Vukmir (Serbian Cyrillic: Вукмир) is a Slavic male given name and surname.[1] It is derived from the Slavic noun vuk (wolf) and mir (peace). It is one of many Serbian given names derived from vuk.[2] All the derivatives from vuk were regarded as apotropaic names.[3] At least 66 people with the surname died at the Jasenovac concentration camp.[4] It may refer to:

Vukmir
Pronunciation[vuːk]
Gendermale
Language(s)Serbian, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian
Origin
Language(s)Slavic
Meaning"wolf" + "lord"
Region of originSlavic
Other names
Variant form(s)Vukmira (female)
Vukmirović (surname)
Related namesSee Vuk (name) and list

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  1. ^ До Вука и од Вука: нашим језичким стазама, pp. 101-104
  2. ^ Miklosich, Franz (1860). Die Bildung der slavischen Personennamen (in German). Vienna: Aus der kaiserlich-königlichen Hoff- und Staatdruckerei. pp. 44–45.
  3. ^ Čajkanović, Veselin (1973). Đurić, Vojislav (ed.). Мит и религија у Срба: изабране студије (in Serbian). Belgrade: Srpska književna zadruga. p. 60.
  4. ^ "Jasenovac Research Institute".