Boban

Boban is a Croatian family name and Serbian and Montenegrin given name. Among Serbs, Montenegrins and Macedonians, Boban might be used as a nickname form of the name "Slobodan" or "Bogdan". Most Croats named "Boban" are originally from village named Bobanova Draga in the municipality of Grude, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Boban is also a name used in the South Indian population. Notable people with the name include:

Surname:

• Ana Boban, Croatian swimmer who competed for Yugoslavia at 1968 Olympics
• Eugène Boban, French antiquarian who sold the first crystal skulls to museum collections in the late 19th century
• Ljubo Boban, Croatian historian
• Mate Boban, Bosnian-Herzegovian politician
• Rafael Boban, Croatian Ustaše officer
• Vjekoslav Boban, writer & lingvist
• Zvonimir Boban, Croatian footballer
• Boban Zacharia, Indian engineer

Given name:

• Boban Babunski, Yugoslav/Macedonian footballer
• Boban Bajković, Montenegrin footballer
• Boban Čabarkapa, Montenegrin footballer
• Boban Maksimović, Serbian footballer
• Boban Marković, Serbian trumpet player
• Boban Nikolić, Serbian footballer
• Boban Rajović, Montenegrin pop singer

See also

• Boban (album), an album by Boban Rajović
• Boban, an Indian comic character