Nenad (;
Cyrillic script: Ненад) is a male personal
name of Slavic origin common in countries that speak Slavic languages. It is more widespread in
Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Slovenia,
Croatia,
Serbia, and
North Macedonia than in other countries. The name is derived from the word ''nenadan'', which means "unexpected". It was introduced to North Macedonia via Serbian and is now a fairly popular name.
This name is often given to the younger of twins, in this case usually paired with the name
Predrag
Predrag ( sr-cyr, Предраг) is a Slavic masculine given name, predominantly borne by ethnic Slavs, derived from ''pre-'' ("very, much") and ''-drag'' ("dear, beloved"), both common in Slavic dithematic names. It roughly means "very beloved". ...
, from the epic Serbian folk song "Predrag i Nenad".
"Predrag i Nenad"
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People
*Nenad Adamović
Nenad Adamović (; born 12 January 1989) is a Serbian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder#Winger, winger for FK Mladost Lučani, Mladost Lučani.
At the age of 18, Adamović was selected to represent the Europe ...
, Serbian football player
*Nenad Bach
Nenad N. Bach (born 1954) is a Croatian American recording artist, composer, performer, producer and peace activist. He has performed with a wide range of artists, including Luciano Pavarotti, Bono & The Edge (U2), Brian Eno, Garth Hudson & Ric ...
, Croatian-American composer
*Nenad Begović
Nenad Begović (; born January 6, 1980) is a Serbian former football player who played in the First League of Serbia and Montenegro, Second League of Serbia and Montenegro, Ligue 1, Kazakhstan Premier League, Russian Premier League, Azerbaijan Pre ...
, Serbian football player
* Nenad Bjeković, former director of FK Partizan
* Nenad Bjeković (footballer born 1974), Serbian football player
* Nenad Bjelica, Croatian football player and coach
*Nenad Bogdanović
Nenad Bogdanović ( sr-cyr, Ненад Богдановић, ; 12 May 1954 – 27 September 2007) was a Serbian politician who served as the mayor of Belgrade from 2004 to 2007.
Education and career
Bogdanović was born on 12 May 1954. He complet ...
, former mayor of Belgrade
*Nenad Brnović
Nenad Brnović ( Cyrillic: Ненад Брновић; born 18 January 1980) is a Montenegrin football manager and former footballer. He Is manager of Sutjeska Nikšić.
His older brother Bojan is also a footballer.
Club career
He spent most of ...
, Montenegrin football player
* Nenad Buljan, Croatian Olympic swimmer
* Nenad Čanak, Serbian politician
* Nenad Dizdarević, Bosnian film director, screenwriter and producer
* Nenad Đorđević, Serbian football player
* Nenad Džodić, Serbian football player
* Nenad Erić, Serbian football player
* Nenad Filipović (footballer), Serbian football player
* Nenad Firšt, Slovene composer, conductor and violinist
* Nenad Gagro, Bosnian football player
* Nenad Gajić, Serbian-Canadian lacrosse player
* Nenad Gračan, Croatian football player
* Nenad Grozdić, Serbian football player
*Nenad Injac
Nenad Injac (, born September 4, 1985) is a Serbian Association football, football forward.
Career
Born in Belgrade, SR Serbia, he previously played for FK Radnički Jugopetrol, FK Železničar Beograd, OFK Mladenovac, FK Borac Čačak, FC Amkar ...
, Serbian football player
* Nenad Janković, Bosnian Serb musician, composer, actor and television director
* Nenad Jestrović, Serbian football player
*Nenad Knežević Knez
Nenad Knežević (Serbian Cyrillic: Ненад Кнежевић; born 5 December 1967), better known as Knez, is a Montenegrin singer, based in Belgrade, Serbia. Best known for his 1994 hit "Dal' si ikada mene voljela" (''Have You Ever Loved Me'') ...
, Montenegrin singer
* Nenad Kovačević, Serbian football player
* Nenad Krstić, Serbian basketball player
* Nenad Krstičić, Serbian football player
* Nenad Lazarevski, Serbian football player
* Nenad Marinković, Serbian football player
*Nenad Marković
Nenad Marković (born June 6, 1968) is a Bosnian former professional basketball player and current head coach for JDA Dijon Basket, JDA Dijon of French LNB Pro A.
Playing career
Born in Doboj to a Bosnian Serb father and a Bosnian Croat mother, Ma ...
, Bosnian football player
* Nenad Maslovar, Montenegrin football player
*Nenad Medić
Nenad Medić (Serbian Cyrillic: Ненад Медић, born December 21, 1982 in Apatin, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian professional poker player with a World Series of Poker bracelet and World Poker Tour Championship title. He resides ...
, Serbian-Canadian poker player
* Nenad Mijatović, Montenegrin basketball player
*Nenad Milijaš
Nenad Milijaš ( sr-Cyrl, Ненад Милијаш, ; born 30 April 1983) is a retired Serbian footballer. He represented Serbia at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Milijaš rose to prominence in his homeland with his first club FK Zemun before mov ...
, Serbian football player
*Nenad Milosavljević
Nenad Milosavljević (Serbian Cyrillic: Ненад Милосављевић, born February 6, 1954), also known as Neša Galija (Неша Галија), is a Serbian musician and politician, best known as the frontman of the Serbian and former Yug ...
, Serbian singer and songwriter
*Nenad Mirosavljević
Nenad Mirosavljević (; born 4 September 1977) is a Serbian former Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker.
