Vujičić () is a Serbian surname, a patronymic derived from ''Vujič'' or ''Vujica'',
hypocoristic
A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek ; sometimes also ''hypocoristic''), or pet name, is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as '' Izzy'' for Isabel or '' Bob'' for Robert, or it ...
s of the given name ''Vuk'' (meaning "wolf"). It is borne by ethnic
Serbs
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[, ] It is one of numerous surnames derived from the root ''Vuk''. It is present throughout former Yugoslavia. It may refer to:
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Nick Vujicic
Nicholas James Vujicic ( ; born 4 December 1982) is an Australian-American Christian evangelist and motivational speaker of Serbian descent. Vujicic has tetra-amelia syndrome, a condition characterised by the absence of arms and legs.
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(born 1982), Australian motivational speaker, Serbian parentage
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Tanja Vujičić (born 1990), Bosnian beauty queen, ethnic Serb
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Godefroy Vujicic (born 1975), French cellist, Serbian parentage
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Vujčić
Vujčić (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Cyrillic: Вујчић; ; ) is a surname.
According to Jovan Cvijić and Jovan Erdeljanović, until the first appearance of the Srpski rječnik, dictionary of Vuk Karadžić in 1867, the surname was referred to ...
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Vujačić
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Wójcik Wójcik, Wojczik, Wojczyk, Wojszyk (also variants of phonetic spelling: Woicik, Woycik, Woyczik, Woytik, etc.) is one of the oldest Polish name, Polish surnames, and the fourth List of most common surnames in Europe, most common in Poland (100,064 i ...
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Vujić __NOTOC__
Vujić () is a Serbo-Croatian surname, a patronymic derived from the masculine given name ''Vuja'', a diminutive of the name Vuk (meaning "wolf"). The surname has been historically anglicized into Vuyich, Vuyitch, Vuich. In Hungary, the ...
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Vujičići, Brčko
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Surnames of Serbian origin