Tomislav (, ) is a masculine given name of
Slavic origin, that is widespread amongst the
South Slavs.
The meaning of the name ''Tomislav'' is thought to have derived from the
Old Slavonic verb "''
tomiti''" or "''
tomit'''" meaning to "''languish''", "''torture''" or "''struggle''", combined with "''slava"'' meaning glory. Other origin theories suggest the name is a variant derived from the
New Testament Apostle Thomas, whilst another theory postulates that it is a
Slavicised
Slavicisation or Slavicization, is the acculturation of something Slavic into a non-Slavic culture, cuisine, region, or nation. To a lesser degree, it also means acculturation or adoption of something non-Slavic into Slavic culture or terms. Th ...
corruption of the
(Dog) Latin "''Dominus Slavus''".
The first recorded bearer of the name was the 10th-century King
Tomislav of Croatia, for this reason it has become popular amongst
Croats. In
Croatia, the name Tomislav was among the top ten most common masculine given name in the decades between 1970 and 1999. The name is also widespread amongst
Serbs, reaching popularity during the 1930s and 40s. King
Alexander I of Yugoslavia gave his
second child the name as a symbolic gesture of unity for his subjects.
The name is also carried within the nations of
Slovenia,
Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Montenegro,
North Macedonia, and Bulgaria.
Amongst
West Slavs, the cognate is
TomisナBw, and among
Hungarians it is
Tomiszlテ。v.
Tomislav can also be found with alternative spelling in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary.
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Toma Toma or TOMA may refer to:
Places
*Toma, Burkina Faso, a town in Nayala province
*Toma Department, a department in Nayala province
*Toma, Banwa, Burkina Faso, a town
* Tナ肯a, Hokkaidナ, Japan, a town
**Tナ肯a Station, its railway station
*Toma, a t ...
'' is a popular diminutive for ''Tomislav'' in the
Balkans, whilst the derivative
Name day (''Tomindan'') is celebrated on October 6 according to the
Julian calendar, and October 19 in the
Gregorian calendar.
People with the name
Arts and entertainment
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Tomislav Dretar
Tomislav Dretar (born 2 March 1945) is a Croatian, Bosnian, French and Belgian poet, writer, critic, and translator, as well as an academic, journalist, editor, political leader and president of Bihaト's HVO. He is also known by the French ali ...
, Croatian novelist
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Tomislav Ivト絞ト
Tomislav Ivト絞ト (6 January 1953 – 4 March 1993) was a Croatian pop singer, songwriter and politician. He died in a car accident and is buried in Zagreb at the Mirogoj Cemetery.
A native of Zadar, Tomislav Ivト絞ト became one of the most pop ...
, Croatian singer
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Tomislav Ladan, Croatian novelist
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Tomislav Miliト稿viト
Tomislav (, ) is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, that is widespread amongst the South Slavs.
The meaning of the name ''Tomislav'' is thought to have derived from the Old Slavonic verb "'' tomiti''" or "'' tomit" meaning to "''langui ...
, American musician
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Tomislav Muナセek, Croatian tenor
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Tomislav Osmanli, Macedonian screenwriter
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Tomislav "Toma" Zdravkoviト, Serbian singer
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Tomislav Zografski
Tomislav Zografski (29 March 193414 January 2000) was a Macedonian composer and music pedagogue who also wrote music for film and television.
His progressive neoclassical language played a key part in the journey of Macedonian music toward th ...
, Macedonian composer
Business
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Tomislav Damnjanovic
Tomislav Damnjanovic is a Serbian businessman and arms smuggling, arms smuggler. A former employee of Yugoslavia's national airline, Damnjanovic founded his own company transporting supplies aboard an Ilyushin Il-76 freight carrier. With increasing ...
, Serbian businessman & arms smuggler
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Tomislav Momiroviト
Tomislav Momiroviト (; born 17 October 1983) is a Serbian businessman and politician serving as minister of internal and foreign trade since 2022. A member of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), he served as minister of construction, transpor ...
, Serbian businessman and politician
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Tomislav Karadナセiト, Montenegrin-Serb businessman & football administrator
Media
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Tomislav Jakiト, Croatian journalist
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Tomislav Kezarovski
Tomislav Kezarovski ( mk, ミ「ミセミシミクムミサミーミイ Kミオミカミームミセミイムミコミク, born 1965) is a Macedonian journalist. He was jailed for allegedly revealing the identity of a protected witness in an article published in 2008 in the magazine ''Reporter 92''. He w ...
, Macedonian journalist
Military
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Tomislav Sertiト
Tomislav Sertiト (21 December 1902 窶 September 1945) was a Croatian military officer who served as the commander of all Ustaナ。e Military Units, chief of staff of the Ustaナ。e Militia and the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces. He was ...
