Bosnian Name Generator

Authentic Bosnian first names and surnames

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Generate realistic Bosnian full names: Bosniak first names like Amir, Lejla, Edin and Amina paired with real surnames such as Hodžić, Halilović and Begović, plus Bosnian Croat and Serb names and notable figures from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

About Bosnian names

Bosnian names are the most distinctive in the former Yugoslavia because they blend a Slavic language with five centuries of Ottoman and Islamic influence. Bosniak first names are mostly Arabic, Turkish or Persian in origin but spelled and shortened the Bosnian way: Muhamed becomes Mujo or Muho, Ahmed sits alongside Amir, Emir, Adnan, Edin, Kenan, Haris and Tarik, and women are Amina, Lejla, Amra, Ajla, Selma, Emina, Azra, Lamija and Merima. Modern parents also pick short pan-European names like Dino, Alen, Lana, Ena and Sara.

Surnames follow the South Slavic pattern of a root plus -ić ("son of"), pronounced "itch", but the roots are often Muslim given names or Ottoman titles: Hodžić (from hodža, a cleric), Hadžić (from hadži, a pilgrim), Begović (from beg), Pašić (from paša), Halilović, Mehmedović, Muratović, Hasanović, Salihović. Others are trades or places: Terzić (tailor), Kovačević (smith), Sarajlić (from Sarajevo). Because Bosnia and Herzegovina is also home to Bosnian Croats and Serbs, names like Ivan Lovrić or Dragan Simić are Bosnian too.

The list is mostly plausible Bosniak full names, with a block of Bosnian Croat and Serb names and a selection of historical, literary, musical and sporting figures to show which combinations people really carry.

How to choose Bosnian names

  • Keep the letters č, ć, š, ž and đ (Hodžić, Čengić, Đulović); they are part of the name. If you must drop them, write Hodzic rather than inventing a new spelling.
  • A surname built on a Muslim given name or Ottoman title (Begović, Hadžić, Mehmedović) reads Bosniak; one built on a saint's name (Ivanković, Jurić, Petrović) reads Bosnian Croat or Serb. Match the first name accordingly.
  • Older generations carry names like Šefik, Zaim, Hajrija and Zineta; people born after 1990 are more likely to be Amar, Ajla, Lamija or Benjamin. Use this for age-appropriate characters.
  • Shortened forms are affectionate and extremely common in speech: Mujo, Suljo, Meho, Hase, Fata. A character might be Muhamed on paper and Mujo to everyone who knows him.
  • Women's surnames do not change form, so Lejla Hodžić and Amir Hodžić share the same spelling; a married woman often keeps her own surname or hyphenates.

Frequently asked questions

What are the most common Bosnian surnames?

Hodžić is the most common, followed by Hadžić, Halilović, Begović, Delić, Mehmedović, Muratović, Kovačević, Hasanović, Mujić, Salihović and Čengić. Nearly all end in -ić, pronounced "itch", meaning "son of" or "descendant of".

Are Bosnian names Muslim names?

Most Bosniak first names are Muslim in origin (Amir, Mehmed, Fatima, Amina), but they are spelled in the Bosnian Latin alphabet and many have local short forms. Bosnian Croats and Serbs, who also live in Bosnia and Herzegovina, use Catholic and Orthodox names like Ivan, Marija, Nikola and Jelena.

How do you pronounce Bosnian names?

Bosnian is phonetic. C is "ts", č and ć are "ch", š is "sh", ž is the "s" in "measure", đ and dž are "j" as in "judge", and j is "y". So Hodžić is "HOJ-itch", Lejla is "LAY-la" and Džemal is "JEM-al".

What is the difference between Bosnian and Bosniak?

Bosnian refers to anyone from Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bosniak refers to the Muslim South Slavic ethnic group that makes up about half the population. Most of the names here are Bosniak because that is what people usually mean by a Bosnian name, but the generator includes Bosnian Croat and Serb names as well.

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A: 73 names

  • Abdulah Sidran
  • Adem Čamdžić
  • Adil Hrvić
  • Adil Zulfikarpašić
  • Adis Šabotić
  • Admir Drinić
  • Adna Bajrić
  • Adna Delić
  • Adna Fejzić
  • Adnan Hamidović
  • Adnan Muratović
  • Afan Tulić
  • Ahmed Karić
  • Aida Pilav
  • Aida Tahirović
  • Ajdin Haskić
  • Ajdin Kadić
  • Ajla Dervišić
  • Ajla Fejzić
  • Ajla Mehmedović
  • Ajna Bešlić
  • Ajša Kazazović
  • Ajša Salkić
  • Aldijana Ibrahimović
  • Aldina Demirović
  • Aleksandar Cvijetić
  • Aleksandar Hemon
  • Alema Baručija
  • Alen Topić
  • Alena Mušić
  • Ali-paša Rizvanbegović
  • Alija Bajrović
  • Alija Izetbegović
  • Alisa Salčinović
  • Alisa Tokić
  • Alma Čehajić

