Male and female Croatian names have much in common with the European naming system. It is impossible not to note the great similarity of naming. In general, modern Croatian names for boys and girls are very diverse. Many of them are both traditional and quite exotic, borrowed from other languages ​​and cultures.

Origin of male and female Croatian names

Most traditional male and female Croatian names are of Slavic origin. They began to appear as early as the seventh century. The value of traditional Croatian names and surnames is still very high. They continue to be actively used in our time. However, there are popular Croatian names for girls and boys, borrowed from the Catholic calendar. The tradition of naming children according to the calendar in Croatia is quite common.

Among the male and female Croatian names, there are those that were taken from other cultures and languages. Many of them appeared quite recently, under the influence of globalization processes. Among these, completely contrary to the Croatian traditions of naming.

Top most beautiful Croatian names for boys

• Bronislav. Translated into Russian = "fighter for glory"
• Branimir. From the Old Slavonic "protecting the world"
• Goran. Translated into Russian, this Croatian name means “high” / “mountainous”
• Casimir. From Old Church Slavonic "peace preacher"
• Lubomir. Name of Slavic origin. Meaning = "loving world"
• Marco. Form Latin name Mark
• Miroslav. Production from "peace" and "glory"
• Mladen. Translated into Russian, this Croatian name of a man has the meaning = "small"
• Radomir. From the Old Slavonic "fighter for peace"
• Tikhomir. Croatian name for a boy, created from the words "quiet" and "peaceful"
• Tomislav. From Old Slavonic "tormented by glory."

List of the most beautiful Croatian names for girls

• Bogdan. Name of Slavic origin. Meaning = "given by God"
• Borislav. Means "she who fights for glory"
• Power. from Slavic "homeland"
• Dragan. Translated into Russian, this female Croatian name has the meaning = "dear"
• Dubravka. From Old Church Slavonic "strong as oak"
• Gold. Croatian girl name meaning "golden"
• Ivan. Translated from Hebrew, this Croatian girl's name has the meaning = "given by God"
• Kvita. From Slavic "flower"
• Militsa. South Slavic version of the name Melisa = "honey"
• Mirka. Production from Mir or Miroslav = "glorified for the whole world"
• Slavik. From Old Church Slavonic "glorious"
• Stanislav. Name of Slavic origin = "to become glorious"

The most popular female and male Croatian names

To date, the most common male and female Croatian names are Ivan, Marko, Josif, Stepan, Tomislav, Maria, Anna and Ivana. However, in last years the inhabitants of Croatia are increasingly calling newborns in a foreign manner. In this regard, in the near future we should expect a sharp increase in the number of names borrowed from other languages.

Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks, Macedonians, Montenegrins - Balkan Slavs, who once made up one large country called Yugoslavia. These peoples, separated from each other in different countries, have common historical events, neighboring territories, a lot in common in culture and traditions. Despite belonging to different faiths, Serbian, Bosnian and Croatian surnames are often difficult to distinguish by affiliation.

Who are the Croats

Croats are Slavic tribes that settled in the Balkans around the 7th century, after the collapse of the empire. Presumably they came from Galicia. In their genetic structure, Croats are related to the Slavs and the North Germans, or Goths. Croatian tribes were divided into white, black and red Croats. Whites are the ancestors of the population of Galicia (Western Ukraine), blacks (Czech Croats) come from Moravia and Slovenia. Red Croatia is called the area of ​​present-day Dalmatia and some areas of neighboring Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Most people of this nationality live in the territory of the current surname and are also often found in all the former republics of Yugoslavia, in Ukraine, the Czech Republic, Romania, Poland, and Hungary. Small groups of Croats can be found in many parts of the world.

