Gordana () is a Slavic female first name, mostly used in Slavic countries such as

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. The name is derived from

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''*gъrdъ'' (''gȏrd'') 'proud'.

Notable people

* Gordana Baric, international lawn bowls competitor for Australia * Gordana Boban (born 1967), Bosnian actress * Gordana Bogojević (1974–2009), Serbian basketball player * Gordana Božinovska (born 1965), Serbian singer * Gordana Čomić (born 1958), Serbian politician * Gordana Ćulibrk (born 1952), Serbian writer * Gordana Đilas (born 1958), Serbian poet * Gordana Dukovic, American physical chemist * Gordana Gadžić (born 1955), Serbian actress * Gordana Garašić, Croatian army officer and Croatia's first female general officer * Gordana Grubin (born 1972), Serbian basketball player * Gordana Jankuloska (born 1975), Macedonian politician * Gordana Jurčan (born 1971), Croatian volleyball player * Gordana Kamenarović (born 1958), Serbian actress * Gordana Knezević (born 1950), Serbian journalist * Gordana Komadina (born 1976), Croatian basketball player * Gordana Kozlovački (born 1958), Serbian politician, medical doctor, and administrator * Gordana Kuić (1942–2023), Serbian novelist * Gordana Predić, Serbian politician, administrator, and journalist * Gordana Pop Lazić (born 1956), Serbian politician * Gordana Marković (born 1951), Serbian chess player * Gordana Matic, Croatian-American mathematician * Gordana Matković (born 1960), Serbian politician * Gordana Perkučin (born 1962), Serbian table tennis player * Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova (born 1953), Macedonian jurist and 6th President of North Macedonia * Gordana Suša (1946–2021), Serbian journalist * Gordana Marinković (born 1974), Serbian singer * Gordana Turuk (born 1974), Slovak artist with Croatian heritage * Gordana Vlajić (born 1959), Serbian author and political activist * Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, Serbian American biomedical engineer {{given name Feminine given names Serbian feminine given names Croatian feminine given names Macedonian feminine given names Montenegrin feminine given names Bosnian feminine given names Slovene feminine given names Slavic feminine given names