Dušan
| Pronunciation | Czech: [ˈduʃan] Serbo-Croatian: [dǔʃan] Slovak: [ˈduʂan] |
|---|---|
| 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 used in the area of Yugoslavia; and among Slovaks and Czechs.[1] The name is derived from the Slavic noun duša "soul".[2]
Occurrence
[edit]
| Name | Count people (Rank) | State | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dušan | 14,972 | Czechia | 2016[3] |
| Dušan | 40,191 (57th; 19th man's) |
Slovakia | 2000-10[4] |
| Dušan | 7,660 (33rd) | Slovenia | 2021-01-01[5] |
| Dušan | 5,656 | Croatia | 2011[6] |
In Serbia, it was the 29th most popular name for males, as of 2010.[7]
People
[edit]- Stefan Uroš IV Dušan, Emperor of the Serbian Empire
- Dušan Bajević, Bosnian former footballer and current football manager
- Dušan Bařica, Czech ice hockey player
- Dušan Basta, Serbian footballer
- Dušan Bavdek (born 1971), Slovenian composer
- Dušan Bogdanović (born 1955), Serbian-born American composer and classical guitarist
- Dusan Djuric (born 1984), Swedish international footballer of Serbian descent
- Dušan Domović Bulut (born 1985), Serbian 3x3 basketball player
- Dušan Džamonja (1928–2009), Croatian sculptor
- Dušan Fitzel (born 1963), Slovak footballer and football manager
- Dušan Galis (born 1949), Slovak footballer and football manager
- Dušan Keketi (born 1951), Slovak footballer
- Dušan Keketi (born 1975), Slovak politician
- Dušan Kalmančok (born 1945), Slovak astronomer
- Dušan Kaprálik (1948-2023), Slovak actor
- Dušan Kerkez, Bosnian former footballer and current football manager
- Dušan Kovačević, Serbian playwright
- Dušan Lajović, Serbian tennis player
- Dušan Mandić, Serbian water polo player, Olympic champion
- Dušan Matić, Serbian poet
- Dušan Makavejev, Serbian film director
- Dušan Mihajlović, Serbian politician
- Dušan Mihajlović, Serbian footballer
- Dušan Otašević, Serbian painter and sculptor
- Dušan Pašek, Slovak ice hockey player
- 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 Poloz (born 1965), Slovak handball coach
- Dušan Popović, several people
- Dušan Radović, Serbian journalist and writer
- Dušan Repovš, Slovenian mathematician
- Dušan Salfický, Czech ice hockey player
- Dušan Šestić, Bosnian musician, composer of the Bosnian national anthem
- Dušan Slobodník, Slovak literary theoretician, translator and politician
- Dušan Švantner, Slovak politician
- Dušan Tadić, Serbian footballer
- Dušan Třeštík, Czech historian
- Dušan Uhrin, Slovak footballer and football manager
- Dušan Velič (1966–2023), Slovak chemist and politician
- Dušan Vemić, Serbian tennis player
- Dušan Vlahović (born 2000), Serbian footballer
- Dušan Uhrin Jr, Slovak football manager and the Son of Dušan Uhrin
Catholic saints
[edit]- Saint Dušan (Spiridion), the bishop, 4th century[8]
See also
[edit]- Cities:
References
[edit]- ^ Dušan Forename, p. forebears.io, retrieved 2021-04-04
- ^ Miklosich, Franz (1860). Die Bildung der slavischen Personennamen (in German). Vienna: Aus der kaiserlich-königlichen Hoff- und Staatdruckerei. p. 61.
- ^ Malačka, Ondřej; Samek, Jan. "Jméno: 'Dušan', počet výskytů 14972 v celé ČR". kdejsme.cz. Retrieved 2021-06-11.
- ^ Krško, Jaromír (2001). "FREKVENCIA RODNÝCH MIEN NA SLOVENSKU". Slovenská Reč. 66 (2001, 1). Retrieved 2022-07-31.
- ^ "Male first names by FIRST NAME, MEASURES and YEAR. PxWeb". Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia. Retrieved 2021-06-11.
- ^ "Popis stanovništva 2011". dzs.hr. Retrieved 2021-06-11.
- ^ "Število moških z imenom DUŠAN: 8.318 (ali 0,8 % vseh moških)" (in Slovenian). Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia.
- ^ "15. december" (in Slovak). nws.sk. Retrieved 2024-08-11.
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