian

ANA Croatian

ANČIĆ Croatian

ANDREJIĆ Serbian, Croatian, Vlach
Means "son of ANDREJ".

ANIĆ Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of ANA" in Serbo-Croatian.

ANTOLOVIĆ Croatian

ANTUNOVIĆ Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of ANTUN".

ARAPOVIĆ Croatian, Bosnian (Rare)
From “Arap” meaning “Arab” in Croatian, derived from Turkish ARAP

AREŽINA Croatian

ARNAUTOVIĆ Serbian, Croatian
From Turkish arnavut meaning "Albanian".

ARSLANOVIĆ Bosnian (Rare), Serbian (Rare), Croatian (Rare)

BAČIĆ Croatian

BADELJ Croatian
Meaning unknown.... [more]

BAGO Croatian

BAJT Slovene, Croatian

BAKARIĆ Croatian

BALIĆ Croatian
Derived from the word balija meaning "peasant" or from the forename Balislav.

BALOKOVIĆ Croatian
Most 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 Croatian
Derived from a noble title used in several states in Central and Southeastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century.

BANADINOVIĆ Croatian

BANDIĆ Croatian

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").

BARBARIĆ Croatian

BARBIĆ Croatian

BAREŠIĆ Croatian
Variant of BARIŠIĆ.

BARIĆ Croatian

BARIČEVIĆ Croatian

BARIŠIĆ Croatian
Means ''son of BARIŠA''.

BARNJAK Croatian

BAŠIĆ Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
Derived from baša, a honorific term for “chief”, “boss”, “head of the family”, etc.

BASTALEC Croatian

BASTALIĆ Croatian

BATINOVIĆ Croatian

BEBER Slovene (Rare), Croatian (Rare)

BEGIĆ Croatian, Bosnian, Serbian

BEGOVIĆ Croatian, Bosnian, Serbian

BEHMEN Bosnian, Croatian (Rare)

BELAS Croatian

BELIĆ Serbian, Croatian
Derived from the word belo meaning "white".

BELOŠEVIĆ Serbian, Croatian

BENČIĆ Croatian
Habitational name for someone from Benčići, Croatia.

BENKO Croatian, Slovene

BERBEROVIĆ Bosnian, Croatian

BEŠTAK Croatian

BIGOVIĆ Croatian
Meaning unknown. Sources say that there's only 35 people with this surname in Croatia.... [more]

BIJELIĆ Croatian
Derived from bijel, meaning "white".

BILIĆ Croatian
Derived from dialectal bil, standard Croatian bijel, meaning "white".... [more]

BITORAJAC Croatian

BLAŠKIĆ Croatian
Patronymic, meaning "son of BLAŽ".

BLAŠKOVIĆ Croatian

BLATARIĆ Croatian

BLAŽEKOVIĆ Croatian

BLAŽEVIĆ Croatian
Means ''son of BLAŽ''.

BOBAN Croatian
Habitational name, originates from Bobanova Draga, a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

BOBETKO Croatian

BOBIĆ Croatian

BOGDAN Romanian, Croatian
From the given name BOGDAN.

BOLIĆ Serbian, Croatian
Derived from the word bol, meaning "pain, ache".

BOLJKOVAC Croatian

BORENIĆ Croatian

BORŠIĆ Croatian

BOSNIĆ Croatian, Bosnian, Serbian
Means ''from Bosnia''.

BOŠNJAK Croatian, Serbian
Derived from "Bošnjak", for someone who has their roots in Bosnia. This surname is rare in Bosnian Muslims.

BOTICA Croatian

BOŽAK Croatian
Derived from the forename BOŽO.

BOŽIĆ Croatian
Diminutive of bog, meaning "god", literally means Christmas.

BOŽIKOV Croatian
From božikovina, meaning "holly".

BOŽOVIĆ Serbian, Croatian, Montenegrin
Means "son of BOŽO".

BRAJKOVIĆ Croatian, Serbian

BRANKOV Macedonian, Bulgarian, Croatian (Rare)
Means "son of BRANKO".

BREGAR Slovene, Croatian
Derived from breg meaning ''hill''.

BRKIĆ Croatian, Serbian

BRKLJAČIĆ Croatian

BRLIĆ Croatian

BRNABIĆ Croatian

BRNČIĆ Croatian
Meaning unknown.

BROZOVIĆ Croatian
Derived from BROZ.

BUČAN Bosnian, Croatian

BUDIMIR Croatian, Serbian
From the given name BUDIMIR.