A, continued

  • Alma Dedić
  • Alma Hrustić
  • Almir Ramić
  • Almira Čaušević
  • Almira Suljić
  • Amar Ahmetović
  • Amar Hasanbašić
  • Amel Mekić
  • Amel Tuka
  • Amela Đogić
  • Amela Džaferagić
  • Amela Karahasanović
  • Amela Zuko
  • Amila Šaćirović
  • Amina Begović
  • Amina Gadžun
  • Amina Jusić
  • Amir Hodžić
  • Amna Bukvić
  • Amra Čolaković
  • Amra Hadžimuhamedović
  • Amra Omerović
  • Ana Marić
  • Anđela Barbarić
  • Anesa Jusufović
  • Anica Ćavar
  • Ankica Galić
  • Ante Ćorić
  • Arijana Muratspahić
  • Arijana Sinanović
  • Armin Selimović
  • Armin Zulić
  • Arnela Muslić
  • Asim Ferhatović
  • Asim Zolota
  • Azra Bašić
  • Azra Kurtagić

B: 13 names

  • Bajro Mujkanović
  • Bakir Zubčević
  • Belma Bašić
  • Benjamin Đulović
  • Berina Muminović
  • Bilal Jusupović
  • Biljana Rakić
  • Blaž Slišković
  • Bojan Todorović
  • Boris Čović
  • Branislava Ninković
  • Branka Đukić
  • Branko Đurić

D: 34 names

  • Dajana Đerić
  • Dalibor Mihajlović
  • Dalila Begić
  • Dalila Dudić
  • Damir Džumhur
  • Damir Zahirović
  • Danica Dragić
  • Danijela Perić
  • Danis Tanović
  • Dario Šunjić
  • Darko Mandić
  • Davor Knežević
  • Davorin Popović
  • Dejan Ristić
  • Denis Hrnjić
  • Đenita Junuzović
  • Dino Džaferović
  • Dino Merlin
  • Dragan Simić
  • Dragana Stanić
  • Drago Bilić
  • Dražen Ljubić
  • Dubravka Sušić
  • Đurđica Šantić
  • Džana Smajić
  • Džejla Alić
  • Džemal Bajramović
  • Dženan Čaušević
  • Dženana Kahrimanović
  • Dženeta Zukanović
  • Dženisa Skopljak
  • Dženita Dedić
  • Dženita Imamović
  • Dževad Karahasan

E: 44 names

  • Edhem Idrizović
  • Edin Džeko
  • Edin Halilović
  • Edin Mujezinović
  • Edina Ibrišimović
  • Edina Sejdinović
  • Edis Bajrektarević
  • Edita Imširović
  • Edo Maajka
  • Ekrem Hodžić
  • Eldar Fazlić
  • Eldin Šuško
  • Elma Mujkić
  • Elvedina Selimović
  • Elvir Bolić
  • Elvir Osmanović
  • Elvira Muhić
  • Emela Šahinović
  • Emin Jusić
  • Emina Ćerimagić
  • Emina Kalač
  • Emina Kovačević
  • Emina Memišević
  • Emina Šahinpašić
  • Emir Hadžihafizbegović
  • Emir Hasanbegović
  • Emir Kusturica
  • Emir Spahić
  • Emira Ćatić
  • Emira Mulalić
  • Ena Ferhatović
  • Ena Hasanović
  • Enes Kaljanac
  • Enisa Mulaosmanović
  • Eniz Mahić
  • Enver Hujdur
  • Enver Mujčić
  • Ermin Kurtović
  • Ermina Pervan
  • Erna Kapić
  • Ervin Đulić
  • Esma Kapetanović
  • Esmeralda Suljkić
  • Ezana Šehović

F: 10 names

  • Fadil Hasanspahić
  • Fahrudin Hadžihasanović
  • Faruk Hadžibegić
  • Faruk Mešić
  • Fatima Pilav
  • Fehim Kovačević
  • Ferid Tabaković
  • Fikret Okanović
  • Franjo Brkić
  • Fuad Nukić

G: 5 names

  • Galib Ćehić
  • Gazi Husrev-beg
  • Goran Bregović
  • Goran Jovanović
  • Gordana Matić