Pre-Christian names

The ancient tribes - the ancestors of the Croats - were pagans, like all Slavs. The name of the Slavs was given great importance. It was believed that the name gives a person the quality that it carries in itself. Yes, this is how it is in modern times: “Whatever you call a boat, so it will float.” Croatian surnames, like those of other peoples, arose only with the need to document citizens. An interesting belief existed among pagan tribes regarding naming. Very often, a permanent name was given to a child when he was already growing up, and his character traits and inclinations became clear, then they called him Slavko (glorious), Goran (man-mountain), Vedrana (funny). Girls in general were often given the names of plants and flowers. So among Croatians, the names Cherry, Yagoda, Elka are not uncommon. Before receiving a permanent name, in order to hide the child from evil spirits, he was simply called Naida, Momche (boy) or was given an affectionate name for an animal, a piglet, for example (Gush).

Religion and surnames

The need to add surnames to the name appeared among the Slavs with the adoption of Christianity, since church books of births, deaths, and population censuses were recorded. Croatian names and surnames form a full-fledged name of the person. Patronymics, like those of the Serbs, are not accepted. Actually, most of the original surnames are the changed names of the fathers, which later began to be passed down by genus. This type of surname is akin to the patronymics of the Eastern Slavs: Petrovich, Markovich, Yakovich.

Forms of Croatian surnames

Surnames derived from the name of the father or occupation, with the endings -ich, are the most common among the Serbs, and only the second among the Croats. The pronunciation of Croatian surnames, as well as Serbian ones of this kind, practically does not differ, because they have one language - Serbo-Croatian. Kovachevich, Vukovich, Shumanovich - this form is also common among Poles and Western Ukrainians. Thus, in these regions, mostly townspeople and merchants called themselves. Russians with a similar ending formed patronymics, but the stress in Croatian surnames, unlike Russian patronymics, is on the first syllable in most cases, or on the third from the end for long surnames.

Popular surnames

Not distinguished by particular modesty, the surname Horvat leads the list of the most common. The second most popular Croatian surnames with endings - ich, of which the championship belongs to the Kovacevics. The following are surnames ending in -a To: Novak, Dvorak, and formed from the diminutive name of the father with the ending - ik Yurek, Michalek. Next in the list of popularity are family endings - uk: Tarbuk, Biyuk. Less common are groups - rts, -nts, -ar, -sh (Khvarts, Rybar, Dragos). There are separate surnames that are peculiar only to certain regions or that make up two-root combinations (Krivoshia, Belivuk). There are also Oreshanin, Grachanin, Tsvetanin in Croatia. Surnames with such endings are about 5 thousand inhabitants of the country.

Geography in surnames

Croatian specialists in anthroponymy have done a colossal job of describing the surnames of their region. Scientific works on this topic describe not only how Croatian surnames are pronounced, how they were composed and what they mean. Linguists have collected and classified the prevalence of their native surnames by regions of Croatia and beyond. Knowing these patterns, it is possible to determine approximately from which region the ancestors of one kind or another originated. So, the most numerous surname Horvath, it turns out, is concentrated in the region of a small northern territory, which once belonged to Austria-Hungary, apparently, once foreigners called the natives that way.

There are many Croats in Gorni Kotar, these areas also have the largest number of group surnames - to, -ets, -ats, -sh. In Slavonia, the forms -ich, -atz predominate. Dalmatia has a regional form of surnames, with the ending - itza(Kusturica, Pavlitsa, Cinnamon).

Famous Croats

Many Croatian prominent people glorified the names of their ancestors throughout the world. The first of them was the famous geographer and traveler Marco Polo. The parachute was invented by Faust Vrancic, the Theory of Natural Philosophy was compiled by the physicist, mathematician and astronomer Rudzher Boskovic, and the fingerprinting method was introduced to the world by Ivan Vucecic. Widely known outside the country are the architect and sculptor Juraj Dalmatinets, the artist Yuliv Klovich, the politician Josef physicist Nikolai Tesla. This is just a small list of famous surnames of Croats who have made a significant contribution to the development of world history.

