Mirko ( Cyrillic script: Мирко) is a masculine given name of South Slavic origin. By Slavic etymology, the name is composed of the root ''mir'' (meaning peace) and hypocoristic suffix ''-ko'' usual in

South Slavic languages The South Slavic languages are one of three branches of the Slavic languages. There are approximately 30 million speakers, mainly in the Balkans. These are separated geographically from speakers of the other two Slavic branches (West and East) ...

, which together means "the peaceful one". Mirko is sometimes used as a short, hypocoristic form of Miroslav in some Slavic languages. The name is widely popular in Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Slovenia, Italy and Germany. The alternative spelling in Italian and

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is Mirco. The nationality of those men with the forename Mirko who are from outside the Slavic region is listed next to the name. Notable men with the forename Mirko: *

Prince Mirko of Montenegro Prince Mirko Dimitri Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro ( sr-Cyrl, Мирко Петровић-Његош; 17 April 1879 – 2 March 1918) was born in Cetinje, the second son of King Nicholas I of Montenegro and Milena Vukotić. Prince Mirko p ...

* Mirko Alilović * Mirko Bašić *

Mirko Bellodi Mirko Bellodi (born 20 October 1973) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Career Born in Suzzara, the Province of Province of Mantua ( it, Mantova), Lombardy, Bellodi started his career at Parma. From 1992 t ...

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Mirko Bogović Mirko Bogović (2 February 1816, in Varaždin – 4 May 1893, in Zagreb) was a Croatian poet and politician. He graduated in philosophy in Szombathely in 1830, cadet school in Petrovaradin (1833–1837) and law in Pest, Hungary, Pest in 1844. He ...

Mirko Boland Mirko Boland (born 23 April 1987) is a German professional footballer who plays for VfB Lübeck as a midfielder. Career Boland grew up in the Lower Rhine region, North Rhine-Westphalia, and played youth football for SV Rees, FC Schalke 04 and ...

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Mirko Bolesan Mirko (Cyrillic script: Мирко) is a masculine given name of South Slavic origin. By Slavic etymology, the name is composed of the root ''mir'' (meaning peace) and hypocoristic suffix ''-ko'' usual in South Slavic languages, which together m ...

, Italian * Mirko Bortolotti, Italian *

Mirko Bröder Mirko (Imre) Bröder, or Broeder, Broder, Breder (1911–1943) was a Hungarian–born Yugoslav chess master. Born in Budapest, he grew up in Novi Sad, Voivodina (then Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes), where he studied law. He won a simul ...

, Hungarian * Mirko Bunjevčević *

Mirko Casper Mirko Casper (born 1 March 1982 in Zell (Mosel), Rhineland-Palatinate) is a German former professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of footb ...

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Mirko Castillo Mirko Castillo (born August 30, 1962 in Lima, Peru) was a Peruvian soccer forward who spent his entire professional career in the United States. He played two seasons in the American Soccer League, tying Ricardo Alonso as the 1990 league leading ...

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Mirko Celestino Mirko Celestino (born 19 March 1974 in Albenga) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist, specializing in the classic cycle races. His biggest career achievements to date include winning the ''monumental classic''—Giro di Lombard ...

, Italian * Mirko Corsano, Italian *

Mirko Cvetković Mirko Cvetković ( sr-Cyr, Мирко Цветковић, ; born 16 August 1950) is a Serbian economist and former politician who served as the prime minister of Serbia from 2008 to 2012 and as finance minister from 2007 to 2008, and again from ...

Mirko Damjanović Mirko Damjanović ( Cyrillic: Мирко Дамјановић) (1937 – 25 December 2010) was a Serbian football coach. He was head coach of FK Partizan from 1973 to 1974. He also worked at FK Rad, FK Leotar and FK Sartid among others, and ...

Mirko Derenčin Mirko (Cyrillic script: Мирко) is a masculine given name of South Slavic origin. By Slavic etymology, the name is composed of the root ''mir'' (meaning peace) and hypocoristic suffix ''-ko'' usual in South Slavic languages, which together m ...

