Tomislav (, ) is a masculine given name of
Slavic origin, that is widespread amongst the
South Slavs
South Slavs are Slavic peoples who speak South Slavic languages and inhabit a contiguous region of Southeast Europe comprising the eastern Alps and the Balkan Peninsula. Geographically separated from the West Slavs and East Slavs by Austria, Hu ...
.
The meaning of the name ''Tomislav'' is thought to have derived from the
Old Slavonic
Old Church Slavonic or Old Slavonic () was the first Slavic literary language.
Historians credit the 9th-century Byzantine missionaries Saints Cyril and Methodius with standardizing the language and using it in translating the Bible and other ...
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
The New Testament grc, Ἡ Καινὴ Διαθήκη, transl. ; la, Novum Testamentum. (NT) is the second division of the Christian biblical canon. It discusses the teachings and person of Jesus, as well as events in first-century Christ ...
Apostle Thomas
Thomas the Apostle ( arc, 𐡀𐡌𐡅𐡕𐡌, hbo, תוֹמא הקדוש or תוֹמָא שליחא (''Toma HaKadosh'' "Thomas the Holy" or ''Toma Shlikha'' "Thomas the Messenger/Apostle" in Hebrew-Aramaic), syc, ܬܐܘܡܐ, , meaning "twi ...
, 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
The Croats (; hr, Hrvati ) are a South Slavic ethnic group who share a common Croatian ancestry, culture, history and language. They are also a recognized minority in a number of neighboring countries, namely Austria, the Czech Republic, G ...
. In
Croatia
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, 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
The Serbs ( sr-Cyr, Срби, Srbi, ) are the most numerous South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans in Southeastern Europe, who share a common Serbian ancestry, culture, history and language.
The majority of Serbs live in their na ...
, 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
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...
,
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...
,
Montenegro
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North Macedonia
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, and Bulgaria.
Amongst
West Slavs
The West Slavs are Slavic peoples who speak the West Slavic languages. They separated from the common Slavic group around the 7th century, and established independent polities in Central Europe by the 8th to 9th centuries. The West Slavic langu ...
, the cognate is
Tomisław, and among
Hungarians
Hungarians, also known as Magyars ( ; hu, magyarok ), are a nation and ethnic group native to Hungary () and historical Hungarian lands who share a common culture, history, ancestry, and language. The Hungarian language belongs to the Urali ...
it is
Tomiszláv.
Tomislav can also be found with alternative spelling in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary.
''
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
* Tōma, Hokkaidō, Japan, a town
**Tōma Station, its railway station
*Toma, a t ...
'' is a popular diminutive for ''Tomislav'' in the
Balkans
The Balkans ( ), also known as the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch throughout the who ...
, whilst the derivative
Name day (''Tomindan'') is celebrated on October 6 according to the
Julian calendar
The Julian calendar, proposed by Roman consul Julius Caesar in 46 BC, was a reform of the Roman calendar. It took effect on , by edict. It was designed with the aid of Greek mathematicians and astronomers such as Sosigenes of Alexandr ...
, and October 19 in the
Gregorian calendar
The Gregorian calendar is the calendar used in most parts of the world. It was introduced in October 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII as a modification of, and replacement for, the Julian calendar. The principal change was to space leap years dif ...
.
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 Bihać's HVO. He is also known by the French ali ...
, Croatian novelist
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Tomislav Ivčić
Tomislav Ivčić (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 Ivčić became one of the most pop ...
, Croatian singer
*
Tomislav Ladan
Tomislav Ladan (25 June 1932 – 12 September 2008) was a Croatian essayist, critic, translator and novelist.
Ladan was born in Ivanjica, Serbia, and spent his formative years in his native Bosnia and Herzegovina (Travnik, Bugojno), where he g ...
, Croatian novelist
*
Tomislav Miličević
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 ...
, American musician
*
Tomislav Mužek
Tomislav Mužek is a Croatian tenor and opera singer.
He studied in Vienna at the University of Music and Performing Arts and made his professional debut at the Vienna State Opera in 1999.
Was an ensemblemember of the Bremen Stadttheater from 20 ...
