Milovan

Milovan (Serbian Cyrillic: Милован) is a Slavic name derived from the passive adjective milovati ("caress").[1] It is recorded in Serbia since the Late Middle Ages.[1] Variants include Milovanac and Milovanče.[1] It may refer to:

• Milovan Ćirić (1918–1986), Serbian football manager
• Milovan Đilas (1911–1995), Montenegrin-Serbian Communist politician, theorist and author in Yugoslavia
• Milovan Đorić (born 1945), Serbian football player and manager
• Milovan Danojlić (born 1937), Serbian writer
• Milovan Destil Marković (born 1957), visual artist
• Milovan Drecun (born 1957), Serbian journalist of Montenegrin descent
• Milovan Glišić (1847–1908), Serbian writer, dramatist, and literary theorist
• Milovan Ilic Minimaks (1938–2005), Serbian radio and TV journalist
• Milovan Kapor (born 1991), Canadian soccer player
• Milovan Milovanović (1863–1912), Serbian politician, diplomat and constitutional lawyer
• Milovan Milović (born 1980), Serbian footballer
• Milovan Mirosevic (born 1980), Chilean footballer
• Milovan Obradović (born 1956), Serbian footballer
• Milovan Raković (born 1985), Serbian professional basketball player
• Milovan Sikimić (born 1980), Serbian footballer
• Milovan Vitezović (born 1944), Serbian writer, poet, play writer and satirist
• Milovan Zoričić (1884–1971), Croatian football official and criminal judge
• Milovan Zoričić (statistician) (1850–1912), Croatian statistician

Family names

• Berndt Lubich von Milovan, Hauptsturmführer in the Waffen SS during World War II

Place names

• Milovan, a village in Pleșoi Commune, Dolj County, Romania

Surname

• Ivan Milovan (born 1940), Croatian Roman Catholic prelate

See also

• Milovanov
• Milovanović
• Miloslav, "Mila"
• Slavic names

References

1. Grković 1977, p. 134.

Sources

• Grković, Milica (1977). Rečnik ličnih imena kod Srba. Belgrade: Vuk Karadžić.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)