These are the most common names in Croatia in recent decades, from government statistics and other sources. Names marked with * are popular in 2000's, at least according to lists of primary schools students.
These are the common female names (all ending in -a):
Ana *
Anamarija
Andreja ¹
Antonija ¹
Anita
Anja
Arijana ¹
Barbara
Branka
Brankica
Dora *
Dunja
Elena
Ema *
Eva
Gabrijela
Hana
Gordana
Helena
Irena
Iva
Ivana
Ivona
Jadranka
Jana
Jasmina
Jelena
Karla *
Kata
Katarina
Katica
Klara
Kristina
Ksenija
Lana *
Laura *
Lea *
Leona
Leonarda
Lidija
Lorena
Lucija *
Ljubica
Lucija *
Magdalena
Maja
Marija *
Marijana
Marina
Marta *
Martina *
Maša
Matea *
Mia *
Mihaela
Mirjana
Mirna
Monika
Morana
Nada
Natalija
Nika *
Nikolina
Nina
Paola
Patricija
Petra *
Renata
Sandra
Sanja
Sara *
Snježana
Silvija
Suzana
Tanja
Tamara
Tea *
Tena
Tihana
Tina
Valentina
Vedrana
Vesna
Željka
Names marked with a subscript one (¹) are also often found in alternative spelling, without the -j-, e.g. Andrea instead of Andreja.
These are common (and less common) female names not ending in -a and therefore not changing in cases:
Dolores
Doris
Eli
Erin
Ines *
Ingrid
Iris
Karmen
Natali
Nives
Meri
Stefani
These are common male names ending in a consonant:
(under construction)
Alen
Antun
Branimir
Damir
Davor
Danijel
Dejan
David *
Domagoj
Dominik *
Dragan
Dragutin
Filip *
Fran *
Goran
Igor
Ivan *
Jakov
Jan *
Josip
Krešimir
Kristijan
Krunoslav
Leon *
Marijan
Marin
Matej
Mihael
Milan
Miroslav
Mladen
Petar (Petr-)
Patrik
Stjepan
Tin *
Tomislav
Vedran
Vladimir
Zoran
Zvonimir
There are male names like Rene that behave as if ending in a consonant (A Renea, etc.).
These are common male names ending in -o or -e; when they get any case ending, the final vowel is removed (e.g. Marko → A Marka):
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Darko Hrvoje Jadranko Karlo |
Leo Marko * Mateo * Matko |
Mirko Roko Silvije Slavko |
Vlatko Zlatko Žarko Željko |
The following male names are common in Dubrovnik and the surrounding area; they change as Marko:
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Đivo Niko |
Pavo |
Stijepo |
Vlaho |
These are common male names ending in -io; when they get any case ending, it's attached to -ij- (e.g. Mario → A Marija):
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Antonio |
Dario |
Mario | Silvio |
These are common male names ending in -a. They change as any noun in -a:
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Andrija Borna |
Ivica Jurica |
Luka Matija |
Nikola * Saša |
Some of these names, e.g. Borna, Ivica and Saša as sometimes used as female names.
There are common male names (historically nicknames) that behave as if ending in -a, that is, Ante → A Antu, etc.
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Ante Braco Bruno Dado Dino Drago |
Duje Edo Frano Franjo Ive Ivo |
Jure Krešo Kruno Lovro * Ljubo Mate |
Mato Mišo Pero Stipe Tomo Vlado |
(to be expanded)
there is 2 times the name Lucija
ReplyDeleteYes, I know that already :( The problem is, I don't know what name to put there, I need to go through name lists again :( thanks
DeleteAre there any names in Croatian that are typically used for both males AND females? For example, in English the name "Alex" can often be a man or a woman, and so can "Sam."
ReplyDeleteI wrote above:
Delete"Some of these names, e.g. Borna, Ivica and Saša as sometimes used as female names"
However, it's not that common.
Lp
Lol no female name that starts with C?
ReplyDeleteNot any common one, I'm afraid. /c/ is a rare sound, words starting with /c/ are also less common...
DeleteBok Daniel,
ReplyDeleteThanks for all your effort putting together this website. It's an awesome resource! Već sam puno naučio za samo par dana :)
I noticed you've put Niko in the group of names that behave like Marko, which becomes Marka in accusative, however I can't remember anyone saying Nika when using my name in accusative - it's always Niku, e.g. "pitaj Niku".
Have people just been saying it incorrectly or is Niko some kind of exception when it comes to male names ending in -o or -e?
Yeah, this likely depends on the region. For you it seems Niko is like Krešo. I will do some research and update this... Thanks
Deletelp Daniel