Jovan
Jovan ( Cyrillic Јован ) is a Slavic variant of the first name Johannes . The Hebrew name root means "God is gracious". While the variant Iwan (or Ivan ) is used in most Slavic languages , the variant Jovan is particularly common in Serbian and Macedonian . The feminine form is Jovana .
Name bearer
First name
- Jovan Aćimović (* 1948), Yugoslav football player
- Jovan Alexandre (* 1988), American jazz musician
- Jovan Arsenić (* 1974), Serbian film director and screenwriter
- Jovan Bandur (1899–1956), Yugoslav composer
- Jovan Cvijić (1865–1927), Yugoslav geographer
- Jovan Damjanović (* 1982), Serbian football player
- Jovan Delić (* 1949), Serbian literary scholar
- Jovan Divjak (* 1937), Bosnian general
- Jovan Kirovski (* 1976), American football player
- Jovan Nenad († around 1527), Serbian leader
- Jovan Pavlović (Bishop) (1936-2014), Croatian Serbian Orthodox Bishop
- Jovan Perišić (* 1972), Bosnian-Serbian singer
- Jovan Ristić (1831–1899), Serbian politician
- Jovan Vraniškovski (* 1966), Macedonian clergyman
- Jovan Jovanović Zmaj (1833–1904), Serbian poet
family name
- Matej Jovan (* 1970), Slovenian ski racer
- Slavitza Jovan (* 1954), Serbian actress and former model