, Croatian General
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Tomislav Simoviト, Serbian Lieutenant General (JNA)
Politics
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Tomislav Donchev
Tomislav Peykov Donchev (Bulgarian: ミ「ミセミシミクムミサミーミイ ミ渙オミケミコミセミイ ミ頒セミスムミオミイ) (born 6 August 1973 in Gabrovo, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian GERB politician. Between 2007 and 2010 Donchev was mayor of Gabrovo, from March 2010 to March 2013 he was M ...
, Bulgarian politician
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Tomislav Karamarko, Croatian politician
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Tomislav Lampel, birth name of the Serbian-Israeli politician Yosef "Tommy" Lapid
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Tomislav Ljubenoviト, Serbian politician
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Tomislav Merト稿p
Tomislav Merト稿p (28 September 1952 窶 16 November 2020) was a Croatian politician and paramilitary leader during the Croatian War of Independence who was later convicted of war crimes.
Early life and the Croatian War of Independence
A native o ...
, Croatian politician
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Tomislav Nikoliト, former President of Serbia
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Tomislav Petrak, Croatian politician
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Tomislav ナスigmanov, Croat-Serbian politician
Royalty
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Tomislav of Croatia
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Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia
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Tomislav II (honorary title), Prince Aimone, 4th Duke of Aosta
Science and academia
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Tomislav Maretiト, Croatian linguist & lexicographer
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Tomislav ナola, Croatian museologist
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Tomislav Trifiト
Tomislav Trifiト ( sr-cyr, ミ「ミセミシミクムミサミーミイ ミ「ムミクムミクム; born 4 March 1949) is a Serbian graphic artist
A graphic designer is a professional within the graphic design and graphic arts industry who assembles together images, typography, or motio ...
, Serbian academic & graphic artist
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Tomislav Volek
Tomislav Volek, is a Czech musicologist who is best known for his research on the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Biography
Spending much of his career in Prague, Volek made a virtue of necessity by exploring the musical life of eighteenth-c ...
, Czech musicologist
Sports
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Tomislav Aナ。koviト
Tomislav Aナ。koviト (born May 4, 1951) is a former distance runner who competed for Yugoslavia at the 1986 European Athletics Championships and the 1987 Mediterranean Games in the marathon.
Running career
In 1979, Aナ。koviト won the "Liberation of ...
, Serbian long-distance runner
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Tomislav Brkiト
Tomislav Brkiト (; born 9 March 1990) is a Bosnian professional tennis player. He has won one ATP doubles title with Serbian partner Nikola トaトiト. Brkiト achieved a career-high in doubles of World No. 37 on 23 May 2022. He is currently the ca ...
, Bosnian tennis player
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Tomislav Butina
Tomislav Butina (; born 30 March 1974) is a Croatian former footballer who played as goalkeeper for Dinamo Zagreb, Club Brugge and Olympiacos. He was also capped 28 times for the Croatia national team in the period from 2001 to 2006, and was me ...
, Croatian footballer
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Tomislav トirakoviト
Tomislav トirakoviト (born 10 October 1984) is a Montenegrin retired footballer who last played for FK ト憩lik Nikナ。iト.
Club career
He also used to play for OFK Igalo, FK ト憩lik, before joining Sutjeska to play in the First League of Serbia ...
, Montenegrin footballer
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Tomislav Coliト
Tomislav Coliト ( sr-Cyrl, ミ「ミセミシミクムミサミーミイ ミヲミセミサミクム; born October 13, 1987) is a Serbian footballer formerly with Los Angeles Blues in the USL Professional Division and Anaheim Bolts in the Professional Arena Soccer League.
Career
Youth and ...
, Serbian footballer
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Tomislav Crnkoviト
Tomislav Crnkoviト (17 June 1929 窶 17 January 2009) was a Croatian footballer. He was born in Kotor in what was still the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
Playing career Club
As a defender, he played for HAナK, Metalac and Dinamo Zagr ...
, Croatian footballer
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Tomislav Dokiト
Tomislav Dokiト (born 27 February 1986) is a Serbian male volleyball player. He is a part of the Serbia men's national volleyball team.
Sporting achievements
National team
* 2016 2016 FIVB Volleyball World League, FIVB World League
Reference ...
, Serbian volleyball player
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Tomislav Draganja
Tomislav Draganja (; born 10 August 1994) is a Croatian tennis player. Draganja usually competes on the ATP Challenger Tour
Draganja primarily focuses on doubles, where he has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 115 achieved on 26 February 2018 ...
, Croatian tennis player
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Tomislav Iviト, Croatian football manager
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Tomislav Ivkoviト
Tomislav Ivkoviト (born 11 August 1960) is a Croatian professional football manager, executive and former player.
During his playing career, which spanned two decades, he competed mostly in Portugal, appearing for five clubs including Sporting C ...
