Tomić () is a common family name found in Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is sometimes transliterated as ''Tomic'' or ''Tomich'' outside these areas.
It is the second most common surname in the
Primorje-Gorski Kotar County
Primorje-Gorski Kotar County ( hr, Primorsko-goranska županija, ) is a county in western Croatia that includes the Bay of Kvarner, the surrounding Northern Croatian Littoral, and the mountainous region of Gorski kotar. Its center is Rijeka. The ...
of Croatia, and among the most frequent ones in two other counties.
The name is a patronymic based on the given names
Tomislav
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 ...
and
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 ...
, names cognate to English Thomas.
Notable people with the surname include:
* Aleksandra Tomić (born 1969), Serbian politician
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* Bernard Tomic (born 1992), German-born Australian tennis player of Bosnian and Croatian origin
* Boban Tomić (born 1988), Slovenian basketball player
* Bojan Tomić (born 1983), Bosnian football player
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Danica Tomić
Danica Tomić ( sr-Cyrl, Даница Томић; 25 July 1905 – 16 December 1961) was the first woman pilot in Yugoslavia and modern-day Serbia and the first woman with the pilot certification.
Danica Tomić was married to pilot Miodrag Tomi ...
(1905–1961), Serbian aviator
* Dario Tomić (born 1987), Bosnian Croat football player
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Đorđe Tomić
Đorđe Tomić (; born 11 November 1972) is a Serbian former footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career
Tomić made his senior debut for Partizan in the second part of the 1992–93 season, as the club won the championship. He would help ...
(born 1972), former Serbian football player
* Dragan Tomić (1936–2022), Serbian politician
* Duško Tomić (1958–2017), Serbian football manager and former player
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Fabjan Tomić
Fabjan Tomić (born 15 June 1995) is a Croatian football goalkeeper, currently playing for NK Špansko.
Career
His father Sandro Tomić was also goalkeeper of Hajduk Split and his currently goalkeeping coach in Turkmenistan national football t ...
(born 1995), Croatian football player
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Goran Tomić
Goran Tomić (; born 18 March 1977) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who is currently the manager of UAE Pro League club Al Nasr SC.
He started his managerial career with his hometown club HNK Šibenik in the Prva ...
(born 1977), Croatian football manager and former player
* Ivan Tomić (born 1976), Serbian football manager and former player
* Jaša Tomić (1856–1922), Serbian politician and publisher
* Josephine Tomic (born 1989), Australian cyclist
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Josip Eugen Tomić
Josip Eugen Tomić (October 18, 1843 – July 13, 1906) was a Croatian writer.
Tomić was born in Požega. He specialised in writing light-hearted fiction, with which he became very popular. Many of his works dealt with neighbouring Bosnia an ...
(1843–1906), Croatian writer
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Jovan Tomić Jovan Tomić (9 May 1869 in Nova Varoš – 22 July 1932 in Belgrade) was Serbian historian, academic and the former director of the National Library of Serbia from 1903 to 1927.
Biography
Tomić was born in Nova Varoš in the Zlatibor District ...
(1869–1932), Serbian historian
* Kristina Tomić (born 1995), Croatian taekwondo practitioner
* Mario Tomić (born 1988), Croatian handball player
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Marko Tomić
Marko Tomić ( sr-Cyrl, Марко Томић; born 28 October 1991) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Mladost Lučani.
Career Žalgiris
He played for lithuanian Žalgiris in 2018 and 2019 seasons. In A lyga 201 ...
(born 1991), Serbian football player
* Mijat Tomić (died 1656), a Croatian hajduk
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Milan Tomić
Milan Tomić ( sr, Милaн Томић, Greek: Μίλαν Τόμιτς (Milan Tomits); born July 24, 1973) is a Serbian-Greek professional basketball coach and former player.
Tomić has spent almost all of his professional playing and coaching c ...
(born 1973), former Serbian-Greek basketball player
* Milivoje Tomić (1920–2000), Serbian actor
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Miloš Tomić
Miloš Tomić ( sr-cyrl, Милош Томић, born 2 April 1980 in Belgrade, Socialist Republic of Serbia, SR Serbia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian rower.
He participated at the 2004 Summer Olympics and fi ...
