Vrandečić (also spelled Vrandecic) is a

Croatian surname Croatian names follow complex and unique lettering, structuring, composition, and naming customs that have considerable similarities with most other European name systems and with those of other Slavic peoples in particular. Upon the Croatian p ...

. The name is known only to originate from

Pučišća Pučišća () is a coastal town and a municipality on the island of Brač in Croatia. It is often listed as one of the prettiest villages in Europe. It is known for its white limestone and beautiful bay. The town has a population of 1,351 (2021 ce ...

on the island of

Brač Brač is a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea, with an area of , making it the largest island in Dalmatia, and the third largest in the Adriatic. It is separated from the mainland by the Brač Channel, which is wide.War of Candia War is an armed conflict between the armed forces of states, or between governmental forces and armed groups that are organized under a certain command structure and have the capacity to sustain military operations, or between such organize ...

. The meaning of the name ''Vrandečić'' is unclear. The most likely explanation is that it comes from the first name ''Vrandeka'', ''Vrane'', ''

Frane Frane is a masculine Croatian given name and a variant of Franciscus. Notable people with the name include: * Frane Adam (born 1948), Slovenian sociologist, editor and former dissident political activist * Frane Bitunjac (born 1997), Croatian foot ...

'' (but the change from an F to a V is unusual). According to the

2021 Croatian census The Census of population, households and apartments in the Republic of Croatia in 2021 (Croatian language, Croatian: Popis stanovništva, kućanstva i stanova u Republici Hrvatskoj 2021. godine; shortened: Census 2021, Popis 2021.) was the 4th dec ...

, there were 172 people in Croatia with this last name. People with the name include: *

Denny Vrandečić Zdenko "Denny" Vrandečić (born 27 February 1978 in Stuttgart, Germany) is a Croatian computer scientist. He was a co-developer of Semantic MediaWiki and Wikidata, the lead developer of the Wikifunctions project, and an employee of the Wikime ...

(born 1978), Croatian-American computer scientist *Ivo Vrandečić, (born 1927), Croatian politician and businessman, former president of the Federal Assembly of Yugoslavia and director of Jadranbrod *Vesna Vrandečić, Croatian singer, member of the band

Xenia Xenia may refer to: People * Xenia (name), a feminine given name; includes a list of people with this name Places United States ''listed alphabetically by state'' * Xenia, Illinois, a village in Clay County ** Xenia Township, Clay County, Il ...

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