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Vujičić
Vujičić () is a Serbian surname, a patronymic derived from ''Vujič'' or ''Vujica'', hypocoristics of the given name ''Vuk'' (meaning "wolf"). It is borne by ethnic Serbs., It is one of numerous surnames derived from the root ''Vuk''. It is present throughout former Yugoslavia. It may refer to: * Nick Vujicic (born 1982), Australian motivational speaker, Serbian parentage * Tanja Vujičić (born 1990), Bosnian beauty queen, ethnic Serb * Godefroy Vujicic (born 1975), French cellist, Serbian parentage See also * * Vujčić * Vujačić * Wójcik * Vujić * Vujičići, Brčko References External links * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vujicic Surnames of Serbian origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vujčić
Vujčić (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Cyrillic: Вујчић; ; ) is a surname. According to Jovan Cvijić and Jovan Erdeljanović, until the first appearance of the Srpski rječnik, dictionary of Vuk Karadžić in 1867, the surname was referred to as Vuičić. At the turn of the 20th century, some registered the name as Vujičić while others as Vujčić hence today's two separate last names. Karadžić used the J, letter j as a borrowed letter from the Latin alphabet. The first Vujčić is mentioned in the year 1518 around Serbia's capital Belgrade. The first mention of the Vujčić family as a tribe is in 1541 in the Nahiyah, nahija of Zmijanje near Banja Luka where even today there are people with this surname. After this, there were migrations to Herzegovina, Montenegro then to Raška, Serbia, Raška and Sjenica. After the Battle of Čegar in 1809, fearing revenge from the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman Turks, the Vujčićs followed Karađorđe Petrović for the then-empty Šumadija. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |