Vladan
(, sr-Cyrl, Владан
) 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 ...
, a shorter form of
Slavic dithematic name
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'' ...
s with the element ''vlad'' meaning "to rule, ruler". It is attested in
Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hungar ...
n society since the Middle Ages. The patronymic surname Vladanović is derived from the name. Feminine forms are
Vladana and Vladanka.
It may refer to:
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Vladan Alanović (born 1967), Croatian basketballer
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Vladan Batić (born 1949), Serbian politician and statesman
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Vladan Desnica (1905–1967), Yugoslav writer
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Vladan Đogatović (born 1984), Serbian footballer
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Vladan Đorđević
Ipokrat "Vladan" Đorđević (, sr-Cyrl, Владан Ђорђевић, 21 November 1844 – 31 August 1930) was a Serbian politician, diplomat, physician, prolific writer, and organizer of the State Sanitary Service. He held the post of mayor ...
(1844–1930), Serbian politician and statesman
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Vladan Grujić (born 1981), Bosnian footballer
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Vladan Kostić, Montenegrin footballer
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Vladan Kujović (born 1978), Serbian footballer
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Vladan Lukić (born 1970), Serbian footballer
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Vladan Marković, Serbian swimmer
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Vladan Matić (born 1970), Serbian handballer
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Vladan Milosavljević (born 1980), Serbian footballer
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Vladan Milovanović (born 1970), Serbian footballer
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Vladan Pavlović (born 1984), Serbian footballer
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Vladan Radača (born 1955), Serbian coach and former footballer
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Vladan Savić (born 1979), Montenegrin footballer
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Vladan Spasojević (born 1980), Serbian footballer
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Vladan Vasilijević, Yugoslav specialist in criminal law
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Vladan Vićević
Vladan Vićević (; born 26 July 1967) is a Serbian-born naturalized Salvadoran football manager and former player.
Club career
Vićević made his Yugoslav Second League debut with Sloboda Užice in 1988. He made over 100 appearances in the sec ...
(born 1967), Yugoslavian-born Salvadoran football (soccer) player
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Vladan Vukosavljević (disambiguation), several people
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Vladan Živković
Vladan Živković (15 December 1941 – 3 January 2022) was a Serbian actor, perhaps best known outside Yugoslavia for his work in Sam Peckinpah's '' Cross of Iron''.
Vladan Živković was born on 15 December 1941 in Belgrade, Territory of the Mi ...
(born 1941), Serbian actor
See also
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Slavic names
References
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Slavic masculine given names
Croatian masculine given names
Montenegrin masculine given names
Serbian masculine given names