(born 1980), Serbian rower
* Mimoza Nestorova-Tomić (born 1929), Macedonian architect and urban planner
* Miodrag Tomić (1888–1962), Serbian aviator
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Nemanja Tomić
Nemanja Tomić (Serbian Cyrillic: Немања Томић; born 21 January 1988) is a Serbian footballer who plays for Mladost Lučani. He has been described as a "tricky" winger with sublime dribbling skill.
Club career
Tomić started his footb ...
(born 1988), Serbian football player
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Novak Tomić
Novak Tomić (Serbian Cyrillic: Новак Томић; 7 January 1936 – 23 July 2003) is a former Serbian football player. His nickname was Krca.
On the national level he played for Yugoslavia national team (5 matches), and was a participant a ...
(1936–2003), Serbian football player
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Obrad Tomić
Obrad Tomić ( sr-cyr, Обрад Томић, born April 8, 1993) is a Bosnian professional basketball player for Rapla KK. He also represents the Bosnia and Herzegovina national basketball team internationally.
Professional career
Obrad Tomić s ...
(born 1993), Bosnian basketball player
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Petar Tomić
Petar Tomić (born 29 October 1982) is a Croatian former football defender and current manager of Cibalia Vinkovci.Squad – HNK Cibalia
(born 1982), Croatian football player
* Petar Tomić, journalist (1949–2024), Yugoslav journalist
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Predrag Tomić
Predrag Tomić (Serbian Cyrillic: Предраг Томић; born 1953) is a Serbian retired footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are asso ...
(born 1953), Serbian football player
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Radomiro Tomic
Radomiro Tomic Romero (7 May 1914 – 3 January 1992) was a Chilean politician of Croatian origin. He was one of the most prominent leaders of that country's Christian Democratic Party.
Born in Calama, Tomic received his law degree from the Un ...
(1914–1992), Chilean politician of Croatian origin
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Sandro Tomić
Sandro Tomić (born 29 October 1972 in Split) is a Croatian football goalkeeper and currently the goalkeeping coach. Tomić previously played for Hajduk Split and NK Zagreb in the Prva HNL. He was a member of the 1995 Hajduk team which became C ...
(born 1972), Croatian football player
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Sara Tomic
Sara Tomic (; hr, Sara Tomić, ; born 5 February 1998) is a professional Australian tennis player. She is the younger sister of tennis player Bernard Tomic.
In June 2015, she won her first professional-level title in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.
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(born 1998), Australian tennis player, sister of Bernard
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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 ...
(born 1990), Bosnian football player of Croatian origin
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Vjekoslav Tomić
Vjekoslav Tomić (born 19 July 1983) is a Croatian football goalkeeper who most recently played for Turkish club Şanlıurfaspor.
Career
On 13 January 2014 Tomić signed for Khazar Lankaran
Khazar Lankaran FK ( tly, Xəzər Lankon Futboli Kl ...
(born 1983), Croatian football player
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Vladan Tomić
Vladan Tomić (18 May 1967 – 19 October 2016) was a Cypriot professional football midfielder and coach.
Playing career
Born in Ševarice,
(1967–2016), Cypriot football player
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Vukašin Tomić
Vukašin Tomić (Serbian Cyrillic: Bукaшин Томић; born 8 April 1987 in Kruševac) is a Serbian footballer who plays for Víkingur Gøta in the Faroe Islands Premier League
The Faroe Islands Premier League (also known as ''Betri deildi ...
(born 1987), Serbian football player
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Živorad Tomić Živorad Tomić (born 15 June 1951Tomić, Živorad at enciklopedija.hr ) is a
Jaša Tomić, Sečanj, a town in Serbia named after Jaša Tomić
* Radomiro Tomić mine, a copper mine in Chile, named after Radomir Tomic
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Tomić Psalter
The Tomić Psalter ( bg, Томичов псалтир, ''Tomichov psaltir'') is a 14th-century Bulgarian illuminated psalter. Produced around 1360, during the reign of Tsar Ivan Alexander, it is regarded as one of the masterpieces of the Tarnov ...
, a 14th-century Bulgarian
psalter
A psalter is a volume containing the Book of Psalms, often with other devotional material bound in as well, such as a liturgical calendar and litany of the Saints. Until the emergence of the book of hours in the Late Middle Ages, psalters we ...