I got some for ya...
While I was flipping through my local phone directory, I came across some, um, well, very interesting Croatian names. It's fun to try and trick your tongue into saying these words. Of course, many of these names have little accent marks over certain letters, like the S, C, and Z, which would give you sounds like sh, ch, sz, and so on.
How many times do you think a Croatian has introduced himself/herself to me, and a puzzled look crosses my face as I realize I have never in my life heard their name before? Uh, how do you spell that? Can you say that again please?
For a boy, you could try:
Goran
Igor
Franjo (the j sounds like y, as in yellow)
Domagoj
Darko
Tomislav
Nenad
Sasa (sounds like Sasha, this is a man's name here in Croatia)
Josip (this would be Joseph)
Srdan
Radovan
Mladen
Bozidar (nicknamed Bozo)
Slavo
Hrvoje
Slobodan Kosak
Borko
And for the girls...
Dragica (sounds like Drahgitsa)
Nada
Olga
Ivana
Jadranka
Valentina
Petra
Visnja
Zdenka
Dijana (might be similar to our Diana?)
Huh? I have no clue...
Neven
Ozren
Nela
Dalibor
Spomenka
Goga
Slavica
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Umm....I think I'll stick with my American name;) I would NOT be able to pronounce those! I like your new look.
Are you telling us that searching for a new name is in your near future??
Do tell....
All I shall say, Katie, is "Maybe!!!"
Huh? I have no clue...
Neven- male (its f form is Nevena- flower)
Ozren- male (its a mountain)
Nela- its female
Dalibor- male (f would be Daliborka)
Spomenka- female (it means a memorial statue/ stone that celebrates someone)
Goga- its female derived from Gordana but it can be also for Goran, a male name
Slavica- female - means the one who is celebrated
There are also modern names like Hana, Mia, Stefan (like Stephen), Maya (but with a j- Maja), Alen (like Allan), Tara ( I like this one, its female- mountain), Dasha (girl name), Stasha (also girl), Ivana, Iva, Sofija (like Sophia- wisdom), Andjela ( like Angela), Nina, Sonja (its taken from Sophia), Kristina, Olivera, Teodora, Tea, Tamara, Milana (my favorite) ...
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