Milovan
Milovan (Serbian Cyrillic: Милован, Serbo-Croatian: [miˈloːvan]) is a Slavic name derived from the passive adjective milovati ("caress").[1] Its presence has been recorded in Serbia since the Late Middle Ages.[1] Variants include Milovanac and Milovanče.[1]
It celebrates its name day on January 25 in Poland,[2] where it is spelled Miłowan.
Given name
[edit]- Milovan Bojić (born 1955), Serbian politician
- Milovan Ćirić (1918–1986), Serbian football manager
- Milovan Đilas (1911–1995), Montenegrin-Serbian Communist politician, theorist and author in Yugoslavia
- Milovan Đorić (born 1945), Serbian football player and manager
- Milovan Danojlić (1937–2022), Serbian writer
- Milovan Destil Marković (born 1957), visual artist
- Milovan Drašković (born 1995), Montenegrin basketball player
- Milovan Drecun (born 1957), Serbian journalist of Montenegrin descent
- Milovan Gavazzi (1895–1992), Croatian ethnologist
- Milovan Glišić (1847–1908), Serbian writer, dramatist, and literary theorist
- Milovan Ilic Minimaks (1938–2005), Serbian radio and TV journalist
- Milovan Jakšić (1909–1953), Serbian footballer
- Milovan Jović (1955–2009), Serbian footballer
- Milovan Kapor (born 1991), Canadian soccer player
- Milovan Krivokapić (born 1949), Serbian politician
- Milovan Milovanović (1863–1912), Serbian politician, diplomat and constitutional lawyer
- Milovan Milović (born 1980), Serbian footballer
- Milovan Mirosevic (born 1980), Chilean footballer
- Milovan Obradović (born 1956), Serbian footballer
- Milovan Petrovikj (born 1990), Macedonian footballer
- Milovan Minja Prelević (1970–2019), Montenegrin footballer and coach
- Milovan Raković (born 1985), Serbian professional basketball player
- Milovan Rajevac (born 1954), Serbian footballer
- Milovan Savić (born 1953), Croatian middle-distance runner
- Milovan Sikimić (born 1980), Serbian footballer
- Milovan Stanković (born 1969), Serbian writer
- Milovan Stepandić (1954–2020), Serbian basketball coach
- Milovan Vesnić (fl. 2014), Serbian racing driver
- Milovan Vidaković (1780–1841), Serbian writer
- Milovan Vitezović (1944–2022), Serbian writer, poet, play writer and satirist
- Milovan Zoričić (1884–1971), Croatian football official and criminal judge
- Milovan Zoričić (statistician) (1850–1912), Croatian statistician
Surname
[edit]- Berndt Lubich von Milovan, Hauptsturmführer in the Waffen SS during World War II
- Irena Milovan (1937–2020), Yugoslav ballet dancer
- Ivan Milovan (born 1940), Croatian Roman Catholic prelate
Place names
[edit]- Milovan, a village in Pleșoi Commune, Dolj County, Romania
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Sources
[edit]- Grković, Milica (1977). Rečnik ličnih imena kod Srba. Belgrade: Vuk Karadžić.
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