Croatian first names: Our top 20 for girls and boys

Croatian first names for girls

Many Croatian names have Slavic, Latin or Greek origins. Over the centuries, however, they changed into typical Croatian names. However, many of the names are also common in Poland and the surrounding countries of Croatia.

• Alica : The name derives from the name Adelheid. Alica is the Serbian, Croatian and Slovenian and Slovak form of the name.
• Andelka  means “the angel”.
• Svetlana  is a  Russian first name  and means something like “the light / the shining / bright”.
• Blazenka  means “the blissful one”.
• Danijela  is the Slavic form of Daniela.
• Danka  is the feminine form of the name Danko or Bogdan. Danka is also the Croatian form of the German name Theodor.
• Dara  is the Bulgarian short form of the name Bozidara (“given by God” or “God’s gift”) and the Serbo-Croatian name Darja.
• Devina  is the feminine form of the name Devin.
• Doroteja  means “God’s gift”.
• Marelica  means “apricot”.
• Fadilla  is translated as “the virtuous”.
• Florica  is a pet form of the Romanian, Serbian and Croatian name Flora.
• Franka  is the feminine form of the name Frank.
• Ljerka  means “the water lily”.
• Iva is the short form of the Slavic name Ivana, in German Johanna.
• Ivona  means “the yew tree”.
• Jardanka  is a traditional Croatian name.
• Janica  is a Serbian pet form of Jana, the feminine form of the name Jan.
• Julica  is a Slavic pet name for Julia.
• The origin of the name  Mileya  is not entirely clear. Presumably it derives from the name Milena.

Croatian first names for boys

Croatian boy names also have their very special charm and expression. 

• Mio : In Japan, the name Mio is also known as a girl’s name.
• Jero  derives from the name Jerome, the Slavic form of the name Hieronymus.
• Jardanko  is a traditional Croatian name.
• Iwo  is also a Croatian name, derived from the Slavic Ivan.
• Ijija  is the Serbo-Croatian form of the  biblical name Elias.
• Gojko  means “the well-bred one”.
• Alen  is translated as “the great”.
• Amino means “the prince”.
• Anto is short for Anton.
• Bojan is also   a Slavic name.
• Bozo is used as a short form of Bozidar (“God’s gift”).
• Davorin  is the Serbo-Croatian form of Davor. Before is a war god of Slavic mythology.
• Nemit  means “the eternal/immortal”.
• Pavle  means “little one” and is the Croatian form of Paul.
• Rajko  is derived from Hungarian and Czech Rajmund. The name means something like “the gypsy”.
• Rusmir  is a derivative of “Rusimir” . 
• Sanel  can be translated as “the healthy one”.
• Sanjo  stands for “the dreamer”.
• Slaven means “the slave” or “the glorious one”.
• Venko  is a traditional Croatian given name.