Srđan (Срђан); ; ; ) is a
Serbo-Croatian
Serbo-Croatian () – also called Serbo-Croat (), Serbo-Croat-Bosnian (SCB), Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian (BCS), and Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS) – is a South Slavic language and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia an ...
masculine given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a ...
, usually written as ''Srdjan'' when the letter đ is unavailable.
It is usually considered to be a form of the name
Sergius, honoring the Christian martyr and saint
Sergius. In South Slavic, Saints Sergius and Bacchus are called "Sveti Srđ i Sveti Vlaho" or "Srđevdan" or "Srđandan" or Dejandan. Another popular etymology derives it from the Serbo-Croatian verb
''srditi
'' which means being angry, fiery or ardent. Alternatively it may derive from adjective
''srdačan
'' which means having a good heart
A medieval version of the name was ''Srdan''. ''Srđa'' could be a form of ''Srđan''.
The most common nicknames are ''Srđa'', ''Srđo'', ''Srki'' or ''Srle'‘.
People with the name include
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Srđan Andrić
Srđan Andrić (born 5 January 1980) is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He was most recently the youth academy director of Hajduk Split.
Club career
Andrić started his career with Croatia's Haj ...
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Srđan Baljak
Srđan Baljak (; born 25 November 1978) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Career
Born in Sremska Mitrovica, Baljak made his senior debut at Teleoptik, before being promoted to Partizan. He recorded one leagu ...
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Srđan Blažić
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Srđan Čebinac
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Srđan Cvijić
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Srđan Dragojević
Srđan Dragojević ( sr-cyr, Срђан Драгојевић, , born 1 January 1963) is a Serbian film director and screenwriter, who emerged in the 1990s as a significant figure in Serbian cinema.
From 2010 until 2017, he was affiliated with the ...
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Srđan Gemaljević
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Srđan Kljajević
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Srdjan Kurpjel
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Srđan Lakić
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Srđan Lukić
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Srđan Marjanović
Srđan Marjanović ( sr-cyr, Срђан Марјановић) is a Serbian singer-songwriter from Belgrade.
Musical career
Early career
Marjanović was born in 1952 in Banja Luka. In 1961, he moved to Belgrade, where he became interested in roc ...
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Srđan Milić
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Srđan Mrkušić
Srđan Mrkušić (May 26, 1915 – October 30, 2007) was a Serbian football goalkeeper, legendary "third back" and forestry engineer.
With a long professional football career that spanned more than two decades, he is known for representing Yugosl ...
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Srđan Muškatirović
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Srđan Radonjić
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Srđan Šajn
Srđan Šajn (Serbian Cyrillic: Срђан Шајн, rom, Srdjan Šajn; born 28 March 1963) is a Serbian politician. He is the leader of one of Romani parties in Serbia, Roma Party. He was first elected to the Serbian Parliament in January 2007, ...
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Srđan Šaper
Srđan Šaper ( sr-cyr, Срђан Шапер; born October 9, 1958) is a founder of I&F McCann Grupa. He is also well known as a founder and a member of the Yugoslav new wave band Idoli in the 1980s.P. Janjatović, Idoli, YU rock enciklopedija ...
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Srđan Spiridonović, Austrian footballer
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Srđan Srećković
Srđan Srećković ( sr-cyr, Срђан Срећковић; born 12 April 1974) is a Serbian politician. He served as the Minister of Diaspora from 2008 to 2011, as the Minister of Religion and Diaspora from 2011 to 2012 and as Deputy Minister ...
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Srđan Stanić (disambiguation) Srđan Stanić may refer to:
* Srđan Stanić (footballer, born 1982), Serbian footballer
* Srđan Stanić (footballer, born 1989), Bosnian footballer
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Srđan V. Tešin
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Srđan Todorović
Srđan "Žika" Todorović ( sr-cyr, Срђан "Жика" Тодоровић, ; born 28 March 1965) is a Serbian actor and musician. He has played in numerous bands, including Ekatarina Velika, Disciplina Kičme, Radnička Kontrola and Bezobraz ...
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Srđan Urošević
Srđan Urošević (; born 30 April 1984, in Belgrade) is a Serbian football midfielder who is currently Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player who is eligible to sign with other clubs or franchises; i.e., not under con ...
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Srđan Vuletić
Srđan Vuletić (born 1971) is a Bosnian filmmaker.
Personal life
Vuletić was born in Bijeljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina and attended school in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the age of eighteen he enrolled the Academy of Performing Arts ...
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Srđan Žakula
Srđan Žakula (Serbian Cyrillic: Срђан Жакула; born 22 March 1979) is a Serbian football former player. He played as a goalkeeper for Radnički Šid last, and then retired and became goalkeeping coach.
Honours
Vojvodina
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Croatian masculine given names
Serbian masculine given names
de:Serge (Vorname)
es:Sergio
fr:Serge
it:Sergio
hu:Szergiusz
no:Sergei
pl:Sergiusz
pt:Sérgio (prenome)
sk:Sergej