Mirko (Cyrillic script: Мирко) is a masculine given name of South Slavic origin. By Slavic languages, Slavic etymology, the name is composed of the root ''mir'' (meaning peace) and hypocorism, hypocoristic suffix ''-ko'' usual in South Slavic languages, which together means "the peaceful one". Mirko is sometimes used as a short, hypocoristic form of Miroslav (given name), 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 language, Italian and German language, German is Mirco (disambiguation), 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 *Mirko Alilović *Mirko Bašić *Mirko Bellodi, Italian *Mirko Bogović *Mirko Boland, German *Mirko Bolesan, Italian *Mirko Bortolotti, Italian *Mirko Bröder, Hungarian *Mirko Bunjevčević *Mirko Casper, German *Mirko Castillo, Peruvian *Mirko Celestino, Italian *Mirko Corsano, Italian *Mirko Cvetković *Mirko Damjanović *Mirko Derenčin *Mirko Dickhaut, German *Mirko Dorner, German *Mirko Eichhorn, German *Mirko Ellis, Italian *Mirko Englich, German *Mirko Eramo, Italian *Mirko Fait, Italian *Mirko Filipović, better known as Mirko Cro Cop *Mirko Gashi, Albanian *Mirko Giacomo Nenzi, Italian *Mirko Giansanti, Italian *Mirko Gori, Italian *Mirko Grabovac *Mirko Grmek *Mirko Guadalupi, Italian *Mirko Höfflin, German *Mirko Hrgović *Mirko Ilić *Mirko Ivanić *Mirko Ivanovski *Mirko Jeličić, Australian *Mirko Jović *Mirko Jozić *Mirko Jurkovic, American *Mirko Kokotović *Mirko Koršič *Mirko Kovač (basketball) *Mirko Kovač (writer) *Mirko Kramarić *Mirko Lamantia, Italian *Mirko Lang, German *Mirko Marić *Mirko Marjanović *Mirko Martucci, 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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