Pavlović (Serbo-Croatian) or Pavlovič (in Slovenian and Slovak) is a

surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

of South Slavic origin stemming from the male given name Pavao, Pavle or

Pavel Pavel ( Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian: Павел; Czech, Slovene, and (although Romanian also uses Paul); ; ; ) is a male given name. It is a Slavic cognate of the name Paul (derived from the Greek Pavlos). Pavel may refer to: People G ...

, which are all Slavic variants of Paul. It was formed using the patronymic suffix -ović, meaning son of Pavao/Pavle/Pavel. Pavlović is the ninth most frequent surname in

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. It is among the most frequent surnames in three

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

n counties. It may refer to: * Pavlović noble family, served the Kingdom of Bosnia (1391–1463) * Aleksandar Pavlović (born 1983), Serbian basketball player * Aleksandar Pavlović (footballer) (born 2004), German football player * Ante Pavlović, Croatian footballer * Bernardin Pavlović, Croatian 18th century Franciscan writer * Bojan Pavlović (footballer born 1986), Serbian football goalkeeper * Bojan Pavlović (footballer born 1985), Serbian football midfielder * Branko Pavlović (born 1960), Serbian politician and lawyer * Daniel Pavlović (born 1988), Bosnian footballer * Danijel Pavlović (born 1985), Serbian television personality * Dušan Pavlović (professor) (born 1969), Serbian political economist and politician * Dušan Pavlović (footballer) (born 1977), Swiss footballer * Igor Pavlović (footballer born 1982), Serbian footballer * Igor Pavlović (footballer born 1986), Serbian footballer *

Irena Pavlovic Irena Pavlovic (, ; born 28 September 1988) is a French former tennis player of Serbian descent. (Biography)Koča Pavlović (born 1962), Montenegrin filmmaker and politician *

Ladislav Pavlovič Ladislav Pavlovič (8 April 1926 – 28 January 2013) was a Slovak footballer. A winger, he played for Czechoslovakia national team in 14 matches and scored two goals. He was a participant at the Euro 1960, where he played in five matches and ...

(1926–2013), Slovak footballer * Lara Pavlović, Croatian handballer * Laura Pavlovic, Serbian opera singer * Marko Pavlović (born 1982), Serbian footballer * Milan Pavlović (footballer) (born 1970), Serbian footballer * Milan Pavlović (actor) (born 1970), Bosnian actor and TV personality * Milan Pavlovič (born 1980), Slovak footballer * Milena Pavlović-Barili (1909–1945), Serbian painter and poet * Milica Pavlović (born 1991), Serbian pop-folk singer * Miloš Pavlović (footballer) (born 1983), Serbian footballer * Miloš Pavlović (racing driver) (born 1982), Serbian race car driver * Miodrag Pavlović (1928–2014), Serbian poet * Mirjan Pavlović (born 1989), Australian footballer * Miroslav Pavlović (1942–2004), Serbian footballer * Nataša Pavlović, Serbian-American mathematician * Nebojša Pavlović (born 1981), Serbian footballer * Nemanja Pavlović (born 1977), Serbian footballer * Predrag Pavlović (born 1986), Serbian footballer * (born 1946), Chilean journalist * Siraba Dembélé Pavlović (born 1986), French handballer * Steve Pavlovic (born 1967), Australian music promoter *

Strahinja Pavlović Strahinja Pavlović (; born 24 May 2001) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club AC Milan and the Serbia national team. Club career Partizan 2015–2018: Youth years Born in Šabac, Pavlović started o ...

(born 2001), Serbian football player * Vladan Pavlović (born 1984), Serbian football player *

Željko Pavlović Željko Pavlović (born 2 March 1971) is a retired Croatian football (soccer), football goalkeeper (football), goalkeeper. Club career Pavlović started his professional career in 1989 at the club FK Željezničar from Bosnia and Herzegovina a ...

(born 1971), Croatian football goalkeeper *

Živojin Pavlović Živojin "Žika" Pavlović (15 April 1933 – 29 November 1998) was a Yugoslav and Serbian film director, writer, painter and professor. In his films and novels, Pavlović depicted the cruel reality of small, poor and abandoned people living ...

(1933–1998), Serbian film director and writer * Zlatoje Pavlović (born 1995), Serbian footballer * Zoran Pavlovič (born 1976), Slovenian footballer

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