Slobodan ( sr-Cyrl, Слободан) is a
Serbo-Croatian masculine given name which means "free" (''sloboda'' / meaning "freedom, liberty") used among other South Slavs as well. It was coined by Serbian liberal politician
Vladimir Jovanović Vladimir Jovanović may refer to:
* Vladimir Jovanović (politician) (1833–1922), Serbian philosopher, political theorist, economist, politician, political writer
* Vladimir Jovanović (basketball)
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's essay ''
On Liberty'' baptised
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as Slobodan in 1869 and his daughter Pravda (Justice) in 1871. It became popular in both Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1945) and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1945–1991) among various ethnic groups within Yugoslavia and therefore today there are also Slobodans among Croats, Slovenes and other Yugoslav peoples.
During the decade after World War II, the name Slobodan (means "freedom") became the most popular Serbian male name, and it remained so until 1980.
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Common derived nicknames are Sloba, Slobo, Boban, Boba, Bobi and Čobi.
The feminine counterpart is Slobodanka.
It may refer to:
* Slobodan Aligrudić (1934–1985), Serbian actor
* Slobo Ilijevski (1949-2008), Macedonian-American goalkeeper in the North American Soccer and Major Indoor Soccer Leagues
* Slobodan Jovanović (1869–1958), Serbian politician during World War II
*Slobodan Kačar
Slobodan Kačar ( sr-Cyrl, Слободан Качар; born 15 September 1957) is a retired Serbian boxer who was the IBF Light-Heavyweight world champion. He won the Light Heavyweight Gold medal for Yugoslavia at the 1980 Summer Olympics. In th ...
(born 1957), retired Serbian boxer
* Slobodan Komljenović (born 1971), retired German-born Yugoslav footballer
*Slobodan Lalović
Slobodan Lalović ( sr-cyr, Слободан Лаловић; born in 1954 in Belgrade)[Slobodan Milošević
Slobodan Milošević (, ; 20 August 1941 – 11 March 2006) was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician who was the president of Serbia within Yugoslavia from 1989 to 1997 (originally the Socialist Republic of Serbia, a constituent republic of ...](_blank)
(1941–2006), former president of Yugoslavia and Serbia
* Slobodan Nikić (born 1983), Serbian water polo player, Olympic champion
*Slobodan Novak
Ante Slobodan Novak (3 November 1924 – 25 July 2016) was a Croatian writer and novelist. He is best known for his novel ''Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh'' (1968), often listed as one of the best Croatian novels of the 20th century.
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(born 1924), Croatian writer
* Slobodan Obradov (1918–2013), Serbian physician
*Slobodan Praljak
Slobodan Praljak (; 2 January 1945 – 29 November 2017) was a Bosnian Croat who served in the Croatian Army and the Croatian Defence Council, an army of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia, between 1992 and 1995. Praljak was found guilty of ...
(1945–2017), Croatian writer, director and one of the leaders of Herzeg-Bosnia during the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Slobodan Prosperov Novak (born 1951), Croatian writer
* Slobodan Rajković (born 1989), Serbian football player
* Slobodan Rakitić (born 1940), Serbian writer and politician
* Slobodan Santrač (born 1946), Serbian football manager
* Slobodan Šijan (born 1946), Serbian film director
* Slobodan Šnajder (born 1948), Croatian writer
* Slobodan Subotić (born 1956), Montenegro-born Slovenian basketball player
* Slobodan Uzelac (born 1947), Croatian politician representing Serbs of Croatia, member of Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor's cabinet
* Slobodan Vuksanović (born 1965), Serbian poet, essayist, translator and politician
* Slobodan Živojinović (born 1963), former Serbian tennis player
See also
* Serbian names
References
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Masculine given names
Slavic masculine given names
Bosnian masculine given names
Serbian masculine given names