Dragomir () is a Slavic masculine name, mostly found in

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, and

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as well as

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. It is composed of the Slavic words '' drag'' (dear, precious) and ''mir'' (peace), both very common in Slavic dithematic names. It can be translated as ''To whom peace is precious'', i.e. ''He who cares about peace''. However, the ending ''mir'', found in many

Slavic names Given names originating from the Slavic languages are most common in Slavic countries. The main types of Slavic names: * Two-basic names, often ending in mir/měr (''Ostromir/měr'', ''Tihomir/měr'', '' Němir/měr''), *voldъ (''Vsevolod'', ...

, has developed from the

Old Slavic Old Church Slavonic or Old Slavonic () was the first Slavic literary language. Historians credit the 9th-century Byzantine missionaries Saints Cyril and Methodius with standardizing the language and using it in translating the Bible and other ...

term *''meru'' which meant 'large, great, greatly'. Thus the original Old Slavic meaning of the name would be ''He who is very dear'' or ''He who is very precious'' (to his family). The female form of the name is Dragomira (or Drahomíra), Dragomirka and is also very popular.

Notable people

Dragomir Bojanić Dragomir Bojanić ( sr-cyrl, Драгомир Бојанић; 13 June 1933 – 11 November 1993), also known by his nickname Gidra, was a Serbian actor. In several Italian films he was credited as Anthony Ghidra. He appeared in many Yugoslav ...

(1933–1993), Serbian actor, nicknamed Gidra *

Dragomir Brajković Dragomir Brajković ( sr-cyr, Драгомир Брајковић; 10 December 1947 – 29 November 2009) was a Montenegrin Serb writer, journalist, editor of Radio Belgrade, poet and member of the Association of Writers of Serbia. Biography He ...

(1947–2009), Serbian writer, journalist, editor of Radio Belgrade, poet *

Dragomir Čumić Dragomir "Drago" Čumić (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгомир "Драго" Чумић; 8 May 1937 in Sirač near Daruvar, Kingdom of Yugoslavia – 10 November 2013 in Belgrade, Serbia) was a Serbian actor. His credits includes roles in the TV s ...

(born 1937), Serbian actor *

Dragomir Dujmov Dragomir Dujmov (''Serbian Cyrillic'': Драгомир Дујмов) is a Serbian poet, novelist and short story writer from Hungary. Biography Dujmov is considered to be one of the leading Serbian poet and writer in Hungary. Dragomir Dujmov was ...

, Serbian poet, novelist and short story writer from Hungary *

Dragomir of Duklja Dragimir (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгимир; † 1018) or Dragomir (Драгомир) was Serbian ruler of Travunia and Zachlumia, medieval Serbian principalities located in present-day regions of Herzegovina and south Dalmatia, from an unknown ...

(born 1018), ruler of Travunia and Zachlumia *

Dragomir Hurmuzescu Dragomir M. Hurmuzescu (13 March 1865, in Bucharest – 31 May 1954, in Bucharest) was a Romanian physicist and inventor, teacher at the University of Iași and the University of Bucharest, and a correspondent member at the Romanian Academy. He i ...

(1865-1954), Romanian physicist *

Dragimir Hvalimirović Dragimir (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгимир; † 1018) or Dragomir (Драгомир) was Serbian ruler of Travunia and Zachlumia, medieval Serbian principalities located in present-day regions of Herzegovina and south Dalmatia, from an unknown ...

, Župan of Travunia *

Dragomir Jovanović Dragomir "Dragi" Jovanović (27 July 1902 – 17 July 1946) was a Serbian politician and Axis collaborator who served as the mayor of Belgrade from 1941 to 1944, during World War II. He was captured by communist forces on December 11, 1945 in ...

(1902–1946), Serbian politician *

Dragomir Markov Dragomir Denchev Markov ( bg, Драгомир Денчев Мърков) (born April 8, 1971 in Sofia) is a retired backstroke and butterfly swimmer from Bulgaria. He was a member of the Bulgarian National Swimming Team (four men and one woman) at ...

