Dejan (
Cyrillic
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: Дејан) is a
Serbian
Serbian may refer to:
* someone or something related to Serbia, a country in Southeastern Europe
* someone or something related to the Serbs, a South Slavic people
* Serbian language
* Serbian names
See also
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* Old Serbian (disambiguat ...
masculine given name, derived from the Slavic verb ''dejati'', meaning "to act, to do". The name and the derived surname
Dejanović are common among
South Slavs.
The name is first recorded in 1325 (1333) for a
voevod
Voivode (, also spelled ''voievod'', ''voevod'', ''voivoda'', ''vojvoda'' or ''wojewoda'') is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe since the Early Middle Ages. It primarily referred to the me ...
of king
Stefan Uroš Stephen Uroš ( sr, / ) is a Serbian royal name, referring to the following members of the Nemanjić dynasty ( Serbian Kingdom and Empire):
* King Stefan Uroš I (1243–1276)
* King Stefan Uroš II Milutin (1282–1321)
* King Stefan Uroš II ...
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Notable people
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Dejan (fl. 1346-66), Serbian magnate
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Dejan Bodiroga, Serbian basketball player
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Dejan Dabović (1944–2020), Yugoslav water polo player
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Dejan Damjanović, Montenegrin footballer
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Dejan Dimitrovski, Macedonian footballer
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Dejan Gluščević (born 1967), Serbian footballer and manager
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Dejan Iliev
Dejan Iliev ( mk, Дејан Илиев; born 25 February 1995) is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for AS Trenčín.
Career Early life
Iliev was born in Strumica, Macedonia and first played youth club football for ...
(born 1995), Macedonian footballer
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Dejan Janković
Dejan Janković (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Јанковић; born 6 January 1986) is a Serbian football midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, br ...
, Serbian footballer
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Dejan Kelhar, Slovenian footballer
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Dejan Kulusevski, Swedish footballer of Macedonian descent
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Dejan Lovren, Croatian footballer
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Dejan Medaković (1922–2008), Serbian art historian, writer and academician
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Dejan Meleg, Serbian footballer
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Dejan Savić, Serbian water polo player and coach
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Dejan Savićević, Montenegrin footballer
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Dejan Stanković
Dejan Stanković ( sr-Cyrl, Дејан Станковић, , born 11 September 1978) is a Serbian professional manager and former player. He currently manages Italian club Sampdoria.
He captained the Serbia national team from 2007 until 201 ...
, Serbian footballer and manager
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Dejan Stefanović, Serbian footballer
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Dejan Stojanović, Serbian poet, writer, essayist, philosopher, businessman and journalist
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Dejan Tomašević, Serbian basketball player
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Dejan Udovičić
Dejan Udovičić ( sr-cyrl, Дејан Удовичић; born 26 July 1970) is a Serbian professional water polo head coach. He was named head coach for Serbia in June 2006, after the dissolution of the state union of Serbia and Montenegro. As ...
, Serbian water polo coach
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Dejan Đedović, Serbian futsal coach
Notes
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Slavic masculine given names
Serbian masculine given names
Bosnian masculine given names
Croatian masculine given names
Slovene masculine given names
Macedonian masculine given names