Traditional Croatian female names: origin

The national female names of Croatians date back to the Middle Ages and have Slavic roots. Before the adoption of Christianity, the religion of the Croats was paganism. Pagan traditions of worshiping various deities, natural phenomena, left their mark on the personal names of the people. The girls were called beautiful names plants, fruits, flowers (for example, Dzhurzhitsa - “lily of the valley”, Dunja (Dunya) - the Slovenian, Croatian and Serbian name for the quince fruit), in honor of the seasons (Spring), Slavic gods(Morena (Morena) is the name of the Slavic goddess of winter and death).

Sometimes the name meant an attractive "feminine" character trait (Tihana - "quiet"). Often sonorous Croatian names for girls had the character of a wish - Moika (“beloved”), and several female forms of names with the same meaning were formed from the Slavic root -drag (“dear”) - Draga, Dragana, Drazhenka. The ancient Croats chose affectionate, soft names for their daughters - Milica ("fragrant"), Ljubica (from the word "love").

Often, Croatian female names were formed from male forms of names, retaining their meaning: for example, Jasenka (Yasenka) - female form the male name Jasen (Ash) - “deciduous tree”, Gordana “proud” - from the male Gordan, etc.

Borrowed female Croatian names

Over time, the list of Croatian female names was constantly replenished - first with Christian names, then with names borrowed from other languages ​​and countries.

Since the 7th century, Christianity has been spreading in Croatia, and with it the religious names of Catholic saints. Moreover, female names were borrowed both in a “ready-made” form (for example, the Greek name Clara - “bright, clear”), and were formed from male ones: for example, Filipa (Filipa) - from the male name Philip (Croatian version of the Greek name Philip - “loving horses"), Josipa (Josip) - from the male Joseph. Biblical Christian names also changed (for example, Estera - the Croatian version of the biblical name Esther - Esther, Esther).

The period of the conquest of part of the country Ottoman Empire also did not go unnoticed for the anthroponymy of the people: along with Islam (now there are approximately 1.5% of Muslims in the country), Muslim names also came to Croatia (for example, Turkic first name Alma(Alma), meaning "apple"). Also Croatians often use Slavic names, common in Serbia - for example, Mirna (derived from the word "peace").

Croats actively borrow foreign names, while sometimes changing their sound: for example, the most popular in Croatia female name Mia is derived from the Hebrew name Maria, and in neighboring Italy it is considered Italian and translates as "mine, belonging to me." The name Nadezhda, which came from Russia, changed to Nada, Nadica (Nada, Naditsa).

New female names in Croatia

The list of Croatian female names is regularly updated due to borrowing from other languages ​​and cultures, as well as the peculiarities of the Croatian formation of proper names.

Recently, short names have become especially popular in the country - borrowed or shortened to 3-4 letters full names. So, Iva (Iva) is a short form of the name Ivanka (Ivanka), Lara (Lara) - Larisa, etc. Often newly formed names are the endings of borrowed foreign names (Ena, Eni are independent names formed from the ancient Greek name Irena - “peace, tranquility”).

Among the Croats, national names with Slavic roots and Catholic Christian names are still relevant. At the same time, the naming of the people is very similar to the European system: in recent years, borrowed foreign and European names have been most in demand (German Karla - “courageous”, Spanish Dolores, etc.).

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To the question "What do we know about the names of the Slavic peoples?" you have to answer honestly - nothing! Meanwhile, the “Slav brothers” have a lot to learn: and careful attitude to the names of their Slavic ancestors, and to the names of Christian saints, and to the ability to adopt the names of neighboring peoples, doing it easily and very organically. So let's get started...

Part 1. What are the names of the Croats? General review.

On this page you will see not some "lists of Croatian names" taken from nowhere, but the names of living people who live in today's Croatia, and you will be able to get a first idea of ​​the degree of their popularity.

Croats are South Slavs. The population of Croatia is 4.2 million, of which 90% are Croats, approximately 5% Serbs and a few Italians (0.4%, mainly in Istria, in the north). Catholics in the total population 86% (usually Croats), Orthodox 4.5% (mostly Serbs), Muslims 1.5% (usually immigrants from Bosnia).