(born 1971), retired swimmer from Bulgaria *

Dragomir Mihajlović Dragomir "Gagi" Mihajlović ( sr-Cyrl, Драгомир Михајловић "Гаги") is a Serbian rock guitarist. Musical career Mihajlović started his career as a guitarist in a progressive rock group Limunovo Drvo, which, formed in 1978 b ...

, Serbian rock guitarist *

Dragomir Milošević Dragomir Milošević (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгомир Милошевић; born 4 February 1942) is a former Bosnian Serb commander of the Sarajevo-Romanija Corps (SRK) of the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) which besieged Sarajevo for three years ...

(born 1942), Serbian commander and war criminal *

Dragomir Nikolić Dragomir Nikolić was a Serbian football manager. He was joint head coach of the Yugoslavia national football team together with Aleksandar Tirnanić and Ljubomir Lovrić Ljubomir Lovrić (Serbian Cyrillic: Љубомир Ловрић; 28 May 1 ...

, Serbian football manager *

Dragan Okuka Dragomir "Dragan" Okuka (; born 2 April 1954) is a Serbian football coach and former player. As a player, he was predominantly associated with his time with Velež Mostar where he won the 1981 Yugoslav Cup before joining Swedish club Örebro SK, ...

(born 1954), Serbian football manager and a former player * Dragomir R. Radev, University of Michigan computer science professor *

Dragomir Stankovic Dragomir () is a Slavic masculine name, mostly found in Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Russia, and Ukraine as well as Romania. It is composed of the Slavic words '' drag'' (dear, precious) and ''mir'' (peace), both very comm ...

(born 1972), Serbian football referee *

Dragomir Tošić Dragomir "Dragan" Tošić (8 November 1909 – 20 June 1985) was a Yugoslavian football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally mea ...

(1909–1985), Yugoslavian football defender * Dragomir Vukobratović (born 1988), Serbian footballer

As surname

* Alexandru Dragomir (1916–2002), Romanian philosopher *

Anastase Dragomir Anastase Dragomir (1896–1966) was a distinguished Romanian inventor, most famous for his "catapultable cockpit" patent (with Tănase Dobrescu) as an early form of ejection seat, although preceded by Everard Calthrop's 1916 compressed air ejectio ...

(1896–1966), Romanian inventor *

Dimitrie Dragomir Dumitru Dragomir (26 October 1884 – 20th century) was a Bessarabian and Romanian politician. He was a member of Sfatul Țării and voted the Union of Bessarabia with Romania on 27 March 1918. Biography Dumitru Dragomir was born in Volinti ...

(born 1884), Bessarabian politician *

Dumitru Dragomir Dumitru "Mitică" Dragomir (born May 30, 1946) is a former president of the Romanian Professional Football League from 1996 until 2014. Before that, he served as the president of Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea, Olt Scorniceşti, FCM Braşov, and Vict ...

, president of the Romanian Professional Football League since 1996 *

Ioan Dragomir Ioan Dragomir (11 October 1905—25 April 1985) was a Romanian bishop of the Greek-Catholic Church. Born into a peasant family in Ariniș, Maramureș County, he attended high school in Zalău and Baia Mare. Dragomir then studied theology in G ...

(1905–1985), Romanian bishop of the Greek-Catholic Church * Ionuț Dragomir (born 1974), Romanian football player *

Mihu Dragomir Mihu Dragomir (pen name of Mihail Constantin Dragomirescu; April 24, 1919 – April 9, 1964) was a Romanian poet, prose writer and translator. A native of Brăila on the Bărăgan Plain, he was heavily influenced by the worldview of an older novel ...

(1919-1964), Romanian poet *

Ruxandra Dragomir Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie (born 24 October 1972) is a retired tennis player from Romania. She won four singles and five doubles titles on the WTA Tour during her career. The right-hander reached her highest individual WTA ranking on 25 August 1997 ...

(born 1972), Romanian retired female tennis player

As place name

*Dragomir, village in

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Commune, Bacău County, Romania * Dragomir, village in Plovdiv municipality, Bulgaria

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