, Croatian tenor
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Tomislav Osmanli, Macedonian screenwriter
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Tomislav "Toma" Zdravković, 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 Momirović
Tomislav Momirović (; 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 Karadžić
Tomislav "Tole" Karadžić ( sr-cyr, Томислав Толе Караџић; born 10 February 1939) is a Serbian businessman and football administrator. From 2008 to 2016, he served in his second stint as the president of the Football Associati ...
, Montenegrin-Serb businessman & football administrator
Media
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Tomislav Jakić, Croatian journalist
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Tomislav Kezarovski
Tomislav Kezarovski ( mk, Томислав Kежаровски, 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 Sertić
Tomislav Sertić (21 December 1902 – September 1945) was a Croatian military officer who served as the commander of all Ustaše Military Units, chief of staff of the Ustaše Militia and the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces. He was ...
, Croatian General
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Tomislav Simović
Tomislav Simović (Serbian Cyrillic: Томислав Симовић; born 1933) is a retired Lieutenant colonel general of the Yugoslav People's Army and independent politician. He served as the Serbian Minister of Defence from 31 July 1991 to 2 ...
, Serbian Lieutenant General (JNA)
Politics
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Tomislav Donchev
Tomislav Peykov Donchev (Bulgarian: Томислав Пейков Дончев) (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 Ljubenović, Serbian politician
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Tomislav Merčep
Tomislav Merčep (28 September 1952 – 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 Nikolić
Tomislav Nikolić ( sr-Cyrl, Томислав Николић, ; born 15 February 1952) is a Serbian retired politician who served as the president of Serbia from 2012 to 2017. A former member of the far-right Serbian Radical Party (SRS), he d ...
, former President of Serbia
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Tomislav Petrak, Croatian politician
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Tomislav Žigmanov, Croat-Serbian politician
Royalty
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Tomislav of Croatia
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Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia
Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia ( sr-cyr, Томислав Карађорђевић, Tomislav Karađorđević; 19 January 1928 – 12 July 2000) was a member of the House of Karađorđević, the second son of King Alexander I and Queen Maria of Yug ...
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Tomislav II (honorary title), Prince Aimone, 4th Duke of Aosta
Science and academia
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Tomislav Maretić, Croatian linguist & lexicographer
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Tomislav Šola
Tomislav Sladojević Šola (born 1948) is a Croatian museologist.
Biography
Sladojević Šola was born in Zagreb, Croatia in 1948. He gained his diploma in Art History and English language (University of Zagreb, 1969-1974), he then pursued the p ...
, Croatian museologist
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Tomislav Trifić
Tomislav Trifić ( sr-cyr, Томислав Трифић; born 4 March 1949) is a Serbian graphic artist and dean of the University of Pristina Faculty of Arts, in North Kosovo, Kosovo
Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), o ...
, 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 Ašković, Serbian long-distance runner
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Tomislav Brkić
Tomislav Brkić (; born 9 March 1990) is a Bosnian professional tennis player. He has won one ATP doubles title with Serbian partner Nikola Ćaćić. Brkić achieved a career-high in doubles of World No. 37 on 23 May 2022. He is currently the cap ...
, 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
*
Tomislav Ćiraković
Tomislav Ćiraković (born 10 October 1984) is a Montenegrin retired footballer who last played for FK Čelik Nikšić.
Club career
He also used to play for OFK Igalo, FK Čelik, before joining Sutjeska to play in the First League of Serbia ...
, Montenegrin footballer
*
Tomislav Colić
Tomislav Colić ( sr-Cyrl, Томислав Цолић; 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 Crnković
Tomislav Crnković (17 June 1929 – 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 HAŠK, Metalac and Dinamo Zagr ...
, Croatian footballer
*
Tomislav Dokić
Tomislav Dokić (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
*
Tomislav Ivić
Tomislav Ivić (; 30 June 1933 – 24 June 2011) was a Croatian professional football player and manager. Often described as a brilliant strategist, Ivić is credited with helping develop the modern style of the game. In April 2007, Italian spo ...
