Serbian Name Generator

Authentic Serbian first names and surnames

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Generate realistic Serbian full names that pair everyday first names like Nikola, Milica, Stefan, and Jelena with real surnames such as Jovanović, Petrović, and Đorđević, plus medieval Nemanjić-era names, epic-poetry heroes, and famous Serbs for reference.

About Serbian names

Serbian names are built from a given name plus a family name, and the family name nearly always ends in -ić (pronounced "itch"), a diminutive that once meant "son of". The most common are Jovanović, Petrović, Nikolić, Marković, Đorđević, Stojanović, Ilić, Stanković, Pavlović, and Milošević. Many are patronymics frozen in the 19th century, so Petrović is "Petar's", Đorđević is "Đorđe's", and Lazarević is "Lazar's". Women keep the same surname form as men: Milica Jovanović and Marko Jovanović are spelled identically.

First names fall into three groups. Orthodox saints' names are everywhere: Nikola, Jovan, Stefan, Petar, Marija, Jelena, Ana, Katarina. Old Slavic names with meaningful roots are the most distinctly Serbian: Miloš (dear), Dragan and Dragana (precious), Vuk (wolf), Dušan (soul), Nemanja, Milica, Vesna, Snežana, Radmila. The current birth charts favour short names such as Luka, Lazar, Vuk, Mina, Dunja, Sofija, and Teodora, while Ljubomir, Zorica, and Slobodan mark an older generation. Serbian is written in both Cyrillic and Latin; this list uses the Latin form with č, ć, š, ž, and đ kept.

For fantasy or historical writing, the final sections cover the medieval Nemanjić and Lazarević rulers, Kosovo-cycle epic heroes like Miloš Obilić and Banović Strahinja, noble houses, and notable Serbs from Tesla to Andrić.

How to choose Serbian names

  • Keep the diacritics: Đorđević and Živković look right with đ and ž, while Djordjevic and Zivkovic read as passport transliterations.
  • Match the generation. A grandmother is likelier to be Zorica, Radmila, or Ljubinka; a child born this decade is likelier to be Dunja, Mina, Vuk, or Lazar.
  • Old Slavic names (Miloš, Dušan, Vuk, Nemanja, Vesna, Snežana) signal Serbian identity more strongly than shared Christian names like Ana or Nikola.
  • For a fantasy setting with a Serbian flavour, borrow epic-poetry forms such as Banović Strahinja or Zmaj Ognjeni Vuk, or medieval titles like knez, despot, and vojvoda, rather than plain modern surnames.
  • Don't invent -ović surnames from random stems; pick from real ones like Stamenković, Radosavljević, or Milenković, which already sound authentic.

Frequently asked questions

What are the most common Serbian surnames?

Jovanović is the most common, followed by Petrović, Nikolić, Marković, Đorđević, Stojanović, Ilić, Stanković, Pavlović, and Milošević. Almost all end in -ić or -ović, pronounced "itch" and "ovitch".

How do you pronounce Serbian names?

Serbian spelling is phonetic. C is "ts", č and ć are "ch", š is "sh", ž is the "s" in "measure", đ is "j" as in "judge", and j is English "y". So Đorđević is "JOR-jeh-vich", Živković is "ZHIV-ko-vich", and Jovana is "YO-va-na".

How are Serbian names different from Croatian or Bosnian names?

They share the same language and the -ić surname pattern, but Serbian names lean Orthodox (Dragan, Miloš, Jovana, Nikola) and are also written in Cyrillic, Croatian names lean Catholic (Josip, Ivan, Marija), and Bosnian Muslim names draw on Arabic and Turkish sources (Amir, Emina, Kemal).

Can I use these names for fantasy characters?

Yes. The medieval and epic-hero names in particular work well for Slavic-flavoured fantasy. Pair an Old Slavic first name with a noble house like Branković or Nemanjić, or add a title such as knez, despot, or vojvoda for rulers and generals.

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A: 15 names

  • Aleksa Savić
  • Aleksandar Jovanović
  • Aleksandar Pantić
  • Aleksandra Aleksić
  • Altomanović
  • Ana Matić
  • Ana Nikolić
  • Anastasija Šćepanović
  • Anđela Obradović
  • Andrej Janković
  • Andrija Jeremić
  • Andrijana Zečević
  • Angelina Šarović
  • Anja Lazarević
  • Arsenije Đukić

