Dušan

Dušan ( Cyrillic : Душан) is a male given name , which is mostly common among Serbs , Slovaks and Czechs . The nickname is Duško , but it is also used as an independent name.

Origin and meaning

The name Dušan comes from the Slavic word duša (Cyrillic: душа) and means soul in German . A man with this name should have a pure soul and he should be celebrated like Tsar Dušan.

Name bearer

• Stefan Uroš IV. Dušan , ruler of Serbia
• Dušan Bajević (* 1948), Bosnian-Herzegovinian-Serbian football player and coach
• Dušan Basta (* 1984), Serbian football player
• Dušan Bataković (1957–2017), Serbian historian and diplomat
• Dušan Bestvina (* 1981), Slovak football player
• Dušan Bukovac (* 1957), Yugoslav football player and player agent
• Dušan Čaplovič (* 1946), Slovak politician
• Dušan Đurić (* 1984), Swedish football player of Serbian origin
• Dušan Džamonja (1928–2009), Yugoslav sculptor
• Dušan Fitzel (* 1963), Czechoslovak soccer player and coach
• Dušan Frosch (* 1981), German-Czech ice hockey player
• Dušan Gojković (* 1931), Bosnian musician
• Dušan Jurkovič (1868–1947), Slovak architect
• Dušan Kecman (* 1977), Serbian basketball player
• Dušan Kéketi (* 1951), Slovak football goalkeeper
• Dušan Kožíšek (* 1983), Czech cross-country skier
• Dušan Lajović (* 1990), Serbian tennis player
• Dušan Makavejev (1932–2019), Yugoslav film director
• Dušan Mihajlović (* 1948), Serbian politician
• Dušan Milo (* 1973), Slovak ice hockey player
• Dušan Pašek senior (1960–1998), Slovak ice hockey player and official
• Dušan Pašek junior (* 1985), Slovak ice hockey player
• Dušan Petrović (* 1966), Serbian politician
• Dušan Podpečan (* 1975), Slovenian handball player
• Dušan Radolský (* 1950), Slovak football player and coach
• Dušan Radović (1922–1984), Serbian journalist and writer
• Dusan Sakota (* 1986), Greek basketball player of Serbian descent
• Dušan Šimočko (* 1983), Slovak biathlete
• Dušan Simović (1882–1962), Yugoslav general
• Dušan Švento (* 1985), Slovak football player
• Dušan Tadić (* 1988), Serbian football player
• Dušan Tittel (* 1966), Slovak football player and official
• Dušan Třeštík (1933–2007), Czech historian and publicist
• Dušan Trizna (* 1967), Slovak ski mountaineer
• Dušan Uhrin (* 1943), Czechoslovak football player and coach
• Dušan Vasiljević (* 1982), Serbian football player
• Dušan Veškovac (* 1986), Serbian football player
• Dušan Vlahović (* 2000), Serbian football player
• Dušan Živković (* 1986), Austrian football player