, Croatian football manager
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Tomislav Ivković
Tomislav Ivković (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
*
Tomislav Jagurinovski, Macedonian handball player
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Tomislav Jotovski
Tomislav Jotovski ( mk, Томислав Јотовски; born 27 October 1990) is a Republic of Macedonia, Macedonian tennis player.
Jotovski has a career high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of 510 achieved on 15 June ...
, Macedonian tennis player
*
Tomislav Jurić, Croatian footballer
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Tomislav Kaloperović
Tomislav Kaloperović (; 31 January 1932 – 15 January 2002) was a Yugoslav and Serbian footballer and coach.
External links
*
Tomislav Kaloperovićat the Serbia national football team
The Serbia national football team ( sr, Фудба ...
, Serbian footballer & manager
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Tomislav Karlo
Tomislav Karlo (born 21 December 1970 in Split, Croatia) is an Olympic backstroke swimmer from Croatia. He swam for Croatia at the 1996 Olympics.
In the early 1990s, he attended and swam for the USA's Brigham Young University. During t ...
, Croatian swimmer
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Tomislav Kelava, Serbian boxer
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Tomislav Knez
Tomislav Knez (born 9 June 1938 in Banja Luka) is a former footballer from Yugoslavia. He was part of the Yugoslav squad that won gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
During his club career he played for Borac Banja Luka, NK Dinamo Zagreb, SV Schw ...
, Bosnian footballer
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Tomi Kostadinov
Tomi Kostadinov ( bg, Томи Костадинов; born 15 March 1991) is a Bulgarian Association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Vitosha Bistritsa, Vitosha Bistritsa.
Career
In July 2014, Kostadinov moved to Azerbaijan P ...
, Bulgarian footballer
*
Tomislav Marić
Tomislav Marić (born January 28, 1973) is a German-born Croatian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Club career
Marić was born to Bosnian Croat parents in Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg and started his first-team career ...
, Croatian footballer
*
Tomislav Mikulić
Tomislav Mikulić (born 4 January 1982 in Vukovar) is a retired Croatian football player who played as a defender.
Club career
Mikulić 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 Milićević
Tomislav Milićević (; born 29 September 1940) is a former Yugoslav and Serbian Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), defender.
Playing career
Milićević started out at FK Napredak Kruševac, Napredak ...
, Serbian footballer
*
Tomislav Mišura
Tomislav Mišura (born 13 May 1981 in Novo Mesto) is a Slovenian retired footballer.
Career
His previous club was Interblock. In November 2010 Tomislav trialled with the A-League club Newcastle Jets. The Jets then signed Mišura on an injury r ...
, Slovenian footballer
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Tomislav Mrčela, Australian footballer
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Tomislav Papazov, Bulgarian footballer
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Tomislav Pavlov
Tomislav Slavchev Pavlov ( bg, Томислав Славчев Павлов; 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 Pajović
Tomislav Pajović (; born 15 March 1986) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Budućnost Dobanovci.
Club career
Pajović came through the youth system of Partizan, before going on loan to several clubs, including Di ...
, Serbian footballer
*
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
*
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 Sivić
Tomislav Sivić (; born 29 August 1966) is a Serbian football manager and former player.
Playing career
Between 1988 and 1990, Sivić spent two seasons with Bačka Subotica in the Vojvodina League, the fourth tier of Yugoslav football. He would ...
, Serbian footballer
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Tomislav Smoljanović
Tomislav Smoljanović (born 15 July 1977) is a Croatian medical scientist, physician, and a retired rower.
Smoljanović won bronze at the 2000 Summer Olympics and silver at the 2001 World Championships as a member of the national eights team. ...
, Croatian rower
*
Tomislav Šokota
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 Tomić
Tomislav Tomić (; born 16 November 1990) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina side Široki Brijeg.
Tomić made his senior debut for Široki Brijeg in 2008, and later played ...
, Bosnian footballer
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Tomislav Višević, Bosnian-Croat footballer
Geographical place names
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Tomislavci
Tomislavci ( sr-cyr, Томиславци) is a village located in the Bačka Topola municipality, in the North Bačka 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, Croatia
See also
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Tomisław (disambiguation)
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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/měr (''Ostromir/měr'', ''Tihomir/měr'', '' Němir/měr''), *voldъ (''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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