B: 27 names

  • Balšić
  • Banović Strahinja
  • Biljana Pantić
  • Biljana Tomić
  • Blagoje Zlatanović
  • Bogdan Jović
  • Bogdana Tešić
  • Bogoljub Radovanović
  • Bojan Janković
  • Bojan Tanasković
  • Bojana Maksimović
  • Boris Kovačević
  • Borislav Milovanović
  • Borislav Pekić
  • Borivoje Đokić
  • Borka Vukašinović
  • Bosiljka Živanović
  • Boško Jugović
  • Božidar Krstić
  • Branimir Vuković
  • Branislav Aleksić
  • Branislav Nušić
  • Branislav Vučković
  • Branka Mandić
  • Branko Ostojić
  • Branković
  • Budimir Stefanović

C: 8 names

  • Car Dušan Silni
  • Car Uroš Nejaki
  • Čedomir Đurđević
  • Crnojević
  • Čučuk Stana
  • Cveta Popović
  • Cvetko Filipović
  • Cvijeta Zlatanović

D: 53 names

  • Dalibor Paunović
  • Dana Milošević
  • Dane Obradović
  • Danica Arsić
  • Danijela Marinković
  • Danilo Kiš
  • Danilo Perić
  • Dara Đokić
  • Darinka Ilić
  • Darko Pantić
  • Davor Perišić
  • Dejan Savić
  • Dejan Tadić
  • Dejanović
  • Desanka Đurđević
  • Desanka Maksimović
  • Desimir Bjelica
  • Despot Stefan Lazarević
  • Dete Grujica
  • Dijana Matić
  • Dimitrije Radić
  • Divna Stanković
  • Dobrica Bulatović
  • Dobrila Bjelica
  • Dobrinka Pavlović
  • Dobrivoje Aleksić
  • Đorđe Balašević
  • Đorđe Ilić
  • Đorđe Simonović
  • Đorđević
  • Đorđije Babić
  • Dositej Obradović
  • Dragan Stamenković
  • Dragan Vasić
  • Dragana Kostić
  • Dragana Novaković
  • Dragica Ristić
  • Draginja Todorović
  • Dragiša Cvijić
  • Dragoljub Božović
  • Dragomir Antić
  • Dragoslav Arsić
  • Dragutin Damjanović
  • Dunja Milojević
  • Dunja Stanković
  • Đura Jakšić
  • Đurađ Branković
  • Đurađ Radojević
  • Đurđa Mihajlović
  • Đuro Mladenović
  • Dušan Ostojić
  • Dušan Ristić
  • Dušica Babić

E: 2 names

  • Emilija Milenković
  • Emir Kusturica

F: 2 names

  • Filip Rakić
  • Filip Todorović

G: 10 names

  • Gojko Dragićević
  • Goran Stevanović
  • Goran Tomić
  • Gordana Lazić
  • Gordana Simić
  • Gorica Miletić
  • Gradimir Bogdanović
  • Grozdana Kostić
  • Grujica Gavrilović
  • Gvozden Jeličić

H: 2 names

  • Hajduk Veljko Petrović
  • Hrebeljanović

I: 12 names

  • Igor Božović
  • Ilić
  • Ilija Radosavljević
  • Isidora Kovačević
  • Isidora Sekulić
  • Iva Jović
  • Ivan Obradović
  • Ivan Urošević
  • Ivana Lazić
  • Ivana Nešić
  • Ivanka Mitrović
  • Ivo Andrić

J: 27 names

  • Jadranka Milić
  • Jagoda Bulatović
  • Jakov Rajković
  • Jakšić
  • Jana Krstić
  • Janko Kuzmanović
  • Jasmina Đukić
  • Jasna Živković
  • Jelena Anžujska
  • Jelena Marinković
  • Jelena Petrović
  • Jelica Milojević
  • Jelisaveta Cvijić
  • Jelka Simić
  • Jerina Branković
  • Josif Pančić
  • Jovan Cvetković
  • Jovan Cvijić
  • Jovan Jovanović Zmaj
  • Jovan Ristović
  • Jovan Živković
  • Jovana Marković
  • Jovana Mihajlović
  • Jovanka Vasić
  • Jovanović
  • Jovica Ljubisavljević
  • Jug Bogdan

K: 21 names

  • Karađorđe Petrović
  • Karađorđević
  • Katarina Miletić
  • Katarina Stojanović
  • Kneginja Ljubica
  • Kneginja Milica
  • Knez Lazar Hrebeljanović
  • Kosača
  • Kosana Damjanović
  • Kosančić Ivan
  • Kosara Miljković
  • Kosta Rakić
  • Koviljka Tomić
  • Kralj Milutin
  • Kralj Petar Karađorđević
  • Kraljević Marko
  • Kraljica Natalija
  • Kristijan Ranković
  • Kristina Antić
  • Krsto Mrkić
  • Ksenija Mladenović

