Goran

Goran
Gender	Male
Language(s)	South Slavic
Origin
Word/Name	Slavic
Meaning	Woodsman; Man from the mountains; Highlander
Other names
Related names	Goranka, Gorana

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This article is about the Slavic name. For the Kurdish name, see Goran (Kurdish name). For the Swedish name, see Göran. For the Major Case Squad detective on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, see Bobby Goren. For other uses, see Goran (disambiguation).

Goran (Cyrillic: Горан) is a Slavic male first name often used in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Montenegro, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia.

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In the South Slavic languages, Goran translated means "woodsman", "the man from the mountains" or "highlander"
The name can also have a metaphorical meaning "tall as a tree", "the big one", "the tall one" or "the good looking one"
Following 1988^{[citation needed]}, Goran has become a very popular name. Parents wishing their child health and prosperity have chosen Goran in hopes of their child growing up to be as tall as the mountains, and as strong as the rocks that fall from it.

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