Vatroslav is a Croatian masculine

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...

. It derives from word for "fire" (''vatra'') and the

Slavic language The Slavic languages, also known as the Slavonic languages, are Indo-European languages spoken primarily by the Slavic peoples and their descendants. They are thought to descend from a proto-language called Proto-Slavic, spoken during the Ear ...

suffix -slav, meaning "glory" or "fame". The feminine version is Vatroslava.

People named Vatroslav

Vatroslav Jagić Vatroslav Jagić (; July 6, 1838 – August 5, 1923) was a Croatian scholar of Slavic studies in the second half of the 19th century. Life Jagić was born in Varaždin, where he attended the elementary school and started his secondary-scho ...

(1838–1923), Croatian linguist * Vatroslav Lichtenegger (1809–1885), Austrian-Croatian music educator *

Vatroslav Lisinski Vatroslav Lisinski (, 8 July 1819 – 31 May 1854) was a Croatian composer. Lisinski was born Ignatius Fuchs to a German Jewish family. He would later change his name to Vatroslav Lisinski, which is a Croatian calque of his original name. For ...

(1819–1854), Croatian composer * Vatroslav Mihačić (born 1967), retired Croatian footballer *

Vatroslav Mimica Vatroslav Mimica (25 June 1923 – 15 February 2020) was a Croatian film director and screenwriter. Early life Born in Omiš, Mimica had enrolled at the University of Zagreb School of Medicine before the outbreak of World War II. In 1942 he j ...

(1923–2020), Croatian film director * Vatroslav Petrinović (born 1959), retired Croatian footballer

People named Vatroslav

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