L: 21 names

  • Lana Jokić
  • Laza Kostić
  • Lazar Pavlović
  • Lazar Perić
  • Lazarević
  • Lena Jeremić
  • Lepa Dragićević
  • Lidija Nedeljković
  • Ljiljana Ostojić
  • Ljiljana Vasić
  • Ljubica Golubović
  • Ljubinka Lukić
  • Ljubinka Nešić
  • Ljubinko Nenadović
  • Ljubiša Ristović
  • Ljubodrag Dimitrijević
  • Ljubomir Bogdanović
  • Ljubomir Zdravković
  • Ljupka Savić
  • Luka Ranković
  • Luka Stanković

M: 70 names

  • Magdalena Novaković
  • Maja Vuković
  • Major Dragutin Gavrilović
  • Manojlo Ognjanović
  • Mara Branković
  • Marija Đorđević
  • Marija Milenković
  • Marina Ostojić
  • Marinko Pešić
  • Marjan Nedeljković
  • Marko Marković
  • Marko Perišić
  • Marković
  • Marta Pantić
  • Mateja Đurić
  • Matija Gajić
  • Matija Zlatanović
  • Mihajlo Đurić
  • Mihajlo Pupin
  • Mihajlo Živanović
  • Mijat Prodanović
  • Mila Ignjatović
  • Milan Gajić
  • Milan Simić
  • Milan Srećković
  • Milanka Janković
  • Milena Grujić
  • Milena Pavlović-Barili
  • Milenko Matić
  • Mileva Marić
  • Mileva Paunović
  • Milica Jovanović
  • Milica Mandić
  • Milijana Đukić
  • Milisav Golubović

M, continued

  • Milivoje Radulović
  • Miljan Grujić
  • Miljana Perić
  • Milka Gavrilović
  • Milojka Jeličić
  • Milomir Sekulić
  • Milorad Cvetković
  • Milorad Zečević
  • Miloš Crnjanski
  • Miloš Đorđević
  • Miloš Obilić
  • Miloš Obrenović
  • Miloš Paunović
  • Milošević
  • Milovan Stanišić
  • Milunka Radovanović
  • Milunka Savić
  • Milutin Mihajlović
  • Milutin Milanković
  • Mina Jakovljević
  • Miodrag Simonović
  • Miomira Milovanović
  • Mirela Perišić
  • Mirjana Janković
  • Mirjana Vuković
  • Mirka Kuzmanović
  • Mirko Spasić
  • Miroljub Ignjatović
  • Miroslav Antić
  • Miroslav Vujić
  • Mitar Šarović
  • Mladen Marinković
  • Momčilo Dimitrijević
  • Mrnjavčević
  • Musić Stevan

N: 27 names

  • Nada Đurić
  • Nadežda Petrović
  • Nadežda Radić
  • Nadica Stefanović
  • Natalija Filipović
  • Nataša Radovanović
  • Nebojša Srećković
  • Neda Radojević
  • Nedeljko Šćepanović
  • Nemanja Novaković
  • Nemanja Stojanović
  • Nemanjić
  • Nenad Stefanović
  • Nenad Tasić
  • Nevena Obradović
  • Nevena Stefanović
  • Nevenka Ljubisavljević
  • Nikola Jakovljević
  • Nikola Jokić
  • Nikola Petrović
  • Nikola Rajković
  • Nikola Tesla
  • Nikolić
  • Nikolina Radosavljević
  • Nina Filipović
  • Novak Đoković
  • Novak Milenković

O: 9 names

  • Obrad Miletić
  • Obrenović
  • Ognjen Đokić
  • Ognjen Grujić
  • Olga Gajić
  • Olgica Aleksić
  • Olivera Lazarević
  • Olivera Rajković
  • Ostoja Tešić

P: 16 names

  • Paja Jovanović
  • Pantelija Vukašinović
  • Pavle Orlović
  • Pavle Stamenković
  • Pavlović
  • Perica Popović
  • Persida Mrkić
  • Petar II Petrović Njegoš
  • Petar Jeremić
  • Petar Mitrović
  • Petar Spasić
  • Petra Rakić
  • Petrović
  • Predrag Vidić
  • Predrag Vuković
  • Prota Mateja Nenadović

R: 23 names

  • Rada Arsić
  • Rade Stevanović
  • Radivoje Jokić
  • Radmila Antić
  • Radmila Božović
  • Radoje Milošević
  • Radojica Ilić
  • Radojka Ranković
  • Radomir Babić
  • Radoš Jović
  • Radoslav Milić
  • Radoslava Babić
  • Radovan Arsić
  • Radovan Vujović
  • Rajko Stanković
  • Ranka Ristović
  • Ranko Pavlović
  • Rastko Stojković
  • Ratko Milojević
  • Relja Jakovljević
  • Relja Krilatica
  • Ruža Nenadović
  • Ružica Cvetković

