Dinko is a South Slavic masculine given name. In Croatian it is a diminutive of Dominko, a variant of
Dominik
Dominic, Dominik or Dominick is a male given name common among Roman Catholics and other Latin-Romans. Originally from the late Roman-Italic name "Dominicus", its translation means "Lordly", "Belonging to God" or "of the Master".
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It is also found in Bulgaria.
Notable people with the name include:
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Dinko Dermendzhiev
Dinko Tsvetkov Dermendzhiev (; 2 June 1941 – 1 May 2019), nicknamed Chico was a Bulgarian footballer and coach.
Club career
Dinko Dermendzhiev began his youth career in Maritsa Plovdiv. Initially, he played as a goalkeeper, although later he ...
(1941–2019), Bulgarian football player and manager
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Dinko Jukić
Dinko Jukić (born 9 January 1989 in Dubrovnik) is a retired medley and butterfly swimmer from Austria of Croatian origin.
Biography
He competed for Austria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, finishing in tenth place in the men's ...
(born 1989), Croatian-born Austrian swimmer
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Dinko Mulić
Dinko Mulić (born 8 September 1983 in Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a Bosnian-born Croatian slalom canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. Until 2003 he represented Bosnia and Herzegovina. Competing in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athen ...
(born 1983), Croatian whitewater kayaker
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Dinko Ranjina
Dinko Ranjina (also Domenico Ragnina; 1536–1607) was a Dalmatian poet from the Republic of Ragusa (Dubrovnik). In 1556 he was accepted into the Republic's ruling Grand Council. He was married to the sister of Francesco Luccari Burina.
Life
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(1536–1607), Croatian poet from the Republic of Ragusa (Dubrovnik)
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Dinko Šakić
Dinko Šakić (; 8 September 1921 – 20 July 2008) was a Croatian Ustaše official, and convicted war criminal, who commanded the Jasenovac concentration camp in the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) from April to November 1944, during Wor ...
(1921–2008), Croatian fascist
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Dinko Šimunović
Dinko Šimunović (1 September 1873 – 3 August 1933) was a Croatian writer.
Dinko Šimunović was born in Knin. He spent almost two decades as a teacher in villages of the Zagora, the hinterland of Dalmatia. He retired in 1927 and moved to Z ...
(1853–1933), Croatian writer
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Dinko Tomašić
Dinko Antun Tomašić (1902–1975) was a Croatian sociologist and academic. He was born in Smokvica on the island of Korčula in Croatia. He studied law at the University of Zagreb and the University of Paris and taught in Zagreb. After his ...
(1902–1975), Croatian sociologist and academic
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Dinko Trinajstić
Dinko Trinajstić ( Vrbnik, 9 October 1858 – Crikvenica, 27 February 1939) was a lawyer and Croatian and Yugoslavian politician. He was a member of the Party of Rights and supporter of Yugoslavist ideas advocated by bishop Josip Juraj Stross ...
(1858–1939), Croatian lawyer and politician
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Dinko Zlatarić
Dominko "Dinko" Zlatarić (1558–1613) was a Croatian poet and translator from Republic of Ragusa, considered the best translator of the Renaissance.
Life
Dominiko was the most famous member of the Zlatarić noble family from Dubrovnik. Din ...
(1558–1613), Croatian poet and translator from Dubrovnik
See also
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Dinka (given name), feminine form
References
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Croatian masculine given names
Masculine given names
Bulgarian masculine given names