Mladen () is a
South Slavic masculine given name, derived from the
Slavic root ''mlad'' (, ), meaning "young".
It is present in
Bosnian,
Slovenian,
Montenegrin,
Macedonian,
Bulgarian,
Serbian, and
Croatian society since the
Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, similarly to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and ...
.
Notable people with the name include:
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Mladen (vojvoda)
Mladen ( sr-cyr, Младен; 1323–26) was a Serbian magnate that served King Stefan Dečanski ( 1322–1331), holding the titles of ''župan'' (count), and later ''vojvoda'' (general). He was the father of Branko Mladenović, a later magnate. ...
( 1323–26), Serbian magnate
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Mladen I Šubić (d. 1304), Croatian nobleman, member of the Šubić family of Bribir
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Mladen II Šubić (1270–1343), Croatian nobleman, member of the Šubić family of Bribir
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Mladen III Šubić
Mladen III Šubić () ( 1315 – Trogir, 1 May 1348) was a member of the Croatian Šubić noble family, who ruled from Klis Fortress. He was in possession of Klis, Omiš and Skradin. He is also known as Shield of the Croats (Clipeus Croator ...
(c. 1315–1348), Croatian nobleman, member of the Šubić family of Bribir
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Mladen Bartolović, Bosnian footballer
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Mladen Dolar, Slovenian philosopher
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Mladen Erjavec
Mladen Erjavec (born 8 April 1970) is a Croatian former professional basketball player, and now a coach.
Erjavec played on the point guard
The point guard (PG), also called the one or the point, is one of the Basketball positions, five posi ...
, Croatian basketball coach
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Mladen Krstajić, Serbian footballer
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Mladen Milicevic, composer of music
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Mladen Petrić
Mladen Petrić (; born 1 January 1981) is a retired professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. During his career, he played for Grasshopper Club Zürich, Grasshopper, FC Basel, Basel, B ...
, Croatian footballer
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Mladen Plakalović
Mladen Plakalović (born 25 September 1991 in Sarajevo) is a cross-country skier from Bosnia and Herzegovina who has competed since 2007. He finished 78th in the 15 km event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Plakalović finished 115 ...
, Bosnian cross-country skier
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Mladen Rudonja
Mladen Rudonja () (born 26 July 1971) is a Slovenian retired footballer. He most often played as a winger (usually on the left side) or striker.
International career
Rudonja made his debut for the Slovenia national team in a February 1994 fri ...
, Slovenian footballer
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Mladen Šekularac
Mladen Šekularac ( sr-cyrl, Младен Шекуларац; born January 29, 1981) is a Montenegrin basketball coach and former professional player.
Playing career
At one point Šekularac was considered to be one of the biggest European tal ...
, Montenegrin basketball player
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Mladen George Sekulovich
Karl Malden (born Mladen George Sekulovich; March 22, 1912 – July 1, 2009) was an American stage, movie and television actor who first achieved acclaim in the original Broadway productions of Arthur Miller's ''All My Sons'' and Tennessee Willi ...
, American actor best known as Karl Malden
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Mladen Solomun
Mladen Solomun (born December 27, 1975), better known under his stage name Solomun, is a Bosnian-German DJ, producer and remixer. He is a four-time DJ Awards winner for Best Producer, Best DJ and Best Melodic House DJ.
Musical career
After Sol ...
, Bosnian-born German DJ and producer best known as Solomun
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Mladen Stanev
Mladen Stanev () (born 1974) is a Bulgarian conductor.
Early life and education
Mladen was born in 1974 in Kotel (Bulgaria). He was a conductor at the National High School for folk music in Kotefrom 1988 to 1993. He earned his master's degree in ...
, Bulgarian conductor and chorus master
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Mladen Stojanović
Mladen Stojanović ( sr-cyr, Младен Стојановић; 7 April 1896 – 1 April 1942) was a Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian Serb and Yugoslavs, Yugoslav physician who led a detachment of Yugoslav Partisans, Par ...
, Bosnian Serb leader of
Yugoslav Partisans
The Yugoslav Partisans,Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian language, Macedonian, and Slovene language, Slovene: , officially the National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia sh-Latn-Cyrl, Narodnooslobodilačka vojska i partizanski odr ...
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Mladen Vasilev
Mladen "Maho" Aleksandrov Vasilev (; born 29 July 1947, in Slivnitsa) is a former Bulgarian football player, and later coach.
Career
Born in Slivnitsa, Vasilev started his career with local side Slivnishki Geroy. Later he played for PFC S ...
, Bulgarian footballer
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Mladen Vladojević
Mladen Vladojević ( sr-cyr, Младен Владојевић; 1330–48) was a Serbian nobleman who served king and emperor Stefan Dušan (r. 1331–55).
Biography
Together with his parents, he was the '' ktetor'' (founder, donator) of the ...
( 1330–48), Serbian magnate
See also
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Mladenov
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Mladenović
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Slavic names
Given names originating from the Slavic languages are most common in Slavic peoples, Slavic countries.
The main types of Slavic names:
* Two-base names, often ending in mir/měr (''Ostromir/měr'', ''Tihomir/měr'', ''Niemir, Němir/měr''), * ...
References
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