Mirko Dickhaut Mirko Dickhaut (born 11 January 1971) is a German football coach and a former player. Career statistics References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dickhaut, Mirko 1971 births Living people 2. Bundesliga managers Sportspeople from Kass ...

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Mirko Dorner Mirko Dorner (March 7, 1921 in Budapest – May 2, 2004 in Essen) was a German- Hungarian cellist, composer and painter, raised in Belgrade. Dorner was trained at the Belgrade Conservatory and the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (1939–42). ...

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Mirko Eichhorn Mirko Eichhorn (born 30 August 1971) is a former German figure skater. He won two national titles, East German in 1989 and German in 1992. He competed at four World Championships A world championship is generally an international competition ...

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Mirko Ellis Mirko Ellis (4 September 1923 – 11 September 2014) was a Swiss-Italian film, stage and television actor. Born Mirko Korcinsky in Locarno to a family of Lithuanian origin, Ellis moved, after his studies, to Italy, where he made his film debut i ...

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Mirko Englich Mirko Englich (born 28 August 1978) is a German Greco-Roman wrestler. He won two silver medals at the European Wrestling Championships in 2003 and 2008. Englich won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He defeated U.S.A's Adam Wheeler i ...

, German * Mirko Eramo, Italian *

Mirko Fait Mirko Fait (born 3 June 1965) is an Italian jazz saxophonist and composer. Career Born into a family of musicians, Fait began playing saxophone in his teenage years, gaining notoriety in 2002 when he accompanied Cuban musician Gendrickson Mena D ...

, Italian *Mirko Filipović, better known as Mirko Cro Cop * Mirko Gashi, Albanian *

Mirko Giacomo Nenzi Mirko Giacomo Nenzi (born 14 November 1989) is an Italian speed skater Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long tr ...

, Italian * Mirko Giansanti, Italian *

Mirko Gori Mirko Gori (born 4 February 1993) is an Football in Italy, Italian footballer who plays for club U.S. Triestina Calcio 1918, Triestina. Biography Gori started his career at Frosinone Calcio, Frosinone. He was the member of the under-16–17 mix ...

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Mirko Grabovac Mirko Grabovac (born 19 September 1971) is a Croatian former professional football player and coach. He had changed his nationality to Singaporean in 2001 in order to play for the Singapore national football team before renouncing it in 2008. ...

Mirko Grmek Mirko Dražen Grmek (9 January 1924 – 6 March 2000) was a Croatian and French historian of medicine, writer and scientist. He was one of the pioneers and founders of the history of medicine. His entire opus promotes the historical research of me ...

Mirko Guadalupi Mirko Guadalupi (born 9 February 1987) is an Italian footballer. He plays as a midfielder. Club career On 5 July 2018, he joined Serie D The Serie D () is the top level of semi-professional football in the country. The fourth tier of the It ...

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Mirko Höfflin Mirko Höfflin (born June 18, 1992) is a German professional ice hockey forward currently playing for ERC Ingolstadt in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL). He was selected by the Chicago Blackhawks in the sixth round (151st overall) of the 2010 N ...

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Mirko Hrgović Mirko Hrgović (born 5 February 1979) is a Bosnian football coach and former player. He serves as an assistant coach at HNK Šibenik. Hrgović most notably played for Croatian rivals Hajduk Split and Dinamo Zagreb as well as VfL Wolfsburg of Ge ...

* Mirko Ilić * Mirko Ivanić *

Mirko Ivanovski Mirko Ivanovski ( mk, Мирко Ивановски; born 31 October 1989) is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Liga I club Petrolul Ploiești. Club career Ivanovski began his career with the youth side of Peliste ...