, Croatian footballer
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Tomislav Jagurinovski, Macedonian handball player
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Tomislav Jotovski, Macedonian tennis player
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Tomislav Juriト
Tomislav Juriト (born 8 April 1990) is a Croatian football midfielder who plays for ト憩pin
ト憩pin ( hu, Csepin; german: Tschepin) is a village and a municipality in Osijek-Baranja County, Croatia. It is located in northeast Slavonia, 10 kilom ...
, Croatian footballer
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Tomislav Kaloperoviト, Serbian footballer & manager
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Tomislav Karlo, Croatian swimmer
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Tomislav Kelava, Serbian boxer
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Tomislav Knez, Bosnian footballer
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Tomi Kostadinov, Bulgarian footballer
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Tomislav Mariト, Croatian footballer
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Tomislav Mikuliト
Tomislav Mikuliト (born 4 January 1982 in Vukovar) is a retired Croatian football player who played as a defender.
Club career
Mikuliト started his career with Croatia's NK Osijek before moving to K.R.C. Genk in 2005. On 18 December 2007 he ...
, Croatian footballer
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Tomislav Miliトeviト
Tomislav Miliトeviト (; born 29 September 1940) is a former Yugoslav and Serbian Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), defender.
Playing career
Miliトeviト started out at FK Napredak Kruナ。evac, Napredak ...
, Serbian footballer
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Tomislav Miナ。ura, Slovenian footballer
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Tomislav Mrト稿la
Tomislav Mrト稿la (; born 1 October 1990) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Western Sydney Wanderers.
Club career
Mrcela left Australia at a young age and joined the youth academy of Dalmatian side RNK Split. ...
, Australian footballer
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Tomislav Papazov, Bulgarian footballer
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Tomislav Pavlov
Tomislav Slavchev Pavlov ( bg, ミ「ミセミシミクムミサミーミイ ミ。ミサミーミイムミオミイ ミ渙ーミイミサミセミイ; born 10 June 1991) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Sportist Svoge.
Career
Early career
Pavlov began his career at CSKA Sofia. At the age of 1 ...
, Bulgarian footballer
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Tomislav Pajoviト
Tomislav Pajoviト (; born 15 March 1986) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Buduトnost Dobanovci.
Club career
Pajoviト came through the youth system of Partizan, before going on loan to several clubs, including Di ...
, Serbian footballer
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Tomislav Pondeljak
Tomislav "Tom" Pondeljak (born 8 January 1976 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is a retired Australian football (soccer) player who last played for Victorian Premier League side St Albans Saints SC.
Club career
Pondeljak started his caree ...
, Australian footballer
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Tomislav Prosen
Tomislav Prosen (born 24 December 1943 in Sisak) is a retired Yugoslav Association football, football player and manager. He is considered one of the greatest players who played for Slovenian club NK Maribor, where he spent much of his career. Pr ...
, Croatian footballer
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Tomislav Pucar, Croatian table tennis player
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Tomislav Siviト
Tomislav Siviト (; born 29 August 1966) is a Serbian football manager and former player.
Playing career
Between 1988 and 1990, Siviト spent two seasons with Baト耕a Subotica in the Vojvodina League, the fourth tier of Yugoslav football. He would ...
, Serbian footballer
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Tomislav Smoljanoviト, Croatian rower
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Tomislav ナokota
Tomislav (, ) is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, that is widespread amongst the South Slavs.
The meaning of the name ''Tomislav'' is thought to have derived from the Old Slavonic verb "'' tomiti''" or "'' tomit" meaning to "''languish ...
, Croatian footballer
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Tomislav Ternar
Tomislav Ternar (born 16 September 1990 in Murska Sobota) is a Slovenian tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each pla ...
, Slovenian tennis player
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Tomislav Tomiト
Tomislav Tomiト (; born 16 November 1990) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina side ナiroki Brijeg.
Tomiト made his senior debut for ナiroki Brijeg in 2008, and later played ...
, Bosnian footballer
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Tomislav Viナ。eviト, Bosnian-Croat footballer
Geographical place names
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Tomislavci
Tomislavci ( sr-cyr, ミ「ミセミシミクムミサミーミイムミク) is a village located in the Baト耕a Topola municipality, in the North Baト耕a District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its popul ...
, Serbia
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Tomislavgrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Tomislavovac
Tomislavovac is a village in the municipality of Ston, Croatia
, image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg
, image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg
, anthem = "Lijepa naナ。a domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland")
, ...
, Croatia
See also
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TomisナBw (disambiguation) TomisナBw () may refer to:
* TomisナBw, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, a village in Gmina Osiecznica, BolesナBwiec County in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, SW Poland
* TomisナBw Tajner, Polish ski-jumper
See also
* TomisナBwice, ナテウdナコ Voivodeship
To ...
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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/mト孑 (''Ostromir/mト孑'', ''Tihomir/mト孑'', '' Nト嬶ir/mト孑''), *voldム (''Vsevolod'', ...
References
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Masculine given names
Slavic masculine given names
Bosnian masculine given names
Croatian masculine given names
Serbian masculine given names
Bulgarian masculine given names
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