The official language is Croatian. Writing based Latin alphabet(unlike Serbia, where the Cyrillic alphabet is used). The Croatian Latin alphabet is called "Gajica" (gajica, hrvatska abeceda), in honor of its creator, who was Ljudevit Gaj. There are no letters Q, W, X, Y in Gaevice, but there are several “special” letters: Č, č (hard h), Ć, ć (soft h), Dž, dž (j), Đ, đ (j), Lj, lj (l), Nj, nj (ny), Š, š (w), Ž, ž (g). Croatian female names Luba, Lerka, Ruja, Zelka and Stefania, for example, are written like this: Ljuba, Ljerka, Ruža, Željka and Štefanija, and Djordje Marjanovic ( famous singer) - Đorđe Marjanovic.

The name of the country in Croatian is Republika Hrvatska, and in English - Republic of Croatia. The capital is Zagreb (800 thousand people). Other big cities are Split (170 thousand people), Rijeka (130 thousand people) and Osijek (85 thousand people).

The head of government is Prime Minister Tihomir Oresković.

What needs to be said first. The number of personal names - both female and male, is impressive: it is simply huge. The thing is that in modern Croatia, any diminutive or abbreviated (truncated) form of a name can be recorded in a birth certificate and even in a passport. It surprises no one there that a woman - a member of Parliament is called, for example, Anka, Milanka, Tanya or Zelka (Anka, Milanka, Tanja, Željka), and a 60-year-old man - Sasha, Pashko, Dubravko (Saša, Paško, Dubravko).

Look here: Ana, Anja, Anita, Ani, Anka, Ankica, Anica, Ančica, Anna, Anela, Aneli, Aneta(Ana, Anya, Anita, Ani, Anka, Ankitsa, Anitsa, Anchitsa, Anna, Anela, Aneli, Aneta) - Croatian variants of the name Anna are listed here. Please note that all of them are registered by the registry offices of the Croatian Republic as independent passport names. And a few more examples: Katarina, Katija, Katja, Katica, Kata, Katrin, Katrina, Rina, Kaja(Katarina, Katya, Katitsa, Kata, Katrin, Katrina, Rina, Kaya); Tatjana, Tajana, Tanja (Tatiana, Tayana, Tanya); Štefanija, Štefani, Štefa, Fani(Stefania, Stefanie, Stefa, Fani); Terezija, Tereza, Tesa, Tessa (Teresia, Teresa, Tesa, Tessa); Draga, Dragana, Dragica, Drazenka(Draga, Dragana, Dragica, Drazhenka), Nediljka, Neda (Nedilka, Neda).

WITH male names- the same picture: Arsen, Seno, Senko (Arsen, Seno, Senko), B ožidar, Božo, Bože, Božen, Boško, Darko(Bozhidar, Bozho, God, Bozhen, Boshko, Darko); Vladimir, Vlado, Vlatko (Vladimir, Vlado, Vlatko), Stjepan, Stipe, Stipo, Stjepko, Stijepo, Stevo(Stepan, Stipe, Stipo, Stepko, Stepo, Stevo).

And now we can continue. The review is based on the age principle. And we will get acquainted with the names of the inhabitants of Croatia in stages, following from one age group to another: senior age (40-50 and more years) - youth (20-25 years) - newborns (0-5):