H: 29 names

  • Hajra Bećirbašić
  • Hajrija Kulenović
  • Hajrudin Smajlović
  • Halid Bešlić
  • Halil Omanović
  • Hamdija Bešić
  • Hamdija Pozderac
  • Hamid Zukić
  • Hamza Humo
  • Hamza Redžić
  • Hana Mulić
  • Hana Šabanović
  • Hanka Paldum
  • Haris Bašović
  • Haris Džinović
  • Haris Hasanović
  • Haris Silajdžić
  • Harun Šuvalija
  • Hasan Ahmetspahić
  • Hasan Kikić
  • Hasan Salihamidžić
  • Hasiba Smailović
  • Hatidža Dervišević
  • Hilmo Džidić
  • Himzo Polovina
  • Husein Kurić
  • Husein Sinanović
  • Husein-kapetan Gradaščević
  • Husnija Velić

I: 27 names

  • Ibrahim Šišić
  • Ibro Mujanović
  • Ilda Karahodžić
  • Ilhana Mustafić
  • Ilma Halilović
  • Ilma Turković
  • Indira Jahić
  • Ines Mikulić
  • Irena Bošković
  • Irfan Horozović
  • Irfan Terzić
  • Irhad Kovač
  • Isa-beg Ishaković
  • Ishak Karić
  • Ismar Čustović
  • Ismet Ljubović
  • Ivan Lovrić
  • Ivana Bilić
  • Ivana Mijatović
  • Ivanka Pejić
  • Ivica Osim
  • Ivica Raguž
  • Ivo Andrić
  • Ivo Vukić
  • Ivona Zadro
  • Izet Kukić
  • Izet Sarajlić

J: 12 names

  • Jasmila Žbanić
  • Jasmin Džafić
  • Jasmin Hajdarević
  • Jasmin Pašić
  • Jasmina Bajramović
  • Jasmina Kuzmanović
  • Jasmina Šehić
  • Jasna Dizdar
  • Jelena Petrović
  • Josip Tomić
  • Jusuf Buljubašić
  • Jusuf Nurkić

K: 11 names

  • Kanita Hamidović
  • Kasim Jahić
  • Katarina Zovko
  • Kemal Hajrić
  • Kemal Mehić
  • Kemal Monteno
  • Kenan Delić
  • Kenan Mahmutović
  • Kenana Husejnović
  • Kerim Hadžiosmanović
  • Krešimir Soldo

L: 17 names

  • Lamija Bilalović
  • Lamija Imamović
  • Lamija Spahić
  • Lana Halilagić
  • Lana Spahić
  • Larisa Cerić
  • Lejla Džanić
  • Lejla Hadžiabdić
  • Lejla Hadžić
  • Lejla Kadrić
  • Lejla Mulahasanović
  • Lejla Ramić
  • Lejla Šabić
  • Lejla Topalović
  • Ljiljana Lukić
  • Ljubica Blagojević
  • Ljubo Zelić

M: 62 names

  • Mahir Bajramagić
  • Mahmut Čajić
  • Maja Brkić
  • Mak Dizdar
  • Marija Jurić
  • Marinko Soldo
  • Mario Bošnjak
  • Marko Babić
  • Martina Zelenika
  • Mate Glavaš
  • Maya Sar
  • Medina Halilagić
  • Medina Jašarević
  • Mehmed Pašić
  • Mehmed-paša Sokolović
  • Meho Kodro
  • Meliha Gazić
  • Meliha Kahrić
  • Melika Muminović
  • Melisa Avdić
  • Melisa Zukić
  • Mensur Karamehmedović
  • Merima Čengić
  • Merima Selimović
  • Merisa Kadić
  • Merjem Halilčević
  • Mersad Berber
  • Mersiha Gradaščević
  • Meša Selimović
  • Mesud Hadžić
  • Mevludin Ćurić

M, continued

  • Midhat Kasumović
  • Milan Savić
  • Milica Vasić
  • Miljenko Jergović
  • Milorad Kojić
  • Minela Hasanović
  • Miralem Pjanić
  • Mirela Bašić
  • Mirela Memić
  • Mirjana Kovačević
  • Mirna Krajina
  • Mirnes Alispahić
  • Mirnesa Krupalija
  • Miroslav Tadić
  • Mirsad Hamzić
  • Mirza Bajrektarević
  • Mirza Delibašić
  • Mirza Sarajlić
  • Mirza Teletović
  • Mirzet Hrnjić
  • Mladen Blažević
  • Muamer Pobrić
  • Mubera Džinić
  • Mubina Muratović
  • Muhamed Alić
  • Muhamed Ferizović
  • Muhidin Osmanagić
  • Mujo Sarić
  • Musa Ćazim Ćatić
  • Mustafa Begić
  • Mustafa Nadarević

