Dušan

Dušan (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан) is a Slavic name predominantly used by Serbs, Montenegrins, Czechs, Slovaks and Slovenes. Its meaning is soul, spirit. Ethymologically it derives from the name 'spirit', first used by Stephen Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia in the 14th century. Feminine form is "Duša".

People

Stefan Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia, Serbian medieval emperor, the author of Dušan's Code
Dušan Bajević, Serbian footballer and football manager
Dušan Basta, Serbian footballer
Dušan Bogdanović, Serbian-born American composer and classical guitarist
Dusan Djuric, Swedish international footballer of Serbian descent
Dušan Džamonja, Croatian sculptor
Dušan Fitzel, Slovak footballer and football manager
Dušan Galis, Slovak footballer and football manager
Dušan Kalmančok, Slovak astronomer
Dušan Kerkez, Serb footballer
Dušan Kovačević, Serbian playwright
Dušan Matić, Serbian poet
Dušan Makavejev, Serbian film director
Dušan Mihajlović, Serbian footballer
Dušan Otašević, Serbian painter and sculptor
Dušan Petković, Serbian footballer
Dušan Petronijević, Serbian footballer
Dušan Pirjevec, Slovenian literary historian, philosopher and resistance fighter
Dušan Radović, Serbian journalist and writer
Dušan Repovš, Slovenian mathematician
Dušan Ristanović, Serbian biophysicists
Dušan Salfický, Czech ice hockey player
Dušan Slobodník, Slovak literary theoretician, translator and politician.
Dušan Švantner, Slovak politician
Dušan Uhrin, Czech footballer and football manager
Dušan Vemić, Serbian tennis player
Dušan Vukotić, Croatian author and director of short animated films, winner of 1961 Academy Award for short animated film Surogat (Substitute).