1) Names of deputies of the Parliament of the Croatian Republic

151 deputies, including 121 men and 30 women,

age range from 30 to 70 years, average age 50 years

Men - Anđelko / Angelko, Andrija / Andria, Ante / Ante, Antun / Antun, Arsen / Arsen, Blaženko / Blazhenko, Boris / Boris (2), Božo / Bozho, Branimir / Branimir, Branko / Branko (3), Damir / Damir (4), Darinko / Darinko, Dario / Dario, Darko / Darko (2), Davor / Davor (3), Domagoj / Domagoj, Domagoj Ivan / Domagoj Ivan ( double name), Drago / Drago, Dražen / Drazen (3), Franio / Franio, Franko / Franco, Furio / Furio, Giovanni / Giovanni, Goran / Goran (3), Gordan / Gordan (2), Igor / Igor, Ivan / Ivan (11), Ivica / Ivica, Ivo / Ivo, Jaroslav / Yaroslav, Jasen / Yasen, Josip / Josip (6), Joško / Yoshko, Juro / Yuro, Ladislav / Ladislav, Leon / Leon, Lucian / Lucian, Marijan / Marijan , Mario / Mario, Marko / Marco, Maro / Maro, Mihael / Michael, Mile / Mile, Milivoj / Milivoj, Milorad / Milorad (2), Miodrag / Miodrag, Mirando / Mirando, Mirko / Mirko, Miro / Miro (2) , Miroslav / Miroslav (2), Nenad / Nenad, Orsat / Orsat, Peđa / Peja, Pero / Feather, Petar / Petar, Predrag / Predrag, Radimir / Radimir, Rajko / Raiko, Ranko / Ranko, Robert / Robert, Silvano / Silvano, Siniša / Sinisa (2), Stevo / Stevo, Stipe / Stipe, Stjepan / Stepan, Šandor / Sandor, Tihomir / Tikhomir, Tomislav / Tomislav (6), Tulio / Tulio, Vedran / Vedran, Veljko / Velko, Vladimir / Vladimir, Zdravko / Zdravko, Zoran / Zoran (2), Žarko / Hot, Željko / Zeljko (5).

Women - Ana / Ana, Anka / Anka, Božica / Bozhitsa, Dragica / Dragica, Ermina / Ermina, Gordana / Gordana (2), Ines / Ines, Irena / Irena, Jasna / Jasna, Josipa / Josipa, Ljubica / Ljubica, Margareta / Margareta, Marija / Maria (3), Milanka / Milanka, Nada / Nada (2), Nansi / Nancy, Ružica / Ruzica, Sabina / Sabina, Sandra / Sandra (3), Sanja / Sanya, Štefanija / Stephanie, Tanja / Tanya, Vesna / Spring

The number of people with that name is given in parentheses.

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Note: At the time of this writing (August 2016), the Parliament of the 8th convocation, elected on December 28, 2015, was in force.

2) Names of Croatian artists national theater in Zagreb

270 people, including 125 men and 145 women,

age range from 25 to 65 years old, average age 45 years old

Men - Adam (2), Alan, Alen (3), Andrija, Ante (2), Antonio, Bojan, Božidar, Božimir, Damir (4), Danijel, Danko (2), Darijan, Dario (2), David, Davor (2), Davorin, Domagoj, Dragan, Dubravko, Dušan (2), Filip, Franjo, Goran, Gordan, Hrvoje (2), Igor, Ivan (10), Ivica (3), Ivo (2), Jerko, Josip (2), Jurica, Krešimir, Kristian, Kristijan (2), Kornel, Leonard, Livio, Ljubomir, Luciano, Luka, Marijan, Mario (3), Marko (2), Matija, Milan, Miljenko (3), Miroslav , Mislav, Nenad, Neven, Nikola, Nikša (3), Ninoslav, Petromil, Renko, Robert, Roko, Romeo, Saša, Sebastian, Silvio, Siniša (5), Slavko, Srđan, Stjepan (3), Svebor, Tin ( 2), Toma, Tomica, Tomislav (4), Tvrtko, Vjekoslav, Vladimir (2), Zlatko, Zvonimir (2), Željko (2), Žorž

Orasar (The Nutcracker)

Romeo i Julija (Romeo and Juliet)

