Mirjana (; ) is a
Slavic feminine given name meaning ′''
mir''′ ("peace, world, prestige, area, space"). The name is widespread throughout
Slovenia
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Croatia
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Serbia
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Mirjana is possibly a form of
Miriam
Miriam ( he, מִרְיָם ''Mīryām'', lit. 'Rebellion') is described in the Hebrew Bible as the daughter of Amram and Jochebed, and the older sister of Moses and Aaron. She was a prophetess and first appears in the Book of Exodus.
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Maria.
List of people with the given name Mirjana
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Mirjana Bohanec (born 1939), Croatian opera singer and actress
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Mirjana Boševska (born 1981), retired female freestyle and medley swimmer from Macedonia
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Mirjana Božović
Mirjana Božović (born 1987) was the first official "Miss Serbia," in 2007. She represented Serbia in Miss World 2007 in Sanya, China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's m ...
(born 1987), beauty queen who represented Serbia in Miss World 2007
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Mirjana Đurica (born 1961), former Yugoslav/Serbian handball player
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Mirjana Gross
Mirjana Gross (born Mirjam Gross; 22 May 1922 – 23 July 2012) was a notable Yugoslav-Croatian Jewish historian and writer.
Life and career
Gross was born in Zagreb to Jewish parents, Mavro and Ella Gross, on 22 May 1922. During World War II a ...
(1922–2012), Croatian historian
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Mirjana Isaković
Mirjana Isaković is a Serbian sculptor and ceramist.
Personal life
She was born in Serbia in 1936. She is married to Halil Tikvesa, a Bosnian painter and graphic designer with whom she has a daughter Lana Tikvesa.
Education
Isaković graduat ...
(born 1936), Serbian sculptor
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Mirjana Joković (born 1967), Serbian actress
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Mirjana Karanović (born 1957), Serbian actress
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Mirjana Kostić
Mirjana Kostić ( sr-cyr, Мирјана Костић; born 6 August 1983), professionally known as Mika K., is a Serbian singer and musician, who came to media attention as a contestant of talents show '' Operacija trijumf''.
Personal life
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(born 1983), Serbian singer
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Mirjana Lučić Mirjana (; ) is a Slavic feminine given name meaning ′''mir''′ ("peace, world, prestige, area, space"). The name is widespread throughout Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia.
Mirjana is possibly a form of Miriam a ...
(born 1982), professional tennis player from Croatia
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Mirjana Marić (born 1970), American-born Serbian chess player
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Mirjana Marković (born 1942), Serbian politician, widow of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević
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Mirjana Milenković (born 1985), Montenegrin handball player
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Mirjana Ognjenović (born 1953), former Yugoslav/Croatian handball player
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Mirjana Puhar (1995–2015), ''America's Next Top Model'' contestant
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Ana Mirjana Račanović, Serbian pageant model who was Miss Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2001
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Mirjana Živković (born 1935), Serbian musicologist and professor
See also
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References
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Bosnian feminine given names
Croatian feminine given names
Montenegrin feminine given names
Serbian feminine given names
Slovene feminine given names