Goran (Slavic name)

This article is about the Slavic name. For the Kurdish name, see Goran (Kurdish name). For the Swedish name, see Göran. For other uses, see Goran (disambiguation).

Goran

Gender	Male
Language(s)	Slavic
Origin
Word/name	Slavic
Meaning	Woodsman Man from the mountains Highlander
Other names
Alternative spelling	Cyrillic: Горан
Nickname(s)	Gogi
Related names	female form Gorana
See also	Gordan

Goran (pronounced [ɡǒran]; Cyrillic: Горан) is a Slavic male first name, mostly used in south Slavic countries such as Croatia, Serbia, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Goran is a Slavic, Pre-Christian name, meaning "highlander" or a mountain-man, someone who lives in the mountains. Hence, Goran in Slavic tradition would mean someone who enjoys and values life in the mountains.

In former Yugoslavia, Mladi Gorani was a Yugoslav Youth Organization tasked with re-foresting Yugoslav highlands.

Variations

Nicknames and cognomen include Gogi [ɡoɡi], Gogo [ɡoːɡo], Goca [ɡotsa]

• female Gorana (Горана)
• female Goranka (Горанка)

Name day

• February 24 in the Roman Catholic Calendar
• July 31 in the Serbian Orthodox Calendar

Famous namesakes

• Goran Bogdanović (politician) (born 1963), Serbian politician
• Goran Bogdanović (footballer born 1967), retired Serbian footballer
• Goran Bregović, Bosnian musician and composer
• Goran Bunjevčević, retired Serbian footballer
• Goran Dragić, Slovene basketball player
• Goran Đorović, retired Serbian footballer
• Goran Cvijanović, Slovenian football player
• Goran Čolak, Croatian free diver, World champion and World record holder
• Goran Gavrančić, Serbian footballer
• Goran Hadžić, Serbian politician in Croatia accused of crimes against humanity
• Goran Ivanišević, Croatian tennis player, 2001 Wimbledon Champion
• Goran Jevtić (actor), Serbian actor and director
• Goran Jurić, Croatian and Yugoslavian international footballer
• Goran Karan, Croatian pop singer
• Ivan Goran Kovačić, Croatian poet
• Goran Marić (footballer) (born 1984), Serbian footballer
• Goran Marić (volleyball) (born 1981), Serbian volleyball player
• Goran Obradović (disambiguation), several people
• Goran Pandev, Macedonian football player
• Goran Popov, Macedonian footballer
• Goran Sablić, Croatian footballer
• Goran Senjanović, Croatian physicist
• Goran Slavkovski, Macedonian-Swedish footballer
• Goran Suton, Bosnian-American basketball player who played for Michigan State University
• Goran Višnjić, Croatian actor
• Goran Vlaović, Croatian footballer
• Goran Milev, Serbian actor
• Goran Vujović, Montenegrin actor
• Goran Vuković, Serbian gangster

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