During his 20-year-long career, Mirosavljević scored over 100 goals in the nati ...
, Serbian football player
* Nenad Mišanović, Serbian basketball player
*Nenad Mišković
Nenad Mišković (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Ненад Мишковић; born 13 October 1975) is a Bosnian former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), defender.
Club ca ...
, Bosnian Serb football player
*Nenad Mladenović
Nenad Mladenović (Serbian Cyrillic: Ненад Младеновић; born 13 December 1976) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Club career
Mladenović made a name for himself while playing for Obilić from 200 ...
, Serbian football player
* Nenad Nastić, Serbian football player
* Nenad Nikolić, several people
*Nenad Novaković
Nenad Novaković (Serbian Cyrillic: Ненад Hoвaкoвић; born 14 July 1982) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Career
Novaković joined Odense BK in December 2006 and joined Reggina Calcio on 31 Jan ...
, Serbian football player
*Nenad Pagonis
Nenad Pagonis ( sr-cyr, Ненад Пагонис; born 28 July 1987) is a Serbian cruiserweight kickboxer fighting out of Mike's Gym in Amsterdam, Netherlands and Team Pagonis in Novi Sad, Serbia. In 2010 he became W.A.K.O. Pro world champio ...
, Serbian kickboxer
* Nenad Petrović (writer), Serbian writer
*Nenad Petrović (chess problemist) Nenad Petrović is the name of:
* Nenad Petrović (writer) (1925–2014), Serbian writer
* Nenad Petrović (chess composer) Nenad Petrović, (September 7, 1907, in Zagreb, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia-Dalmatia, Austria-Hungary (now Croatia) – ...
, Croatian chess player
*Nenad Popović
Nenad Popović ( sr-cyr, Ненад Поповић; born 30 September 1966) is a Serbian politician and businessman who served as Minister without portfolio (Serbia), minister without portfolio from 2017 to 2022. A long-time member of the Democ ...
, Bosnian Serb businessman
* Nenad Pralija, Croatian football player
* Nenad Prokić, Serbian playwright, theatre director and MP in the Parliament of Serbia
*Nenad Sakić
Nenad Sakić (; born 15 June 1971) is a Serbian Association football, football manager and former player. He currently assistant manager Hungarian club Ferencvárosi TC.
Club career
Sakić came to FK Napredak Kruševac, Napredak Kruševac in 1989 ...
, Serbian football player and coach
* Nenad Savić, Serbian football player
*Nenad Slivić
Nenad (; Cyrillic script: Ненад) is a male personal Slavic names, name of Slavic origin common in countries that speak Slavic languages. It is more widespread in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, and North Macedonia than i ...
, Serbian football player
* Nenad Šoštarić, Croatian handball player and coach
* Nenad Starovlah, Bosnian football player
* Nenad Stekić, Serbian long jumper
*Nenad Stojaković
Nenad Stojaković ( sr-cyr, Ненад Стојаковић; born April 4, 1980) is a Serbian football midfielder.
He had previously played with Serbian clubs Partizan Belgrade, FK Teleoptik and FK Budućnost Banatski Dvor, Montenegrin FK ...
, Serbian football player
*Nenad Stojanović
Nenad "Purke" Stojanović (; born 22 October 1979) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Career
After coming through the youth categories of Red Star Belgrade, Stojanović went on numerous loans, having a breakthro ...
, Serbian football player
* Nenad Stojković, Serbian football player
* Nenad Sudarov, Serbian Olympic and Half Ironman distance triathlete
*Nenad Todorović
Nenad Todorović (Serbian Cyrillic: Ненад Тодоровић; born 26 May 1982) is a Serbian football defender.
Career
Before moving to Hungary in summer 2009 to play with Zalaegerszegi TE Nenad has played with Serbian SuperLiga clubs OFK ...
, Serbian football player
* Nenad Tomović, Serbian football player
*Nenad Vanić
Nenad Vanić (Serbian Cyrillic: Ненад Ванић; born 30 August 1970) is a Serbian football manager and former player.
Playing career
In the summer of 1997, following a brief spell with Vojvodina, Vanić moved abroad an signed with Spanish ...
, Serbian football player
*Nenad Vasić
Nenad Vasić (; born 28 July 1979) is a Serbian footballer.
Born in Trstenik, he played with FK Jagodina and FK Mladost Lučani in the Serbian SuperLiga
The Serbian Super League ( sr, Супер лига Србије / Super liga Srbije), re ...
, Serbian football player
*Nenad Veličković
Nenad Veličković (born 1962) is a Bosnian writer and playwright. He lives in Sarajevo. Recent activity
In 2017, Nenad Veličković has signed the Declaration on the Common Language of the Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins
Montenegrins ...
, Bosnian playwright
* Nenad Vučinić, Serbian basketball coach
*Nenad Vukanić
Nenad Vukanić (born 16 May 1974 in Kotor) is a water polo player who played for FR Yugoslavia at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
See also
* List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
* List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
...
, Montenegrin water polo player
*Nenad Vukasović
Nenad Vukasović ( sr-cyr, Ненад Вукасовић; born 11 October 1952) is a Serbian lawyer and politician.
Early life and career
Nenad Vukasović was born on 11 October 1952 in Belgrade. He studied at the University of Belgrade Faculty ...
, Serbian politician and lawyer
* Nenad Zimonjić, Serbian tennis player
See also
* Nenadović
References
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