Dragomir () is a Slavic masculine name, mostly found in

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, and

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as well as

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. It is composed of the Slavic words '' drag'' (dear, precious) and ''mir'' (peace), both very common in Slavic dithematic names. It can be translated as ''To whom peace is precious'', i.e. ''He who cares about peace''. However, the ending ''mir'', found in many

Slavic names Given names originating from the Slavic languages are most common in Slavic peoples, Slavic countries. The main types of Slavic names: * Two-base names, often ending in mir/měr (''Ostromir/měr'', ''Tihomir/měr'', ''Niemir, Němir/měr''), * ...

, has developed from the

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term *''meru'' which meant 'large, great, greatly'. Thus the original Old Slavic meaning of the name would be ''He who is very dear'' or ''He who is very precious'' (to his family). The female form of the name is Dragomira (or

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), Dragomirka and is also very popular.

Notable people

* Dragomir Bojanić (1933–1993), Serbian actor, nicknamed Gidra *

Dragomir Brajković Dragomir Brajković ( sr-cyr, Драгомир Брајковић; 10 December 1947 – 29 November 2009) was a Montenegrin Serb writer, journalist, editor of Radio Belgrade, poet and member of the Association of Writers of Serbia. Biography H ...

(1947–2009), Serbian writer, journalist, editor of Radio Belgrade, poet *

Dragomir Čumić Dragomir "Drago" Čumić (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгомир "Драго" Чумић; 8 May 1937 in Sirač near Daruvar, Kingdom of Yugoslavia – 10 November 2013 in Belgrade, Serbia) was a Serbian actor. His credits includes roles in the TV seri ...

(1937–2013), Serbian actor * Dragomir Dujmov, Serbian poet, novelist and short story writer from Hungary * Dragomir of Duklja (died 1018), ruler of Travunia and Zachlumia *

Dragomir Hurmuzescu Dragomir M. Hurmuzescu (13 March 1865, in Bucharest – 31 May 1954, in Bucharest) was a Romanian physicist and inventor, teacher at the University of Iași and the University of Bucharest, and a correspondent member at the Romanian Academy. He ...

(1865-1954), Romanian physicist *

Dragimir Hvalimirović Dragimir (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгимир; † 1018) or Dragomir (Драгомир) was ruler of Travunia and Zachlumia, medieval Serbian principalities located in present-day regions of Herzegovina and south Dalmatia, from an unknown date befo ...

, Župan of Travunia *

Dragomir Jovanović Dragomir "Dragi" Jovanović (27 July 1902 – 17 July 1946) was a Serbian politician and Axis collaborator who served as the mayor of Belgrade from 1941 to 1944, during World War II. He was captured by communist forces on 11 December 1945 in ...

(1902–1946), Serbian politician *

Dragomir Markov Dragomir Denchev Markov () (born 8 April 1971) is a retired backstroke and butterfly swimmer from Bulgaria. He was a member of the Bulgarian National Swimming Team (four men and one woman) at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympic ...

(born 1971), retired swimmer from Bulgaria *

Dragomir Mihajlović Dragomir "Gagi" Mihajlović ( sr-Cyrl, Драгомир Михајловић "Гаги") is a Serbian rock guitarist. Musical career Mihajlović started his career as a guitarist in a progressive rock group Limunovo Drvo, which, formed in 1978 b ...

, Serbian rock guitarist *

Dragomir Milošević Dragomir Milošević (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгомир Милошевић; born 4 February 1942) is a Bosnian Serb and former commander of the Sarajevo-Romanija Corps (SRK) of the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) which besieged Sarajevo for three ...

(born 1942), Serbian commander and war criminal *

Dragomir Nikolić Dragomir Nikolić was a Serbian football manager. He was joint head coach of the Yugoslavia national football team together with Aleksandar Tirnanić Aleksandar "Tirke" Tirnanić ( sr-Cyrl, Александар "Тирке" Тирнанић; 15 ...

, Serbian football manager *

Dragan Okuka Dragomir "Dragan" Okuka (; born 2 April 1954) is a Serbian professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player. As a player, he was predominantly associated with his time with FK Velež Mostar, Velež ...

(born 1954), Serbian football manager and a former player * Dragomir R. Radev, University of Michigan computer science professor *

Dragomir Stankovic Dragomir () is a Slavic masculine name, mostly found in Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Russia, and Ukraine as well as Romania. It is composed of the Slavic words '' drag'' (dear, precious) and ''mir'' (peace), both very comm ...

(born 1972), Serbian football referee *

Dragomir Tošić Dragomir "Dragan" Tošić (8 November 1909 – 20 June 1985) was a Yugoslav and Serbian civil engineer and previously football player. Early life Dragomir Tošić was born on 8 November 1909 in Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia as the fourth child t ...

(1909–1985), Yugoslavian football defender * Dragomir Vukobratović (born 1988), Serbian footballer

As surname

* Alexandru Dragomir (1916–2002), Romanian philosopher * Anastase Dragomir (1896–1966), Romanian inventor *

Dimitrie Dragomir Dumitru Dragomir (26 October 1884 – 20th century) was a Bessarabian and Romanian politician. He was a member of Sfatul Țării and voted the Union of Bessarabia with Romania on 27 March 1918. Biography Dumitru Dragomir was born in Volin ...

(1884–19??), Bessarabian politician * Dumitru Dragomir, president of the Romanian Professional Football League since 1996 * Ioan Dragomir (1905–1985), Romanian bishop of the Greek-Catholic Church * Ionuț Dragomir (born 1974), Romanian football player * Mihu Dragomir (1919-1964), Romanian poet *

Ruxandra Dragomir Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie (born 24 October 1972) is a retired tennis player from Romania. She won four singles and five doubles titles on the WTA Tour during her career. The right-hander reached her highest individual WTA ranking on 25 August 199 ...

(born 1972), Romanian retired female tennis player * Manuel Dragomir (born 1999), Romanian poet *

Vlad Dragomir Vlad Mihai Dragomir (; born 24 April 1999) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Cypriot First Division club Pafos and the Romania national team. Club career Dragomir made his senior debut for ACS Poli Timișoara ...

(born 1999), Romanian football player

As place name

*Dragomir, village in Berzunți Commune, Bacău County, Romania *

Dragomir Dragomir () is a Slavic masculine name, mostly found in Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Russia, and Ukraine as well as Romania. It is composed of the Slavic words '' drag'' (dear, precious) and ''mir'' (peace), both very comm ...

, village in Plovdiv municipality, Bulgaria

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Notable people

As surname

As place name

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