Dejan (Cyrillic: Дејан) is a South Slavic masculine given name, derived from the Slavic verb dejati, meaning "to act, to do".[1] The name and the derived surname Dejanović are common among South Slavs.
| Pronunciation | [dějan] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Serb |
| Region of origin | Balkans |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Dejaniš, Dejana (f.) |
The name is first recorded in 1325 (1333) for a voevod of king Stefan Uroš.[2]
Notable people edit
- Dejan (fl. 1346-66), Serbian magnate
- Dejan Bodiroga, Serbian basketball player
- Dejan Dabović (1944–2020), Yugoslav water polo player
- Dejan Damjanović, Montenegrin footballer
- Dejan Dimitrovski, Macedonian footballer
- Dejan Gluščević (born 1967), Serbian footballer and manager
- Dejan Iliev (born 1995), Macedonian footballer
- Dejan Janković, Serbian footballer
- Dejan Kelhar, Slovenian footballer
- Dejan Kulusevski, Swedish footballer of Macedonian descent
- Dejan Lovren, Croatian footballer
- Dejan Medaković (1922–2008), Serbian art historian, writer and academician
- Dejan Meleg, Serbian footballer
- Dejan Milojević (1977–2024), Serbian basketball player and coach
- Dejan Petković (born 1972), Serbian football player
- Dejan Petković (born 1958), Serbian singer
- Dejan Savić, Serbian water polo player and coach
- Dejan Savićević, Montenegrin footballer
- Dejan Stanković, Serbian footballer and manager
- Dejan Stefanović, Serbian footballer
- Dejan Stojanović, Serbian poet, writer, essayist, philosopher, businessman and journalist
- Dejan Tomašević, Serbian basketball player
- Dejan Udovičić, Serbian water polo coach
- Dejan Đedović, Serbian futsbal coach
See also edit
- Dejana, feminine given name
Notes edit
- ^ Franz Miklosich (1860), Die Bildung der slavischen Personennamen, p. 62
- ^ Franz Miklosich (1858), Monumenta Serbica, p. 104