* Mirko Jeličić, Australian *

Mirko Jović Mirko Jović (Serbian Cyrillic: Мирко Јовић; born 13 August 1959, in Zemun) is a Serbian politician who stood for president of Serbia in the 2004 Serbian presidential election for the Radical Party of People, Serbia, Diaspora and Europ ...

* Mirko Jozić *

Mirko Jurkovic Mirko Jurkovic (May 19, 1970 – January 9, 2013) was an American football offensive guard who played college football at the University of Notre Dame and attended Thornton Fractional North High School in Calumet City, Illinois. He was drafted by ...

, American * Mirko Kokotović *

Mirko Koršič Mirko Koršič (18 January 1914 – 12 December 1981) was a Yugoslav fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil Foil may refer to: Materials * Foil (metal), a quite thin sheet of metal, usually manufactured with a rolling mill m ...

* Mirko Kovač (basketball) *

Mirko Kovač (writer) Mirko Kovač (26 December 1938 – 19 August 2013) was a Yugoslav writer. In his rich career he wrote novels, short stories, essays, film scripts, TV and radio plays. Among his best known works are the novels ''Gubilište'', ''Životopis Malvin ...

Mirko Kramarić Mirko Kramarić (; born 27 January 1989) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays for Luxembourg National Division club FC Etzella Ettelbruck. Career statistics References External links * All appearances in 2HNL season 08-09All a ...

Mirko Lamantia Mirko Lamantia (born 1 March 1990) is an Italian football goalkeeper. History Lamantia started out playing at a young age for Novara. In 2007-2008, the young keeper moved to Genoa in co-ownership .Genoa CFC Report and Accounts on 31 December 20 ...

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Mirko Lang Mirko Lang is a German actor, who has appeared in many different screenplays, television shows, as well as stage productions. Born in October 1978 in Bremen, Germany, he currently lives in Berlin. After doing his Abitur he started studying musi ...

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Mirko Marić Mirko Marić (; born 16 May 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Monza. Born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Marić represented his native country internationally at youth level. He has Croatian citizenship, and repre ...

* Mirko Marjanović *

Mirko Martucci Mirko Martucci (born 19 February 1988) is an Italian footballer. Biography Born in Liestal, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland, Martucci started his career at Italian Serie D team Alessandria and in 2006 left for Genoa youth team. In July 2008 he le ...

, Italian *Mirko Mihić *Mirko Mikić *Mirko Milašević *Mirko Mulalić *Mirko Murovic, Canadian *Mirko Müller, German *Mirko Nišović *Mirko Norac Kevo *Mirko Novosel *Mirko Oremuš *Mirko Paetzold, German *Mirko Palazzi, Sammarinese *Mirko Petrović (athlete) *Mirko Petrović (politician) *Mirko Petrović-Njegoš *Mirko Pieri, Italian *Mirko Pigliacelli, Italian *Mirko Plantić *Mirko Puzović *Mirko Rački *Mirko Radovanović *Mirko Radović *Mirko Raičević *Mirko Ruggiu, Sardinian King *Mirko Salvi, Swiss *Mirko Sandić *Mirko Savini, Italian *Mirko Savone, Italian *Mirko Schuster, German *Mirko Selak *Mirko and Stjepan Seljan *Mirko Selvaggi, Italian *Mirko Serrano, Chilean *Mirko Slomka, German *Mirko Stojanović *Mirko Szewczuk, German *Mirko Šarović *Mirko Spada, Swiss *Mirko Stangalino, Italian *Mirko Taccola, Italian *Mirko Tedeschi (cyclist, born 1987), Italian *Mirko Tedeschi (cyclist, born 1989), Italian *Mirko Teodorović *Mirko Tomassoni, Sammarinese *Mirko Tremaglia, Italian *Mirko Trosino, Italian *Mirko Turri, Italian *Mirko Uhlig, German *Mirko Valdifiori, Italian *Mirko Vičević *Mirko Vidaković *Mirko Vindiš *Mirko Virius *Mirko Vučinić *Mirko Vuillermin, Italian *Mirko Wolter, German

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