Women - Adela, Aleksandra, Alma, Ana (4), Anastasija, Andreja, Antonija, Anželika, Barbara (3), Bernardina, Blanka, Blaženka, Bojana, Božica, Branka (2), Cecilija, Danijela, Danjela, Daria (2) ), Darija, Diana, Dijana, Dora, Dorotea, Dubravka, Dunja (2), Eleonora, Ema, Emilija, Eva, Gorana, Gordana (3), Helena, Henrijeta, Ida, Irena, Iva (4), Ivana (2 ), Ivančica, Ivanka, Jadranka (2), Jelena, Katarina, Katija, Kristina, Ksenija (3), Lana, Lidija (3), Ljerka, Lovorka, Luca, Lucija, Lujza, Magda, Maja (3), Marija, Marijana (2), Marta (2), Martina (3), Mateja, Mia, Mihaela, Milka, Minja, Mira, Mirela, Mirna, Mirta, Mojca, Nadežda, Natalija, Nensy, Nina (3), Olga, Olja, Orijana, Pavla, Petra (3), Sanda, Sandra, Sanja (2), Silvana, Slavica, Snježana (6), Sofia, Suzana (2), Štefa, Tajana, Tamara (2), Tatjana (4), Tihana ( 2), Valentina, Vanja, Verica, Viktorija, Visnja, Vladimira, Vlasta, Vlatka, Zrinka (2), Željka (2)

Note: Data as of August 2016. The nominal composition of the theater troupe (opera, ballet, drama, choir and orchestra) is given on the website Hrvatsko narodno kazalište u Zagrebu, www.hnk.hr

3) Names of Ensemble artists folk dances and songs of Croatia LADO

40 people, including 22 men and 18 women,

age 35-50 years

Men - Alan, Alen, Andrija, Antun (2), Bojan, Boris, Branimir, Dubravko, Dražen (2), Igor (2), Josip, Mario, Matej, Mladen, Nenad, Pavo, Saša, Željko (2)

Women - Adrijana, Ana, Anita, Dijana, Iva, Ivana, Irena, Jasenka, Klara, Kristina, Mateja, Nataša, Snježana, Tamara, Verica, Vlatka (2), Zrinka

Note: Data as of August 2016. Name composition

available on the Ansambl narodnih plesova i pjesama Hrvatske LADO website, www.lado.hr

4) The names of the members of the Croatian delegation on Olympic Games 2016

in Rio de Janeiro - athletes, coaches and medical staff

a total of 157 people, of which 130 men and 27 women,

average age 25 years

Men - Alan, Aleksandar, Andrej, Andro, Anđelo, Antonio, Bojan (2), Borna, Božo, Dalibor, Dario (2), Damir (5), Darko, Davor, Dejan, Dinko, Domagoj, Dražen (2), Edis, Edo, Edvard, Filip (5), Franjo, Goran, Hrvoje (2), Igor (5), Ilija, Ivan (9), Ivica (3), Jakov, Jurica, Josip (4), Joško, Jozo, Karlo, Krešinir, Kristijan, Krunoslav, Leonard, Luka (6), Manuel, Marin (3), Mario (3), Marko (8), Maro, Martin, Matija, Miran, Miro, Miroslav (3), Mladen, Nikica , Nikola, Pavle, Pero, Petar, Renato, Rok, Roko, Sandro, Seno, Siniša, Srećko, Stevo, Stijepo, Stipe, Šime, Tomica, Tomislav, Tonči, Toni, Valent, Valter, Velibor, Vladimir (2), Zlatko, Zoran (2), Zvonimir, Željko (3)

Women - Ana (4), Andrea (2), Barbara, Blanka, Iva, Ivana, Lucija, Maja, Manuela, Marija (2), Marcela, Matea (2), Petra, Sandra (2), Sara, Snježana, Tanja , Tina, Valentina, Zdenka

Note: The information was published on the website of the Croatian Olympic Committee www.hoo.hr: Odluka o sastavu hrvatske olimpijske delegacije na Igrama XXXI. olympiade Rio 2016).

