Dušan
| Pronunciation | [ˈduʃan] |
|---|---|
| Gender | male |
| Language(s) | Slavic |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Slavic |
| Word/name | duša "soul" |
| Derivation | duš- (root) + an (suffix) |
| Region of origin | Slavic |
| Other names | |
| Pet form(s) | Dule (in Serbian) |
| Related names | Duško (in Serbian) |
Dušan (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан) is a Slavic given name primarily recorded among the Serbs, Czechs, Slovaks and Macedonians.[citation needed]
In Serbia, it is the 29th most popular name for males, as of 2010. The name is derived from the Slavic noun duša "soul".[1][2]
People
- Stefan Uroš IV Dušan, Tsar of the Serbian Empire
- Dušan Bajević, Serbian footballer and football manager
- Dušan Basta, Serbian footballer
- Dušan Bogdanović, Serbian-born American composer and classical guitarist
- Dusan Djuric, Swedish international footballer of Serbian descent
- Dušan Džamonja, Croatian sculptor
- Dušan Fitzel, Slovak footballer and football manager
- Dušan Galis, Slovak footballer and football manager
- Dušan Kalmančok, Slovak astronomer
- Dušan Kerkez, Serb footballer
- Dušan Kovačević, Serbian playwright
- Dušan Matić, Serbian poet
- Dušan Makavejev, Serbian film director
- Dušan Mihajlović, Serbian footballer
- Dušan Otašević, Serbian painter and sculptor
- Dušan Petković (footballer born 1974), Serbian former footballer
- Dušan Petković (footballer born 1903) (1903–1979), Serbian and Yugoslav football forward
- Dušan Petronijević, Serbian footballer
- Dušan Pirjevec, Slovenian literary historian, philosopher and resistance fighter
- Dušan Popović, several people
- Dušan Radović, Serbian journalist and writer
- Dušan Repovš, Slovenian mathematician
- Dušan Ristanović, Serbian biophysicists
- Dušan Salfický, Czech ice hockey player
- Dušan Slobodník, Slovak literary theoretician, translator and politician.
- Dušan Švantner, Slovak politician
- Dušan Tadić, Serbian footballer
- Dušan Uhrin, Slovak footballer and football manager
- Dušan Vemić, Serbian tennis player
See also
References
- ^ Miklosich, Franz (1860). Die Bildung der slavischen Personennamen (in German). Vienna: Aus der kaiserlich-königlichen Hoff- und Staatdruckerei. p. 61.
- ^ "Število moških z imenom DUŠAN: 8.318 (ali 0,8 % vseh moških)" (in Slovenian). Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia.