Filipović ( sr-Cyrl, Филиповић, ) is a

patronymic A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (more specifically an avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. It is the male equivalent of a matronymic. Patronymics are used, b ...

formed out of the name

Filip Filip () is a masculine given name and a surname, cognate to Philip. The male name Filip comes from the Greek "philos" (love) and "hippos" (horse), which means "horse lover". In Croatia, the name Filip was among the most common masculine given nam ...

and the suffix

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. It is a common surname in

South Slavic languages The South Slavic languages are one of three branches of the Slavic languages. There are approximately 30 million speakers, mainly in the Balkans. These are separated geographically from speakers of the other two Slavic branches (West Slavic la ...

. It's cognate to Bulgarian Filipov or Polish Filipowicz. Notable people with the surname include: * * Andrija Filipović, Croatian football player *

Benjamin Filipović Benjamin Filipović (1962 – 20 July 2006) was a Bosnian film director. He taught at the directing department of the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ), ; ''see Names of European cities in different languages (Q–T)#S, name ...

, Bosnian film director * * * Jakov Filipović, Croatian football player *

Jill Filipovic Jill Nicole Filipovic (born August 3, 1983) is an American author and attorney. Education Originally from the Seattle area, Filipovic attended Shorewood High School. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in journalism and politics and a minor in gende ...

, American author and lawyer of Serbian descent *

Josip Filipović Josip Filipović, ''Freiherr'' (Baron) von Philippsberg, also Josef von Philippovich or Joseph Philippovich (28 April 1819 – 6 August 1889), was a Croatian nobleman, who rose to the rank of Austrian-Hungarian general ('' Feldzeugmeister''). L ...

, Croatian general in the Austro-Hungarian army *

Marko Filipović Marko Filipović ( sr-Cyrl, Марко Filipović, born 6 August 1987) is a Serbian retired association football, football player and old influencer. References External links * Profileat Footmercato Profileat Angers SCO Hajduk Beograd 2004 ...

, Bosnian football player *

Mirko Filipović Mirko Filipović (; born 10 September 1974), better known by his ring name Mirko Cro Cop, is a Croatian former professional mixed martial artist, kickboxer and amateur boxer. He is mostly known for his time in Pride Fighting Championships. Cro Cop ...

, Croatian kickboxer and mixed martial artist *

Miroslav Filipović Miroslav Filipović (5 June 1915 – 29 June 1946), also known as Tomislav Filipović and Tomislav Filipović-Majstorović, was a Croatian Franciscan friar and Ustaše military chaplain who participated in atrocities during World War II in ...

, Croatian World War II war criminal *

Muhamed Filipović Muhamed Filipović (3 August 1929 – 25 February 2020) was a Bosnian academic, writer, essayist, theorist and philosopher. As a young man he took part in the communist takeover of power and Yugoslav Partisans in 1945. He worked as a professor a ...

, Bosnian academic, writer, essayist, theorist and philosopher * * Ognjen Filipović, Serbian canoer * *

Stefan Filipović Stefan Filipović (Serbian Cyrillic: Стефан Филиповић) (born 18 January 1987) is a Montenegrin pop singer. Biography Filipović was born in Titograd, now Podgorica, and studied in the Cetinje Music Academy. He started singing at ...

, Montenegrin singer *

Stjepan Filipović Stjepan Filipović (27 January 1916 – 22 May 1942) was a Yugoslav communist who led the Kolubara Company of the Valjevo Partisan Detachment during the 1941 Partisan uprising. He was captured and executed in 1942 in Valjevo. A photo of him ...

, Croatian-born Yugoslav Partisan * Tarik Filipović, Bosnian and Croatian actor and television presenter *

Teodor Filipović Teodor Filipović ( sr-Cyrl, Теодор Филиповић; 1778–1807) was a Serbian writer, jurist, philosopher and educator, also known by his pseudonym Božidar Grujović. He was also went by the name of Stevan Filipović during the period h ...

, Serbian writer, jurist and educator *

Zlata Filipović Zlata Filipović (born 3 December 1980) is a Bosnian-Irish diarist. She kept a diary from 1991 to 1993 when she was a child living in Sarajevo during the Bosnian War, later published as a book. Biography The only child of an advocate and a che ...

, Bosnian author *

Zoran Filipović Zoran Filipović ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран Филиповић, ; born 6 February 1953) is a Montenegrin former football coach and player, best known for his playing stints with Red Star Belgrade and S.L. Benfica. Club career Filipović, born 6 Fe ...

, Montenegrin football player and coach

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