5) List of names of the players of the football club "Dinamo", Zagreb

90 people in total, ages 15 to 30,

mean age 19.4 years

Adrian (3), Alen (1), Ante (2), Antonijo (2), Antonio (1), Arijan (1), Bojan (1), Borna (3), Bruno (2), Damir (1), Dario (2), David (1), Dinko (1), Dino (1), Davor (1), Domagoj (5), Dominik (2), Eugen (1), Filip (4), Hrvoje (2), Ivan (3), Jakov (3), Josip (2), Juraj (1), Jurica (1), Karlo (2), Kristijan (1), Kruno (1), Leon (1), Lovro (1), Luka (4), Marijan (1), Mario (5), Marko (8), Martin (1), Matej (1), Matija (1), Matteo (1), Mihael (1), Neven (1), Nikola (1), Oliver (1), Petar (2), Renato (1), Tin (1), Tom Alen (1), Tomislav (3), Vinko (1), Vitomir (1), Zvonko (1)

Note: Dinamo Club, Zagreb City (Građanski nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb, http://www.gnkdinamo.hr), as you know, consists of several divisions: GNK Dinamo Zagreb (main team), GNK Dinamo Zagreb II and three youth - GNK Dinamo Zagreb U19 (players from 17 to 19 years old), GNK Dinamo Zagreb U17 (16 - 17 years old), GNK Dinamo Zagreb Jugend (15 years old). In the 2016/2017 season, they had a total of 90 field players with Croatian surnames (players of other nationalities were not taken into account), the age range was 15 - 30 years, the average age was 19.4 years. Player details have been published on the well-known football site Transfermarkt.

6) The most popular names of newborns in Croatiain 2012-2016

boys	Girls
Andrija Ante, Antonio, Tony Borna Daniel David Duje, Dominik Erik Philip Fran Gabriel, Gabriel Ivan, Ivano Jakov Juraj Josip Karlo Leo, Leon Lovro, Lovre Luca Mateo, Matej, Matija Marin Marko Michael Mislav Niko, Nikola Patrick Petar Roko Stjepan simun Toma Vito, Vid	Ana, Hana, Jana Dora Franka Gabriella Helena, Lena, Elena Karla Katarina, Katja Klara Lana Lara Laura Leona Lorena Lucia Magdalena Marija Maris Marta Nika Nikol, Nikolina Nina Paola Petra Sara Tena Tonka Vita, Vida Zara

7) Top Ten Most Popular Newborn Namesin Croatia in 2015

(total 19418 boys and 18141 girls were born)

	boys	Total	Girls	Total
	Luka (Luka)		Mia (Mia)
	Ivan (Ivan)		Lucija (Lucia)
	David (David)		Ema (Ema)
	Jakov (Jacob)		Ana (Ana)
	Petar (Petar)		Petra (Petra)
	Marko (Marco)		Sara (Sarah)
	Philip (Philip)		Lana (Lana)
	Karlo (Carlo)		Nika (Nika)
	Ivano (Ivano)		Marta (March)
	Josip (Josip)		Iva (willow)

Note. Croatia is not a very big country. The total number of boys born in 2015 was 19418. Of these, 919 boys were named after Luka. Calculating the percentage of the total number of newborns gives:

(919: 19418) * 100 = 5%,

that is, the name Luke was given to about five newborn boys out of a hundred. Similarly, for the name Mia we get (596: 18141) * 100 = 3%. - Not so much! (names are popular, but, as they say, "without fanaticism")

A source of information: Table2. 2015, Tablica 3. Pet najčešćih muških i ženskih imena novorođene djece upisane u maticu rođenih po županijama u 2015, see Statistical Report of the Ministry of State. Office of the Republic of Croatia, Zagreb, February 2016. // Javna uprava vama na usluzi. Statisticki prikaz Ministarstva uprave. Broj 1. // Republika Hrvatska, Ministarstvo uprave, Zagreb, veljača 2016 (pages 6-9)

8) Most popular names 2015 by administrative districts of Croatia.

Nai more commonnames by year of birth (from 1930 to 2015).

The popularity of names is, on the one hand, a geographical (territorial) concept, and on the other, a historical one. There is no need to explain this thesis. And so it is clear that in Rijeka they will never stop naming boys by the names Vito and Vid, girls - Vita and Vida, and in Split the names Roko and Duje will always be in the top ten, which cannot be said, for example, about the capital Zagreb. In the same way, it is quite clear that the most popular female name of 2015, Mia, was not even heard 10-15 years ago. In this regard, here are two interesting references: .