Miloš
| Miloš | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation |
/mîloʃ/ (sr) /mɪloʃ/ (cs) |
| Gender | male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Slavic |
| Meaning | milost ("dear") |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Milosh |
| Variant form(s) | Miłosz |
Miloš (Cyrillic: Милош, Serbo-Croatian pronunciation: [mîloʃ], Czech pronunciation: [ˈmɪloʃ]) is a Slavic masculine given name common in Serbia and Montenegro, and to a lesser degree in the Czech Republic. In Polish, the name is spelled Miłosz. Miloš is a Slavic given name recorded from the early Middle Ages among the Serbs, Czechs and Poles. It is derived from the Slavic root mil-, "merciful" or "dear", which is found in a great number of Slavic given names.[1] In former Yugoslavia, it is predominantly borne by ethnic Serbs.
In Serbia, it was the 6th most popular name in 2011, 4th in 1991, 1st in 1981.[2] In the Czech Republic, there were 28,998 (39th) with the name in 2006.[3] In Croatia, there were 2,105 in 2011.[4]
Notable people
- Miloš Vojinović (fl. 1330), Serbian nobleman
- Miloš Obilić (fl. 1389), legendary Serbian knight - the most famous Miloš
- Miloš Bogunović, Serbian footballer
- Miloš Budaković, Serbian footballer
- Miloš Crnjanski, Serbian poet, author,diplomat
- Miloš Dimitrijević, Serbian footballer
- Millosh Gjergj Nikolla (Miloš Đorđe Nikolić), Albanian poet
- Miloš Forman, Czech film director, screenwriter, actor and professor
- Miloš Holuša, Czech race walker
- Miloš Karadaglić, Montenegrin classical guitarist
- Miloš Krasić, Serbian footballer
- Miloš Marić, Serbian football central midfielder
- Miloš Milošević, Croatian swimmer
- Miloš Milutinović, Serbian footballer and manager
- Miloš Ninković, Serbian footballer
- Miloš Obrenović I, Prince of Serbia
- Miloš Pavlović (racing driver)
- Milos Raonic, Montenegrin-born Canadian tennis player
- Miloš Šestić, Serbian footballer
- Miloš Teodosić, Serbian professional basketball player
- Miloš Tichý, Czech astronomer
- Miloš Vujanić, Serbian professional basketball player
- Miloš Zahradník, Czech mathematician
- Miloš Zeman, President of the Czech Republic. Also known as "fašoun Miloš".
See also
References
- ↑ Miklosich, Franz (1860). Die Bildung der slavischen Personennamen (in German). Vienna: Aus der kaiserlich-königlichen Hoff- und Staatdruckerei. pp. 76–77.
- ↑ Најчешћа имена и презимена (PDF) (in Serbian). Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. 2011. pp. 96–97.
- ↑ "Četnost jmen a příjmení".
- ↑ "Names and surnames in Republic of Croatia". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012. Retrieved 2013-09-08.
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