BULIĆ Croatian
Derived from Ottoman Turkish bula meaning "a married woman or a Muslim woman in harem pants or covered with a headscarf" or from the forename Bule a hypocoristic of BUDISLAV, BUDIMIR, BUDIVOJ, BUDIMIL.

BULJUBAŠIĆ Croatian, Bosnian

BUMBA Portuguese, Spanish, Galician, Italian, Catalan, Occitan, Polish, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Croatian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Romanian, Swedish, Latvian, Lithuanian
Variant of BOMBA.

BURIĆ Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian

BURŠIĆ Croatian

BUTERIN Croatian

BUTKOVIĆ Croatian
Habitational name for someone from Butkovići, Croatia.

BUTORAC Croatian

CAR Croatian, Serbian
Means "Tzar".

ČEHULIĆ Croatian

ČELAR Serbian, Croatian
Derived from čelar (челар), meaning "beekeeper".

ČELIK Croatian, Serbian
Derived from Serbo-Croatian "čelik", ultimately from Turkish çelik, meaning "steel".

ČELIKOVIĆ Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian
Derived from Serbo-Croatian "čelik", ultimately from Turkish çelik, meaning "steel". The -ović suffix is a patronym.

ČERKEZ Croatian, Serbian
Derived from Turkish çerkez, meaning "Circassian".

ČEŠNJAK Croatian (Rare)
Means ''garlic''.

ČIČAK Croatian
Means ''burdock, thistle''.

ČILIĆ Croatian (Rare)

CIMIROT Croatian

CINDRIĆ Croatian

ČIRJAK Croatian

ČIZMADIJA Croatian
Possibly derived from čizma, meaning "boot".

ČOBAN Croatian, Serbian
From čoban meaning ''shepherd''. Cognate of Turkish ÇOBAN.

ČOBANAC Croatian
From čoban meaning ''shepherd''.

ČOBANIĆ Croatian
From čoban meaning ''shepherd''.

ČOBANKOVIĆ Croatian
From čoban meaning ''shepherd''.

ČOBANOV Croatian
From čoban meaning ''shepherd''.

ČOBANOVIĆ Croatian, Serbian
From čoban meaning ''shepherd''.

ČOBANSKI Croatian (Rare)
From čoban meaning ''shepherd''.

ČOBRNIĆ Croatian

ČORALIĆ Bosnian, Croatian

ĆORIĆ Croatian

ĆORLUKA Croatian
Derived from Turkish körlük, meaning "blindness".... [more]

ČORLUKA Croatian
Variant of ĆORLUKA.

ĆOSIĆ Croatian, Serbian
Means ''beardless''.

ČOSIĆ Croatian
Variant spelling of ĆOSIĆ.

ČOVIĆ Croatian, Serbian

CRNJAC Croatian
Derived from crn, meaning "black".

ČRNJAK Croatian

CRNKOVIĆ Croatian
Derived 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).

ĆUK Serbian, Croatian
Derived from ćuk (ћук), meaning "scops owl".

CUPICH Croatian

CVETKOVIĆ Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of CVETKO".

CVIJANOVIĆ Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of CVIJAN".

CVIJETIĆ Serbian, Croatian
Means "little flower".

CVITKOVIĆ Croatian
Patronymic, means "son of CVITKO".

DABČEVIĆ Croatian

DAMJANOVIĆ Serbian, Montenegrin, Croatian
Means "son of DAMJAN".

DEBELJAK Slovene, Croatian

DEDIĆ Croatian, Bosnian, Serbian

DELAČ Croatian

DELIĆ Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian

DELICH Croatian

DEPIKOLOZVANE Croatian
Derived from Italian del piccolo Zuan, meaning "of little ZUAN".

DEROKO Croatian
Croatian variant of "de ROCCO".

DESPENIĆ Croatian

DEVČIĆ Croatian

DIM Croatian
Derived from dim, meaning "smoke".... [more]

DIVJAK Croatian, Serbian
From divjak meaning ''savage''.

DIZDAR Croatian, Bosnian

DJUROVIĆ Montenegrin, Croatian
Patronymic, meaning "son of DJURO".

DODIG Croatian

DOKLESTIĆ Croatian, Serbian

DOMINIKOVIĆ Croatian
Means "son of DOMINIK" in Croatian.

ĐOMLIJA Croatian, Serbian

DRAŽIĆ Croatian, Serbian
Patronymic, meaning "son of DRAŽA".

DROBNJAK Serbian, Montenegrin, Croatian
Drobnjaci are a historical tribe and region in Montenegro.

