Dejan
| Pronunciation | [dějan] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Slavic |
| Region of origin | Balkans |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Dejana (f.) |
| Related names | Desa, Desislav, Desimir |
Dejan (Cyrillic: Дејан) is a South Slavic masculine given name, derived from the Old Slavic word dejati, meaning "action; to act, to do".[citation needed] It is possible that the name is a diminutive of dithematic Desimir or Desislav, with des meaning "to happen".[citation needed] Although it is considered old Slavic name, some claim name Dejan comes from old Latin word Deus or Dea which mean God or Godly. It is very common in Serbia and North Macedonia, and also common in Bulgaria, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Slovenia.
The given name Dejan and the surname Dejanović is unusually widespread in the Serbo-Croatian linguistical area, and it is first mentioned in the mid-14th century, in Serbia.[1] Dejan (fl. 1346–ca. 1366) was a Serbian magnate in the Serbian Empire. 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]
Notable people
- Dejan (fl. 1346-66), Serbian magnate
- Dejan Bodiroga, Serbian basketball player
- Dejan Damjanović, Montenegrin footballer
- Dejan Dimitrovski, Macedonian footballer
- Dejan Gluščević (born 1967), Serbian footballer and manager
- Dejan Iliev (born 1995), Macedonian footballer
- Dejan Janković, Serbian footballer
- Dejan Kelhar, Slovenian footballer
- Dejan Lovren, Croatian footballer
- Dejan Medaković (1922–2008), Serbian art historian, writer and academician
- Dejan Meleg, Serbian footballer
- Dejan Savić, Serbian water polo player and coach
- Dejan Savićević, Montenegrin footballer
- Dejan Stanković, Serbian footballer and manager
- Dejan Stefanović, Serbian footballer
- Dejan Stojanović, Serbian poet, writer, essayist, philosopher, businessman and journalist
- Dejan Tomašević, Serbian basketball player
- Dejan Udovičić, Serbian water polo coach
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].
- ^ "Најчешћа мушка имена према години рођења". Попис становништва, домаћинстава и станова 2011. године у Републици Србији: Најчешћа имена и презимена (PDF). Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-07-28.