Karadžić
This is a Slavic name. The family name "Karadžić" is sometimes transliterated as "Karadzic".
Karadžić / Караџић | |
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Vuk Stefanović Karadžić (1787-1864), Serb linguist, major reformer of the Serbian language | |
Pronunciation | [kâradʒitɕ] |
Origin | |
Word/name | Serbian |
Meaning | "Little Karadža" |
Region of origin |
Serbia Montenegro (Medieval Serbia) |
Other names | |
Related names | Drobnjaci |
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Karadžić (Serbian: Караџић, pronounced [kâradʒitɕ]) is a Serbian and Montenegrin surname. The surname originates from northern Montenegro and is part of the northern Montenegrin Serb clan, the Drobnjaks. The bearers of the surname are Serbian Orthodox Christian, their patron saint is Saint George, the Krsna slava (Serbian Orthodox tradition) being Đurđevdan. The surname may refer to:
- Vuk Stefanović Karadžić (1787-1864), Serb linguist, major reformer of the Serbian language
- Milan Karadžić, Montenegrin director
- Milutin Karadžić (born 1955), Serbian and Montenegrin actor
- Radovan Karadžić (born 1945), former president of the self-proclaimed Serbian Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Ljiljana Zelen Karadžić (born 1945), wife of Radovan Karadžić
- Šujo Karadžić, Montenegrin and Old-Herzegovinian uskok
- Tomislav Karadžić, Serbian football administrator