Serbian
names are used in the country of Serbia in southeastern Europe.
Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
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").
BOŠNJAK Croatian, SerbianDerived from "Bošnjak", for someone who has their roots in Bosnia. This surname is rare in Bosnian Muslims.
ČELIK Croatian, SerbianDerived from Serbo-Croatian "čelik", ultimately from Turkish
çelik, meaning "steel".
JELAVIĆ Serbian, Bosnianderived from the place name
Jelav, one of the places in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
KMET Slovenian, Serbian, Croatian, SlovakSlovenian, Serbian, Croatian, and Slovak status name for a type of peasant. In Slovenia this denoted a peasant who had his own landed property. In Serbia and elsewhere it was a status name for a feudal peasant farmer who cultivated the land of his lord instead of paying rent or doing military service...
[more] LALATOVIC SerbianPossibly derived from the slavic word for "tulips",
lale or from son of
Lala (a nickname for
Lazar)
MANDŽUKIĆ Serbian (Rare), Croatian (Rare)Famous bearer of this last name is Mario Mandžukić who is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Italian club Juventus and the Croatia national team.
OBRADOVIĆ SerbianPatronymic from the personal name
Obrad, a derivative of obradovati meaning "to give joy".
PEJOVIĆ Serbian (Russified, Modern)Pejović is a Serbian surname. Mainly used in serbia. But also used in Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Macedonia
PRINCIP Bosnian, SerbianProbably derived from Latin
princeps "leader, initiator, prince", which itself was ultimately derived from
primus "first" and
capere "to take". The surname may thus have originated as a nickname for someone with a princely appearance, or for someone who was the illegitimate offspring of a prince...
[more] PUHAR Serbian (Modern, Rare)The last name of the contestant Mirjana Puhar from America's Next Top Model, who originally was born in Serbia. She died on February 24, 2015, aged 19 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
SEKULIC SerbianThere is possibility that name come from latin word secolo, means century. Usual Serb end of surname is IC. All Serbs-Montenegrians, also small number of Croats who has that surname has origion from heart of Montenegro...
[more] ŠMIGIÆ SerbianIt is old Serbian surname.It's origins are probably from Kosovo.
TESLA SerbianFrom a special kind of ax a woodworker would use - adze, called
tesla....
[more] VIDOVIĆ Croatian, SerbianIt is formed by adding the patronymic suffix
-ić and the possessive infix
-ov- to the given name
Vid.
ZRNIĆ SerbianDerivative of Serbian tribal name located in Ozrinići, Montenegro.