Goran
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This article is about the Slavic name. For the Kurdish name, see Goran (Kurdish name). For the Swedish name, see Göran. For the Major Case Squad detective on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, see Bobby Goren. For other uses, see Goran (disambiguation).
| Goran | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Language(s) | South Slavic |
| Origin | |
| Word/Name | Slavic |
| Meaning |
Woodsman Man from the mountains Highlander |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Gordana, Goranka, Gorana |
Goran (Cyrillic: Горан) is a South Slavic male first name, mostly used in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Slovenia.
Etymology
In the South Slavic languages, Goran means "woodsman", "the man from the mountains" or "highlander"; the name can also have a metaphorical meaning "tall as a tree", "the big one", "the tall one".
Variations
Nicknames and cognomen include Gogi [ɡoɡi], Gogo [ɡoːɡo].
- male Goranko (Горанко)
- female Goranka (Горанка)
- female Gorana (Горана), nickname Goca [ɡotsa]
Name day
- February 24 in the Roman Catholic Calendar
- July 31 in the Serbian Orthodox Calendar
Famous namesakes
- Goran Bogdanović (politician) (born 1963), Serbian politician
- Goran Bogdanović (footballer born 1967), retired Serbian footballer
- Goran Bogdanović (footballer born 1990), Macedonian football defender
- Goran Bregović, Bosnian musician and composer
- Goran Bunjevčević, Serbian footballer
- Goran Dragic, Slovene basketball player
- Goran Čolak, Croatian free diver, World champion and World record holder
- Goran Gavrančić, Serbian footballer
- Goran Hadžić, Serbian politician in Croatia
- Goran Ivanišević, Croatian tennis player, 2001 Wimbledon Champion
- Goran Jurić, Croatian and Yugoslavian international footballer
- Goran Karan, Croatian pop singer
- Goran Marić (footballer) (born 1984), Serbian footballer
- Goran Marić (volleyball) (born 1981), Serbian volleyball player
- Goran Pandev, Macedonian football player
- Goran Popov, Macedonian footballer
- Goran Sablić, Croatian footballer
- Goran Senjanović, Croatian Physicist
- Goran Slavkovski, Macedonian-Swedish footballer
- Goran Suton, Bosnia-American basketball player who played collegiately for Michigan State University
- Goran Višnjić, Croatian actor
- Goran Vlaovic, Croatian footballer
- Goran Ratković, Serbian web designer
- Ivan Goran Kovačić, Croatian poet
- Goran Cvijanovic, Professional Voice Raiser
- Čika Gogec, Croatian QROOZA founder
- Goran Žerić, Croatian Actor/Comedian
- Goran Boceski, Macedonian software developer
See also
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