DUDAKOVIĆ Croatian, Bosnian

DUDIĆ Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian

DUJMOVIĆ Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of DUJAM".

DUNDOVIĆ Croatian
Patronymic of the Ragusan word dundo meaning "uncle" or "gentleman" and originating from the Latin word dominus (meaning "master" or "sir").

DUNKOVIĆ Croatian

ĐURĐEVIĆ Croatian, Serbian
Variant of ĐORĐEVIĆ.

ĐURIĆ Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of ĐURO".

ĐUROV Croatian
Means "ĐURO's son" in Croatian.

DŽIDIĆ Croatian, Bosnian

ERCEG Croatian, Serbian
Variant of HERCEG.

ERCEGOVIĆ Croatian, Montenegrin
Variant of ERCEG.

FALETAR Croatian (Rare)

FARAGUNA Croatian, Italian
Derived from Istro-Romanian fară gună, meaning "without a shepherd's goat-skin cloak".

FELDER German, Croatian
Derived from German feld, meaning "field".

FERIĆ Croatian

FILAGIC Serbian, Croatian
Probably derived from the Turkish word aga. Agas were the Sultan's regents.

FILIPČIĆ Croatian
Derived from the forename FILIP.

FRANCETIĆ Croatian

FUĆAK Croatian

FURJAN Croatian
Derived from FLORIJAN.

GABRIĆ Croatian

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.

GAGULA Croatian

GALIĆ Croatian, Serbian

GALOVAC Croatian
Possibly originates from a village, castle and/or lake in Croatia with the same name.

GALOVIĆ Croatian

GAMBIRAŽA Croatian
Croatian variant of GAMBIRASIO.

GARASIC Croatian

GAŠPAR Croatian, Slovene, Czech, Slovak
From the given name GAŠPAR.

GAŠPARIĆ Croatian
Patronymic, meaning "son of GAŠPAR".

GAVRAN Croatian, Serbian
Means "raven".

GLASNOVIĆ Croatian
Derived from glasno, meaning "loud".

GLUHAK Croatian
Derived from gluh, meaning "deaf".

GLUHEK Croatian
Derived from gluh, meaning "deaf".

GMAJNIĆ Croatian

GOBAC Croatian

GOLUBIĆ Croatian, Serbian
Derived from GOLUB.

GOLUBOVEC Croatian
From golub meaning ''pigeon''.

GOTOVINA Croatian
Derived from gotovina, meaning "cash".

GRABAR Croatian
Derived from grabiti, meaning "to grab".

GRABUŠIĆ Croatian

GRBAVAC Croatian
Derived from grbavo, meaning "bumpy" or "hunchbacked".

GREGURIĆ Croatian
Possibly patronymic, meaning "son of GREGOR" or "son of GRGUR".

GRGURIĆ Croatian
Means "son of GRGUR".

GRINFELDER Croatian
Derived from German grün, "green", and feld, "field".

GRUBIŠIĆ Croatian

GRŽAC Croatian (Rare)

GUDELJ Croatian, Serbian

GUGIĆ Croatian

GULIN Russian, Croatian

GUTIĆ Serbian, Croatian

GUZINA Serbian, Croatian

HALUŽAN Croatian, Slovene
Habitational name for someone from Haloze, a region in Slovenia.

HANŽEK Croatian, Slovene

HARAMBAŠIĆ Croatian, Bosnian, Serbian
Derived from harambaša (харамбаша), which was a historic rank for the senior commander of a hajduk band. The hajduks were bandits and freedom fighters in the Balkans who fought the Ottomans.

HARAMIJA Croatian
Derived from harambaša, which was a historic rank for the senior commander of a hajduk band. The hajduks were bandits and freedom fighters in the Balkans who fought the Ottomans.

HEBRANG Croatian, German

HERCIGONJA Croatian
Derived from Herzogin, a German title meaning "duchess".

HEREK Croatian (?), Polish (?)
Unsure but read it’s Croatian but I also heard Polish

HERJAVEC Croatian

HLADIKA Croatian
Possibly derived from hladno, meaning "cold".

HMELINA Croatian

HORVATIĆ Croatian
Derived from HORVAT.

HRASKI Croatian

HRELJA Croatian

HRŠAK Croatian

HRVATIN Croatian, Slovene
From Croatian and Slovene Hrvat meaning "Croat, person from Croatia".

HRŽENJAK Croatian
Habitational name for someone from places starting with "Hržen-".