Mirko (

Cyrillic script The Cyrillic script ( ) is a writing system used for various languages across Eurasia. It is the designated national script in various Slavic languages, Slavic, Turkic languages, Turkic, Mongolic languages, Mongolic, Uralic languages, Uralic, C ...

: Мирко) is a masculine given name of South Slavic origin. By Slavic etymology, the name is composed of the root ''mir'' (meaning

peace Peace is a state of harmony in the absence of hostility and violence, and everything that discusses achieving human welfare through justice and peaceful conditions. In a societal sense, peace is commonly used to mean a lack of conflict (suc ...

) and hypocoristic suffix ''-ko'' usual in

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, which together means "the peaceful one". Mirko is sometimes used as a short, hypocoristic form of Miroslav in some Slavic languages. The name is widely popular in Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Slovenia, Italy and Germany. An alternative spelling in Italian and German is Mirco. The nationality of those men with the forename Mirko who are from outside the Slavic region is listed next to the name. Notable men with the forename Mirko: * Prince Mirko of Montenegro * Mirko Alilović, Croatian handball player * Mirko Bašić Croatian handball player * Mirko Bellodi, Italian footballer * Mirko Bogović, Croatian poet and politician * Mirko Boland, German footballer * Mirko Bolesan, Italian footballer * Mirko Bortolotti, Italian race car driver *

Mirko Bröder Mirko (Imre) Bröder, or Broeder, Broder, Breder (1911–1943) was a Hungarian–born Yugoslav chess master. Born in Budapest, he grew up in Novi Sad, Voivodina (then Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes), where he studied law. He won a simu ...

, Hungarian-Serbian chess player * Mirko Bunjevčević, Serbian footballer * Mirko Casper, German footballer * Mirko Castillo, Peruvian footballer *

Mirko Celestino Mirko Celestino (born 19 March 1974 in Albenga) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist, specializing in the classic cycle races. His biggest career achievements to date include winning the ''monumental classic''—Giro di Lombard ...

, Italian racing cyclist * Mirko Corsano, Italian volleyball player * Mirko Cvetković Prime Minister of Serbia (2008-2012) * Mirko Damjanović, Serbian football coach * Mirko Derenčin, Hungarian-Croatian nobleman and soldier *

Mirko Dickhaut Mirko Dickhaut (born 11 January 1971) is a German football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word) ...

, German association football player and former player *

Mirko Dorner Mirko Dorner (7 March 1921 in Budapest – 2 May 2004 in Essen) was a German- Hungarian cellist, composer and painter, raised in Belgrade. Dorner was trained at the Belgrade Conservatory and the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (1939–42). H ...

, German-Hungarian cellist, composer and painter *

Mirko Eichhorn Mirko Eichhorn (born 30 August 1971) is a former German figure skater. He won two national titles, East German in 1989 and German in 1992. He competed at four World Championships and four European Championships.http://www.berliner-zeitung.de ...

, German figure skater *

Mirko Ellis Mirko Ellis (4 September 1923 – 11 September 2014) was a Swiss-Italian film, stage and television actor. Born Mirko Korcinsky in Locarno to a family of Lithuanian origin, Ellis moved, after his studies, to Italy, where he made his film debut i ...

, Swiss-Italian actor *

Mirko Englich Mirko Englich (born 28 August 1978) is a German Greco-Roman wrestler. He won two silver medals at the European Wrestling Championships in 2003 and 2008. Englich won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), ...

, German Greco-Roman wrestler * Mirko Eramo, Italian footballer * Mirko Fait, Italian saxophonist and composer *Mirko Filipović, better known as Mirko Cro Cop, Croatian former professional mixed martial artist, kickboxer and amateur boxer * Mirko Gashi, Albanian journalist * Mirko Giansanti, Italian motorcycle road racer * Mirko Gori, Italian footballer * Mirko Grabovac, Singaporean footballer * Mirko Grmek, Croatian and French historian of medicine, writer and scientist * Mirko Guadalupi, Italian footballer * Mirko Höfflin, German ice hockey player * Mirko Hrgović, Bosnian football coach and former player * Mirko Ilić, Bosnian-born comics artist and graphic designer * Mirko Ivanić, Montenegrin footballer * Mirko Ivanovski, Macedonian association footballer * Mirko Jeličić, Australian soccer player * Mirko Jović, Serbian politician * Mirko Jozić, Croatian football manager and player * Mirko Jurkovic, American football player * Mirko Kokotović, Croatian footballer * Mirko Koršič, Yugoslav fencer * Mirko Kovač (basketball), Serbian basketball player * Mirko Kovač (writer), Yugoslav writer * Mirko Kramarić, Croatian footballer * Mirko Lamantia, Italian footballer * Mirko Lang, German actor * Mirko Marić Bosnian professional footballer * Mirko Marjanović, Prime Minister of Serbia (1994–2000) * Mirko Martucci, Italian footballer * Mirko Mihić, Serbian football coach and retired player * Mirko Mikić, Bosnian handball player * Mirko Milašević, Montenegrin handball player * Mirko Mulalić, Slovenian basketball player * Mirko Müller, German figure skater * Mirko Murovic, Canadian ice hockey player * Mirko Giacomo Nenzi, Italian speed skater * Mirko Nišović, Serbian sprint canoeist * Mirko Norac Kevo, Croatian general of the Croatian army * Mirko Novosel, Croatian basketball player and coach * Mirko Oremuš, Croatian footballer * Mirko Paetzold, German bobsledder * Mirko Palazzi, Sammarinese footballer * Mirko Petrović (athlete), Serbian athlete * Mirko Petrović (politician), Serbian politician * Mirko Petrović-Njegoš, Montenegrin military commander, politician and poet * Mirko Pieri, Italian footballer * Mirko Pigliacelli, Italian footballer * Mirko Plantić, Croatian footballer * Mirko Puzović, Yugoslav boxer * Mirko Rački, Croatian painter * Mirko Radovanović, Serbian footballer * Mirko Radović, Montenegrin handball player * Mirko Raičević, Montenegrin football player * Mirko Salvi, Swiss association football player * Mirko Sandić, Serbian water polo player * Mirko Šarović Bosnian politician * Mirko Savini, Italian footballer * Mirko Savone, Italian voice-over actor * Mirko Schuster, German association football player * Mirko Selak, Croatian footballer * Mirko and Stjepan Seljan, Croatian explorers * Mirko Selvaggi, Italian road bicycle racer * Mirko Serrano, Chilean footballer * Mirko Slomka, German football manager * Mirko Spada, Swiss decathlete * Mirko Stangalino, Italian ski mountaineer * Mirko Stojanović, Croatian footballer * Mirko Szewczuk, German cartoonist * Mirko Taccola, Italian footballer * Mirko Tedeschi (cyclist, born 1987), Italian cyclist * Mirko Tedeschi (cyclist, born 1989), Italian cyclist * Mirko Teodorović, Serbian footballer * Mirko Tomassoni, Sammarinese politician * Mirko Tomianovic, Bolivian footballer * Mirko Tremaglia, Italian politician * Mirko Trosino, Italian racing cyclist * Mirko Turri, Italian bobsledder * Mirko Valdifiori, Italian association football player * Mirko Vičević, Montenegrin water polo player * Mirko Vidaković, Croatian biologist * Mirko Vidović, Croatian writer * Mirko Vindiš, Slovenian athletics competitor * Mirko Virius, Croatian painter * Mirko Vučinić, Montenegrin footballer * Mirko Vuillermin, Italian short track speed skater * Mirko Wolter, German speedway rider

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