Mirjana (; ) is a
South Slavic feminine given name.
The name is widespread throughout
Slovenia
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Croatia
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Montenegro
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Serbia
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North Macedonia
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Mirjana is a form of
Miryam.
The name is also related to ′''
mir
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List of people with the given name Mirjana
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Mirjana Bohanec (born 1939), Croatian opera singer and actress
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Mirjana Boševska
Mirjana Boševska (born June 25, 1981, in Skopje) is a retired female freestyle and medley swimmer from Macedonia. She twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics
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(born 1981), retired female freestyle and medley swimmer from Macedonia
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Mirjana Božović (born 1987), beauty queen who represented Serbia in Miss World 2007
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Mirjana Đurica (born 1961), former Yugoslav/Serbian handball player
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Mirjana Gross (1922–2012), Croatian historian
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Mirjana Isaković
Mirjana Isaković is a Serbian sculptor and ceramist.
Personal life
She was born in Serbia in 1936. She is married to Halil Tikvesa, a Bosnian painter and graphic designer with whom she has a daughter Lana Tikvesa.
Education
Isaković graduat ...
(born 1936), Serbian sculptor
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Mirjana Joković
Mirjana Joković ( sr-cyr, Мирјана Јоковић; born 24 November 1967) is a Serbian film and stage actress, best known for her role as Natalija Zovkov in Emir Kusturica's Underground (1995 film), ''Underground'' (1995). She currently ...
(born 1967), Serbian actress
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Mirjana Karanović
Mirjana Karanović ( sr-cyr, Мирјана Карановић; born 28 January 1957) is a Serbian actress, film director and screenwriter. Considered one of the best Serbian and Yugoslavian actresses of all time, she is probably the best known f ...
(born 1957), Serbian actress
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Mirjana Kostić (born 1983), Serbian singer
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Mirjana Lučić Mirjana (; ) is a South Slavic feminine given name.
The name is widespread throughout Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia and North Macedonia.
Mirjana is a form of Miryam.
The name is also related to ′'' mir''′ ...
(born 1982), professional tennis player from Croatia
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Mirjana Marić (born 1970), American-born Serbian chess player
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Mirjana Marković
Mirjana "Mira" Marković ( sr-cyr, Мирјана "Мира" Марковић, ; 10 July 1942 – 14 April 2019) was a Serbian politician, academic and the wife of Yugoslav and Serbian president Slobodan Milošević.
She was the leader of th ...
(1942–2019), Serbian politician, widow of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević
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Mirjana Milenković
Mirjana Milenković (born 14 March 1985) is a former Montenegrin handball goalkeeper who plays for the Montenegrin national team.
Club career
Milenković started to play handball in Serbian club Radnički from Belgrade. In 2003, she joined Knj ...
(born 1985), Montenegrin handball player
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Mirjana Ognjenović
Mirjana Ognjenović (born 17 September 1953, in Zagreb) is a former Yugoslav/Croatian handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII ...
(born 1953), former Yugoslav/Croatian handball player
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Mirjana Puhar
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(1995–2015), ''America's Next Top Model'' contestant
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Ana Mirjana Račanović
Ana or ANA may refer to:
People
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, Serbian pageant model who was Miss Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2001
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Mirjana Živković
Mirjana Živković (May 3, 1935 in Split – April 27, 2020 in Belgrade) was a Serbian composer, musicologist and longtime professor at the Faculty of Music, University of Arts in Belgrade
The University of Arts in Belgrade ( sr-cyr, Униве ...
(1935–2020), Serbian musicologist and professor
See also
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References
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