S: 63 names

  • Sandra Bogdanović
  • Sanja Milovanović
  • Sara Simonović
  • Saša Filipović
  • Saša Trifunović
  • Sava Tadić
  • Savka Ognjanović
  • Senka Spasić
  • Sibinjanin Janko
  • Sima Kovačević
  • Simonida Paleolog
  • Siniša Tanasković
  • Slađana Lukić
  • Slađana Paunović
  • Slavica Srećković
  • Slaviša Krstić
  • Slavko Tasić
  • Slobodan Radovanović
  • Slobodan Vlahović
  • Slobodanka Božović
  • Smiljana Stamenković
  • Snežana Cvetković
  • Snežana Mitrović
  • Sofija Miljković
  • Sofija Pavlović
  • Sonja Dimitrijević
  • Spasoje Trifunović
  • Spomenka Đurić
  • Srđan Milovanović
  • Srđan Veljković
  • Sreten Todorović

S, continued

  • Sretko Lalić
  • Stamena Gajić
  • Stana Stevanović
  • Stanimir Lazarević
  • Stanislav Urošević
  • Stanislava Stojković
  • Stanko Vasiljević
  • Stanković
  • Stanoje Glavaš
  • Starina Novak
  • Stefan Dečanski
  • Stefan Maksimović
  • Stefan Nemanja
  • Stefan Nikolić
  • Stefan Prvovenčani
  • Stefan Radosavljević
  • Stevan Mokranjac
  • Stevan Veljković
  • Stojan Janković
  • Stojan Ristić
  • Stojanka Pešić
  • Stojanović
  • Strahinja Đurđević
  • Strahinja Ignjatović
  • Suzana Tadić
  • Sveti Sava
  • Svetislav Lazić
  • Svetlana Golubović
  • Svetlana Perić
  • Svetlana Savić
  • Svetomir Mandić
  • Svetozar Miljković

T: 19 names

  • Tadija Vidić
  • Tamara Grujić
  • Tamara Mladenović
  • Tamara Todorović
  • Tanasije Kostić
  • Tanasko Rajić
  • Tanja Tanasković
  • Tatjana Prodanović
  • Teodor Vlahović
  • Teodora Ignjatović
  • Teodora Ilić
  • Teodora Milić
  • Tihomir Lalić
  • Tijana Nedeljković
  • Tijana Ristić
  • Todor Vučković
  • Tomislav Marinković
  • Toplica Milan
  • Trivun Matić

U: 4 names

  • Una Lalić
  • Uroš Lazić
  • Uroš Predić
  • Uroš Radić

V: 47 names

  • Vanja Tasić
  • Vasa Čarapić
  • Vasa Vujić
  • Vasilija Jakovljević
  • Vasilije Golubović
  • Vasko Mitrović
  • Velibor Živković
  • Velimir Lazarević
  • Velinka Radulović
  • Velizar Mihajlović
  • Veljko Jokić
  • Vera Dimitrijević
  • Vera Jeremić
  • Verica Trifunović
  • Verka Jokić
  • Vesna Jović
  • Vesna Živković
  • Vida Urošević
  • Vidak Milenković
  • Vidoje Vujović
  • Vidosava Kovačević
  • Vinka Krstić
  • Violeta Vasiljević
  • Višnja Veljković
  • Vitomir Simić
  • Vladan Mandić
  • Vlade Divac
  • Vladimir Đukić
  • Vladimir Vasiljević
  • Vlado Miletić
  • Vlastimir Zdravković
  • Vojin Milić
  • Vojinović
  • Vojislav Maksimović
  • Vojislava Sekulić
  • Vojvoda Petar Bojović
  • Vojvoda Radomir Putnik
  • Vojvoda Stepa Stepanović
  • Vojvoda Živojin Mišić
  • Vuk Branković
  • Vuk Kostić
  • Vuk Radojević
  • Vuk Stefanović Karadžić
  • Vukašin Vasić
  • Vukica Vidić
  • Vukman Tomić
  • Vukota Milojević

Z: 22 names

  • Zagorka Vlahović
  • Zaharije Lukić
  • Žaklina Maksimović
  • Žarko Novaković
  • Zdravko Mladenović
  • Željka Lazarević
  • Živka Zdravković
  • Živko Nešić
  • Živojin Nedeljković
  • Živorad Miljković
  • Zlata Vučković
  • Zlatan Nešić
  • Zlatko Zečević
  • Zmaj Ognjeni Vuk
  • Zora Vujić
  • Zoran Lukić
  • Zoran Stojković
  • Zorana Vujović
  • Zorica Bogdanović
  • Zorka Lalić
  • Zvezdan Živanović
  • Zvezdana Stanišić