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):
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:
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):
Antonio |
Dario |
Mario | Silvio |
These are common male names ending in -a. They change as any noun in -a:
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.
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