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Have you been searching through baby names looking for the perfect title to call your new arrival? Why not look through some Serbian names to find a unique and beautiful name to suit your child!
From A to Z, these popular Serbian names for both boys and girls are elegant, stoic and very meaningful. If you're looking for the perfect name to call your child, check out this list of 120 of the most popular Serbian names for babies.
Some of these names look like they may require more understanding of pronunciation, so Kidadl is here to help! Most of these baby names are accompanied by phonics to show you how the name is pronounced.
Fun Fact: To help with your pronunciation, in Serbia the letter "j" creates the same sound the letter "y" makes in English.
74) Goran: Serbian name meaning "highlander" or "mountain man".
29) Nikolina: Greek origin, meaning "victorious people".
100) Tadej: Serbian name with Greek origin, meaning "heart", "courageous" and "friend".
54) Ksenija: a Serbian name derived from Greek, meaning "hospitality". Ksenija Atanasijević was the first major female Serbian philosopher.
68) Dario: this name has many meanings across different cultures including "upholder of good", "affluent" and "rich".
Tesla, Meaning: from Thessaly Origin: Slavic ~ View Detail
82) Krazimir: Slavic name meaning, "beautiful" or "world peace".
1) Adrijana (ade-ri-yana): the Serbian feminine form of the name Adrien, meaning "sea" or "water".
2) Aleksandra: Greek origin, meaning "defender or helper of man".
5) Bojana (bo-yana): Serbian origin, meaning "battle".
95) Radimir: Serbian name meaning "joy" and "peace".
64) Boris: a Slavic name with many meanings including "wolf", "battle", "glory" and "fame".
53) Jelislaveta: a Serbian name with Hebrew origins, it means "God is my oath". Jelislaveta Načić was the first female Serbian architect and the first female chief of architecture in the capital city, Belgrade.
39) Svetlana: Russian origin, meaning "light" or "holy".
92) Oleg: Slavic name, meaning "holy", "sacred" or "blessed".
115) Vasko: this is a short form of the name Václav, meaning "more glory" or "wreath of glory". Vasko Popa was a famous Serbian writer and academic figure.
14) Irina: Russian origin, meaning "peace".
44) Vesna: Slavic origin, meaning "spring".
58) Maga: a Slavic name that means "blood relative". Maga Magazinović brought modern dance to Serbia and was a key figure in their women's rights movement.
38) Sofija (sof-iya): Greek origin, meaning "wisdom, knowledge, teaching".
Agata, Origin: Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Polish, Slovene, Russian, Croatian, Serbian variation of Agatha ~ View Detail
15) Iva: Slavic origin, meaning "God is gracious".
18) Katarina: Slavic origin, meaning "pure".
25) Milicia: Serbian origin, meaning "kind" and "dear".
114) Paja: this is the Serbian form of the name Paul, which means "small" or "humble". Paja Jovanović was a famous Serbian painter in the 1800's.
30) Nina: Russian origin, meaning "flower".
52) Isidora: Serbian name meaning "gift of the Goddess Isis". Isidora Sekulić was a major female writer in Serbian literature.
10) Evidokija (ev-ee-doh-kiya): Greek origin, meaning "she whose fame or judgement is good".
65) Branko: Serbian origin, meaning "protection" and "glory".
Mileva, Meaning: gracious, dear Origin: Slavic
106) Zlatan: Slavic name, meaning "golden".
83) Krisitijan(krist-ee-yan): Serbian form of the name Christian, meaning "follower of Christ".
9) Elena: Greek origin, meaning "bright shining light".
31) Olga: Russian origin, meaning "holy".
87) Miloš (mill-osh): Slavic name meaning "lover of glory".
112) Mihajlo: the Serbian form of Micheal, meaning "he who is like God". Mijhajlo Pupin was a founder of NASA.
71) Gavro: Serbian name, meaning "able-bodied child of God" or "messenger of God".
40) Tamara: Russian origin, meaning "palm tree".
99) Slobodan (slo-boa-dan): Serbian name, meaning "freedom" and "liberty".
49) Zora: Serbian name, meaning "dawn".
19) Katya: Russian origin, meaning "pure".
Vika, Meaning: victory Origin: Diminutive of Viktoria, Russian from Latin
33) Radmila: Serbian origin, meaning "happiness" and "sweet".
102) Velimir: Serbian name, meaning "great" and "peace, prestige".
3) Ana: Hebrew origin, meaning "favour" or "grace".
85) Matija(mat-eey-ya): Serbian name, derived from Matthew meaning "gift of the Lord".
97) Rodavan: Serbian name, meaning "care" or "he who is joyful".
16) Ivana: Serbian origin, meaning "gift from the heavens".
60) Aleksandar: Slavic origin, meaning "defender of man".
93) Ozren: Slavic name meaning "to look", also the name of three mountains in Serbia.
17) Jana: Hebrew origin, meaning "God is gracious".
61) Andrej: Serbian origin, meaning "strong".
12) Gorana: Serbian origin, meaning "mountain woman" or "woman from the highlands".
108) Emir: a Slavic name that means "command" or "local king". Emir Kusturica is an award-winning Serbian artist, director and architect.
75) Igor: Russian origin, meaning "warrior".
91) Novica: Latin origin, meaning "just".
43) Valeria: Latin origin, meaning "to be strong".
50) Zorica: Slavic origin, meaning "dawn" or "aurora".
37) Slađana (slad-dyana): Serbian origin, meaning "sweet".
