Mladen () is a South Slavic masculine given name, derived from the Slavic root ''mlad'' (, ), meaning "young".
It is present in Bulgarian, Serbian, and Croatian society since the Middle Ages.
Notable people with the name include:
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Mladen (vojvoda) ( 1323–26), Serbian magnate
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Mladen Bartolović, Bosnian footballer
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Mladen Dolar
Mladen Dolar (born 29 January 1951) is a Slovene philosopher, psychoanalyst, cultural theorist and film critic.
Dolar was born in Maribor as the son of the literary critic Jaro Dolar. In 1978 he graduated in Philosophy and French language at th ...
, Slovenian philosopher
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Mladen Erjavec, Croatian basketball coach
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Mladen Krstajić, Serbian footballer
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Mladen Milicevic
Mladen Milicevic (born 1958) is a composer of experimental music, sound installation, and film music. He is a professor and has been for many years the Chair of the Recording Arts Department at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. He is b ...
, composer of music
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Mladen Petrić, Croatian footballer
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Mladen Plakalović, Bosnian cross-country skier
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Mladen Rudonja, Slovenian footballer
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Mladen Šekularac
Mladen Šekularac ( sr-cyrl, Младен Шекуларац; born January 29, 1981) is a Montenegrin basketball coach and former professional player.
Playing career
At one point Šekularac was considered to be one of the biggest European talent ...
, Montenegrin basketball player
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Mladen George Sekulovich
Karl Malden (born Mladen George Sekulovich; March 22, 1912 – July 1, 2009) was an American actor. He was primarily a character actor, who according to Robert Berkvist, "for more than 60 years brought an intelligent intensity and a homespun aut ...
, American actor best known as Karl Malden
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Mladen Solomun, Bosnian-born German DJ and producer best known as Solomun
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Mladen Stanev, Bulgarian conductor and chorus master
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Mladen Stojanović, Bosnian Serb leader of
Yugoslav Partisans
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Mladen Vasilev, Bulgarian footballer
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Mladen Vladojević ( 1330–48), Serbian magnate
See also
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Mladenov
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Mladenović
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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'', ...
References
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Slavic masculine given names
Bosnian masculine given names
Bulgarian masculine given names
Croatian masculine given names
Serbian masculine given names
Macedonian masculine given names