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Bosnian Surnames

Bosnian names are used by the Bosniak people. For additional names, see Serbo-Croatian names, Arabic names and Turkish names.

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Demirović Bosnian Bosnian

Demirović is a Bosnian patronymic surname meaning "son of Demir." The root Demir derives from the Turkish word for "iron," a common element in many Turkic and Slavic names. The suffix -ović is characteristic of Serbian,...

Gujić Bosnian Bosnian

EtymologyGujić is a Bosnian surname that derives from the word guja, meaning "snake" in Bosnian. The suffix -ić functions as a possessive or patronymic ending, indicating "son of" or "descendant of." Thus, the name Gujić...

Hadžić Bosnian Bosnian

Hadžić is a Bosnian surname derived from the Bosnian word hadž, meaning "hajj" or "pilgrimage," and ultimately from Arabic حَجّ (ḥajj). It originally denoted a person who had completed the hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca,...

Hodžić Bosnian Bosnian

Hodžić (Cyrillic: Хоџић, pronounced [xôd͡ʒitɕ]) is a common surname in Bosnia and Herzegovina and other parts of the former Yugoslavia. It is derived from the Bosnian word hodža, meaning "master, teacher, imam", itself a...

Ibrahimović Bosnian Bosnian

Ibrahimović is a Bosnian surname meaning "son of Ibrahim". It is a patronymic family name common among Bosniaks and other South Slavic Muslim populations. The suffix -ović denotes "son of" in many Slavic languages, makin...

Jusić Bosnian Bosnian

Etymology and MeaningJusić is a Bosnian surname derived as a patronymic, meaning "son of Josip." The suffix -ić is a common South Slavic diminutive or patronymic marker, equivalent to "-son" or "-ić" in many other Slavic...

Kovač Bosnian Croatian +2 Bosnian Croatian Serbian Slovene

Kovač is a common South Slavic occupational surname derived from the Proto-Slavic word kovač meaning "blacksmith", itself from kovati ("to forge"). It is widely found across Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, and S...

Kovačević Bosnian Croatian +1 Bosnian Croatian Serbian

Kovačević is a South Slavic surname that serves as a variant of Kovačić. As a patronymic surname, it carries the core meaning from Kovačić: derived from the Slavic word kovač ("blacksmith"), with a suffix indicating desc...

Kovačić Bosnian Croatian +1 Bosnian Croatian Serbian

Kovačić is a common patronymic surname in South Slavic languages, derived from the word kovač meaning "blacksmith." The suffix -ić indicates "son of," so Kovačić literally means "son of the blacksmith." This surname is f...

Mehmedović Bosnian Bosnian

Mehmedović is a Bosnian surname meaning "son of Mehmed". The surname is formed with the Slavic patronymic suffix -ović attached to the given name Mehmed, which itself is an older form of Mehmet and the standard Bosnian v...

Muratović Bosnian Bosnian

Muratović is a common Bosnian surname, meaning "son of Murat." It is found throughout the former Yugoslavia, particularly in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The surname derives from the given name Murat, which is the Turkish and...

Salihović Bosnian Bosnian

Etymology Salihović is a predominantly Bosnian (Bosniak) surname. It is a patronymic, meaning "son of Salih", derived from the Turkish/Serbo-Croatian –vić suffix. Root Analysis The root name Salih itself comes from the A...

Tahirović Bosnian Bosnian

Tahirović is a Bosniak patronymic surname, meaning "son of Tahir". The root name Tahir derives from Arabic ṭāhir, meaning "virtuous, pure, chaste", a personal name common in Muslim communities as one of the attributes of...

Terzić Bosnian Bosnian

EtymologyTerzić is a Bosnian and Serbian surname derived from the Bosnian word terzija meaning "tailor", which ultimately comes from Persian terzi (tailor). The surname therefore belongs to the category of occupational s...