N: 35 names

  • Nadina Rizvanović
  • Nafija Hukić
  • Naida Bećirović
  • Naida Hadžiomerović
  • Naida Numanović
  • Nail Šarčević
  • Nasir Muhić
  • Nataša Stojanović
  • Nazif Tucaković
  • Neda Ukraden
  • Nedim Hodžić
  • Nedim Pleho
  • Nedžad Hasić
  • Nedžad Ibrišimović
  • Nedžad Softić
  • Nedžla Mujić
  • Nejla Tahirović
  • Nejra Pašalić
  • Nejra Zahirović
  • Nenad Lazarević
  • Nerma Omerbegović
  • Nermin Alić
  • Nermin Jašarević
  • Nermina Kulenović
  • Nermina Rizvić
  • Nermina Zildžo
  • Nihad Bećirović
  • Nijaz Zulić
  • Nikola Vidović
  • Nina Badrić
  • Nives Čavar
  • Nizama Šabić
  • Nudžejma Dautbašić
  • Nurudin Hasanagić
  • Nusret Ćerimović

O: 4 names

  • Ognjen Pejić
  • Olivera Mitrović
  • Omer Ibrišimović
  • Osman Karabegović

P: 2 names

  • Pero Ivanković
  • Predrag Popović

R: 16 names

  • Rabija Dautović
  • Rade Bjelica
  • Radmila Milošević
  • Radomir Tešić
  • Ramiz Mulić
  • Ramo Omerović
  • Ranko Radovanović
  • Rasim Šarić
  • Razija Ramović
  • Refik Softić
  • Rifat Salihović
  • Rijad Fazlić
  • Rijalda Suljević
  • Rusmir Mahmutćehajić
  • Rusmir Mustafagić
  • Ružica Pavlović

S: 67 names

  • Sabahudin Hadžiahmetović
  • Šaban Hasečić
  • Sabina Hukić
  • Sabina Mešinović
  • Sabina Tanović
  • Sabit Kurtović
  • Sadik Ahmetović
  • Safet Čolić
  • Safet Isović
  • Safet Sušić
  • Safet Zec
  • Safvet-beg Bašagić
  • Sajra Poturković
  • Sakib Mujkić
  • Salem Husić
  • Salih Dizdarević
  • Salko Dervić
  • Samir Cerić
  • Samira Halilović
  • Samra Zulić
  • Sandra Jurković
  • Sanel Rahmanović
  • Sanela Smajić
  • Sanela Zvizdić
  • Sanin Ferhatović
  • Sanja Maksimović
  • Sara Čengić
  • Sara Dizdarević
  • Sead Zaimović
  • Sedin Hrnjica
  • Sedina Mahmutović
  • Šefik Osmić
  • Sejad Efendić

S, continued

  • Šejla Sejdić
  • Selma Dudić
  • Selma Kurtović
  • Selma Memić
  • Selma Mujić
  • Selmira Agić
  • Selver Hodžić
  • Semezdin Mehmedinović
  • Semir Bajrić
  • Senad Husić
  • Senad Kapetanović
  • Senada Ćosić
  • Senahid Beganović
  • Senija Zečević
  • Sergej Barbarez
  • Silvana Armenulić
  • Sinan Osmanović
  • Siniša Bogdanović
  • Skender Kulenović
  • Slavica Đurić
  • Slobodan Crnogorac
  • Smail-aga Čengić
  • Smajo Delalić
  • Snežana Radić
  • Srđan Đokić
  • Stana Mićić
  • Stevo Jović
  • Stjepan Primorac
  • Suad Dedović
  • Sulejman Hasanagić
  • Sulejman Mešić
  • Suljo Rizvić
  • Sumeja Avdagić
  • Svetlana Lukač

T: 6 names

  • Tahir Pašalić
  • Taib Kurtić
  • Tanja Đurđević
  • Tarik Salihović
  • Tea Krešić
  • Tomislav Grgić

V: 11 names

  • Vahid Halilhodžić
  • Vahid Pašović
  • Vahida Mujezinović
  • Vedad Zukić
  • Vedran Mašić
  • Vedrana Matković
  • Vejsil Karabegović
  • Verica Lalović
  • Vesna Marković
  • Vladimir Stevanović
  • Vlado Ostojić

Z: 22 names

  • Zahid Ramović
  • Zaim Brkić
  • Zaim Imamović
  • Zdravko Čolić
  • Zdravko Šimić
  • Zehra Karahasanović
  • Zejnil Dautović
  • Zerina Balić
  • Zerina Terzić
  • Zijad Pjanić
  • Zijah Sokolović
  • Zikret Hajrić
  • Zineta Alibegović
  • Zlatan Avdibegović
  • Zlatko Kovačević
  • Zlatko Topčić
  • Zoran Nikolić
  • Zorica Vuković
  • Zuhdija Mujagić
  • Zuko Džumhur
  • Zumra Hasić
  • Zvonko Bevanda