Dejan
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Slavic |
| Region of origin | Balkans |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Desa, Desislav, Desimir |
Dejan (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан; [dɛjan]) is a South Slavic male name derived from the Old Slavic word dejati (дѣятъ[citation needed]>дејати), meaning "action; to act, to do".[citation needed] It may also be related to the Latin deus, meaning "god".[citation needed] It is very common in Serbia, and also common in the republics of Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Croatia, Slovenia and Bulgaria.
The given name Dejan and the surname Dejanović is unusually widespread in the Serbo-Croatian linguistical region, and it is first mentioned in 1349, in Serbia.[1] Dejan (fl. 1346-1356) was a Serbian medieval magnate in the service of Emperor Dušan. The form Dejaniš is also found in the 14th century.[1] According to medieval texts, Dejan was widespread in Serbian lands,[2] and it is frequent in Serbian epic poetry.[3][4] The name is among the most common in Serbia: It was the fifth most given name in the period of 1961–1970 (at 5,61%[5]); first in 1971–1980; ninth in 1981–1990.[6]
List of prominent people
- Dejan (fl. 1346-1356), Serbian medieval nobleman, sevastokrator and despot
- Dejan Bodiroga, Serbian basketball player
- Dejan Damjanović, Montenegrin football player
- Dejan Dimitrovski, Macedonian footballer
- Dejan Kelhar, Slovenian football player
- Dejan Lojančić, Serbian guerilla fighter
- Dejan Lovren, Croatian football player
- Dejan Medaković (1922–2008), a Serbian writer, historian, professor and significant contributor to Serbian culture. Medaković had served as the President of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, the dean of the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy, and was a notable member of Matica srpska and a number of other scholarly institutions.
- Dejan Savićević, Montenegrin football player
- Dejan Stanković, Serbian football player
- Dejan Stefanović, Serbian football player
- Dejan Stojanović, Serbian poet, writer, essayist, philosopher, businessman, and former journalist.
- Dejan Tomašević, Serbian basketball player
- Visarion Kostić, born Dejan (1910–1979), Serbian Orthodox bishop
See also
Notes
- ^ a b Zbornik za filologiju i lingvistiku. Vol. 11. 1968. p. 171.
... већ само основе: Лично име ДЕЈАН и презиме Дејановић необично је распрострањено на подручју српскохрватског језика, а први пут је забележено 1349. године у Србији. У облику Дејаниш такође се појављује у XIV веку,102 а ...
- ^ Dragoslav Srejović; Slavko Gavrilović; Sima M. Ćirković (1892). Istorija srpskog naroda: knj. Od najstarijih vremena do Maričke bitke (1371). Srpska književna zadruga. p. 636.
- ^ Bulletin de l'Institut etnographique. Vol. 40. Naučno delo. 1991. p. 62.
- ^ Српско учено друштво (1880). Гласник Српскога ученог друштва ... Vol. 48–49. p. 99.
- ^ Prilozi proučavanju jezika. Katedra za južnoslovenske jezike Filozofskog fakulteta. 1979 [1976].
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