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):
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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:
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Dolores Doris Eli |
Erin Ines * Ingrid |
Iris Karmen Natali |
Nives Meri Stefani |
These are common male names ending in a consonant:
(under construction)
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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)
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