57) Milunka: the feminine form of Miloš, meaning "kind". Milunka Savić famously took her brother's place in the Serbian army during the Second Balkan War and worked hard to ensure the orphans of the war had a place to go.
89) Nemanja (neman-ya): Serbian name meaning "persistence" or "not to let go".
84) Maksim: Serbian form of the Latin name Maxim, meaning "the greatest".
94) Perica: Serbian form of Peter, meaning "stone".
90) Nikola: Serbian name with Greek origin, meaning "victory of the people".
55) Nadežda: a Slavic name meaning "hope". Nadežda Petrović was an iconic Serbian expressionist painter.
110) Ivo: Celtic origins, this name means "yew". Ivo Andrić was a famous Serbian writer and winner of the Nobel Prize for literature.
47) Vladana: Serbian origin, feminine form of Vladimir which means "to rule".
66) Cvetko (s-vet-co): Serbian origin, meaning "blossom".
98) Sergej (ser-jay): Serbian name, derived from the Latin name Servus, meaning "servant".
23) Maja (my-ah): this name has many different meanings in different cultures, in Serbia it can mean "splendid".
111) Karl: this name has connections in many different cultures, in Serbian, it means "free man" or "husband". Karl Malden is the first Serbian Oscar-winning actor.
88) Miro: Serbian name, meaning "peace" and "world".
6) Branka: Serbian origin, meaning "to defend" or "to protect".
26) Mina: this name has many meanings across different cultures, in Serbia it can mean "protection" or "guardian".
56) Mileva: a Slavic name that means "gracious" or "dear". Mileva Marić was the only female student of Albert Einstein, many people believe she did a lot of behind the scenes work in discovering the Theory of Relativity.
36) Sanja (san-ya): this name has many meanings, in Russian, it derives from the name Alexandra, which means "defender of men". In Serbian, it comes from the word "sanjati", meaning "dreamer".
59) Aca: Serbian origin, short form of Aleksandar which means "defender of man".
101) Todor: Slavic name, meaning "gift of God".
Fun Fact: To help with your pronunciation, in Serbia the letter "j" creates the same sound the letter "y" makes in English.
63) Bogdan: Slavic name meaning "God given".
7) Dijana (di-yana): Serbian form of the name Diana, meaning "heavenly, divine, shining one".
51) Draga: Serbian name, meaning "dragon". Draga Ljočić was the first Serbian female doctor and a major figure in the Serbian women's rights movement.
41) Teodora: Slavic origin, meaning "gift of God".
62) Blaža (blah-ja): Serbian origin, meaning "sweet, good".
86) Milan: Slavic name meaning "kind".
20) Leposava: Serbian origin, meaning "beauty".
117) Volter: this Serbian name means "ruler of the army" or "leader of the army". Volter Bogdanić is a Serbian journalist and three-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize.
46) Violeta: Serbian origin, meaning "violet".
109) Dušan: a Serbian name that means "soul". Dušan Čarls Simić is a prestigious, award-winning Serbian poet.
32) Petra: Greek origin, meaning "stone" or "rock".
76) Ivan: Serbian name, meaning "God is gracious".
104) Vojkan (voy-kan): Serbian name, deriving from the name Vojislav which means "he who wins fame in war" or "famous warrior".
96) Relja (rey-ya): Serbian name, meaning "wing".
113) Novak: a Slavic family name, meaning "new". Novak Đodović is one of the best male tennis players in the world.
73) Gradimir: Slavic origin, meaning "builder".
116) Vlade: derived from the Serbian name Vladimir, meaning "to rule". Vlade Divac is one of the first Europeans to have a major role on an NBA team.
77) Ivko: Slavic name, meaning "gift".
78) Jablan: Slavic name, meaning "poplar tree".
42) Tijana (tee-yana): Serbian origin, meaning "silent".
22) Malina: Slavic origin, meaning "raspberry".
72) Gerašim: Slavic name, meaning "respectable" or "honourable elder".
24) Milena: Serbian origin, meaning "gracious", "pleasant" or "dear".
48) Xenia: Greek and Slavic origins, meaning "hospitality".
21) Lidija (lid-ee-ya): Serbian form of the name Lydia, which means "beautiful one" or "noble one".
34) Ruslana: Russian origin, meaning "lion".
80) Kazimir: Slavic origin, meaning "destroyer of peace".
107) Zoran: Serbian name, masculine form of Zora which means "dawn", "daybreak" or "aurora".
81) Konstantin: Slavic origin, referring to the name of the Roman Emperor Constantine, meaning "constant" or "steadfast".
8) Dragana: Slavic origin, meaning "precious".
79) Jakov: Hebrew origin, meaning "supplanter" or "held by the heel".
13) Hana: Serbian form of Hannah which means "grace" or "hope".
67) Damir: Slavic origin, meaning "peace giver".
105) Zivko: Serbian name meaning "life" or "alive".
45) Viktorija: Serbian form of Victoria, meaning "triumphant".
70) Emil: Latin origin, meaning "rival".
11) Galina: Russian and Slavic origin, meaning "calm healer".
28) Nevena: Slavic origin, meaning "flower".
4)Anja (an-ya): Russian origin, meaning "gracious".
35) Ruža (roo-ja): Serbian origin, meaning "rose".
69) Dragoš (drag-osh): Slavic origins, meaning "dear, beloved".
103) Vladimir: Slavic name, meaning "of great power" or "ruler of the world".
