Velimir ( sr-cyr, Велимир) 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 and ...
masculine given name and sometimes a surname, a
Slavic name
Given names originating from the Slavic languages are most common in Slavic peoples, Slavic countries.
The main types of Slavic names:
* Two-basic names, often ending in mir/měr (''Ostromir/měr'', ''Tihomir/měr'', ''Niemir, Němir/měr''), ...
derived from elements ''vele'' "great" and ''mir'' "peace, prestige". It may refer to:
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Velimir Ilić
Velimir "Velja" Ilić ( sr-cyr, Велимир "Веља" Илић, ; born 28 May 1951) is a Serbian politician. He is the founder and president of party New Serbia. He served as the Minister without portfolio in charge of Emergency Situations f ...
(born 1951), politician
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Velimir Ivanović
Velimir Ivanović (; born 22 November 1978) is a Serbian former footballer who played as a midfielder.
Career
After starting out at Radnički Kragujevac, Ivanović was transferred to Greek club Larissa in 1999. He subsequently returned to his ho ...
, (born 1978), Serbian footballer
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Velimir Jovanović
Velimir Jovanović (born 25 August 1987) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays for German club Greifswalder FC, as a striker.
Career
Born in Niš, Jovanović has played club football in Germany for TSG Neustrelitz, Energie Cottbus I ...
, (born 1987), Serbian footballer
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Velimir Khlebnikov
Viktor Vladimirovich Khlebnikov, better known by the pen name Velimir Khlebnikov ( rus, Велими́р Хле́бников, p=vʲɪlʲɪˈmʲir ˈxlʲɛbnʲɪkəf; – 28 June 1922) was a Russian poet and playwright, a central part of th ...
(1885–1922), Russian poet and playwright
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Velimir Milošević (1937–2004), Montenegrin writer, poet, and editor
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Velimir Naumović
Velimir Naumović Serbian Cyrillic: Beлимиp Haумoвић (19 March 1936 in Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia – 19 December 2011) was a Serbian striker who played for SFR Yugoslavia national football team, SFR Yugoslavia. He was often call ...
(1936–2011), Serbian footballer
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Velimir Perasović
Velimir Perasović (; born 9 February 1965) is a Croatian professional basketball coach and former player. He is serving as the head coach for the Russian team UNICS Kazan of the VTB United League and the EuroLeague.
Early life
Perasović was bo ...
(born 1965), Croatian basketball player
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Velimir Radinović
Velimir Radinović (born January 17, 1981) is a Canadian-Serbian former professional basketball player. He is a 2.12 center
Center or centre may refer to:
Mathematics
*Center (geometry), the middle of an object
* Center (algebra), used in va ...
, (born 1981), Canadian-Serbian basketball player
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Velimir Radman
Velimir Radman (born 28 May 1983 in Banja Luka) is a Croatian football goalkeeper, who last played for NK Lošinj, a club based in Lošinj which competes in 4th Croatian league.
Club career
He played for NK Rijeka from 2002 to 2010, with a o ...
, (born 1983), Croatian footballer
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Velimir Sombolac
Velimir Sombolac (Serbian Cyrillic: Велимир Сомболац; 27 February 1939 – 22 May 2016) was a Serbian footballer and manager. He was part of the Yugoslav squad that won gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Playing career Club
Followi ...
, (1939–2016), Serbian-Yugoslav footballer
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Velimir Stjepanović
Velimir Stjepanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Велимир Стјепановић; born 7 August 1993) is a Serbian professional swimmer currently representing DC Trident at the International Swimming League. He has won gold medals at the European C ...
, (born 1993), Serbian swimmer
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Velimir Škorpik Velimir Škorpik (April 2, 1919 – November 7, 1943) was a Croatian and Yugoslav Partisan commander, best known for his role in development of the Yugoslav Partisan navy after the invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941.
Škorpik was born in Zad ...
(1919–1943), Croatian-Yugoslav Partisan commander
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Velimir Valenta
Velimir Valenta (21 April 1929 – 27 November 2004) was a Yugoslav/ Croatian rower who won a gold medal in the coxless four event at the 1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspel ...
(1929–2004), Croatian-Yugoslav rower
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Velimir Varga (born 1980), Slovenian-Croat footballer
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Velimir Vukićević
Velimir Vukićević (11 July 1871 – 27 November 1930) was a Serbian Yugoslav politician. He served as Prime Minister of Yugoslavia from 17 April 1927 until 28 July 1928. After the parliamentary election on 11 September 1927 he was re-elected. ...
(1871–1930), Serbian-Yugoslav politician
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Velimir Zajec
Velimir Zajec (born 12 February 1956) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who last managed Dinamo Zagreb.
Club career
Zajec began his career at Dinamo Zagreb in 1974, aged 18. During 10 years at the club, he helped them ...
(born 1956), Croatian footballer and manager
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, several people
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3112 Velimir 311 may refer to:
* 311 (number), a natural number
* AD 311, a year of the Julian calendar, in the fourth century AD
* 311 BC, a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar
* 311 (band), an American band
** ''311'' (album), band 311's self-titled albu ...
See also
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Wielimir
Wielimir is a Polish masculine given name, derived from Slavic wiele ("great, more") + mir ("peace, prestige"). In the Sorbian languages
The Sorbian languages ( hsb, serbska rěč, dsb, serbska rěc) are the Upper Sorbian language and Lower So ...
, Polish equivalent
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Velimirović Velimirović (Cyrillic script: Велимировић) is a South Slavic surname, means "son of Velimir", may refer to:
*Dragoljub Velimirović
* Milan Velimirović
* Miloš Velimirović
*Nikolaj Velimirović
*Petar Velimirović
* Pavle Velimirovi ...
, surname
External links
* http://www.behindthename.com/name/velimir
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