Ljubica ( sr-cyr, Љубица and ) is a Slavic feminine given name meaning "love" or "kiss", where -ica is a diminutive suffix. Also, ''ljubica'' means violet, while the actual flower is ''ljubičica'', a superdiminutive. It is

Serbo-Croatian Serbo-Croatian ( / ), also known as Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS), is a South Slavic language and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro. It is a pluricentric language with four mutually i ...

in origin, used throughout the former Yugoslavia.

Variants

* Bulgarian: ''Lyubitsa'', Любица * Slovak: ''Ľubica''

Notable people

* Ljubica Acevska (born 1957), Macedonian diplomat * Ljubica Čakarević (1894–1980), Serbian combatant * Ljubica Drljača (born 1978), Serbian basketball coach and player * Ljubica Ivošević Dimitrov (1884–1933), Serbian-Bulgarian textile worker, activist, newspaper editor and poet * Ljubica Janković (1894–1974), Serbian ethnomusicologist * Ljubica Jelušič (born 1960), Slovenian politician * Ljubica Jembrih (born 1974), Croatian politician * Ljubica Luković (1858–1915), Serbian nurse, social worker, teacher and translator *

Ljubica Marić Ljubica Marić (Љубица Марић , 18 March 1909 – 17 September 2003) was a composer from Yugoslavia. She was a pupil of Josip Štolcer-Slavenski. She was known for being inspired by Byzantine Empire, Byzantine Eastern Orthodox Church, ...

(1909–2003), Serbian composer * Ljubica Mrdaković Todorović (born 1962), Serbian doctor and politician * Ljubica Nenezić (born 1997), Montenegrin handball player *

Ljubica Ostojić Ljubica Ostojić (20 March 1945 – 29 May 2021) was a Bosnian poet, writer and playwright from Bosnia and Herzegovina. She wrote in Croatian and taught dramaturgy at the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo. Early life and education Bor ...

(1945–2021), Bosnian poet, writer and playwright * Ljubica Otašević (1933–1998), Serbian actress, body double and basketball player * Ljubica Sokić (1914–2009), Serbian painter *

Ljubica Štefan Ljubica Štefan (1921–2002) was a Croatian historian. She was awarded honorific title Righteous Among the Nations.

(1921–2002), Croatian historian *

Ljubica Vukomanović Ljubica Vukomanović ( sr-cyr, Љубица Вукомановић; September 1788 – 26 May 1843) was Princess consort of the Principality of Serbia as the wife of Miloš Obrenović, Prince of Serbia, and the founder of the Obrenović dyn ...

(1788–1843), Serbian Princess consort *

Ljubica Živković Ljubica Živković ( Jocić, 25 September 1936 – 13 June 2017) was a Serbian and Yugoslav chess player who held the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM, 1966). She was a winner of the Yugoslav Women's Chess Championship (1959). Bi ...

(1936–2017), Serbian chess player

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