Ognjen

Ognjen ( Cyrillic Огњен; Serb./kroat.) Or Ognjan ( Cyrillic. Огнян; Bulgar. ) Is a South Slavic male given name .

origin

The name Ognjen / Ognjan is derived from the Slavic word for fire, ognь (in today's štokavian form oganj , in today's Bulgarian form огън [ ogăn ]). Therefore the meaning of the name is the one who comes from the fire or the fiery one .

meaning

The child with the name Ognjen should take over characteristic abilities from fire and be protected from the element fire.

name day

The name day or Slava is on July 30th (called: Ognjena Marija).

Well-known namesake

• Ognjen Cvitan (* 1961), Croatian chess master
• Ognjan Dimow (* 1989), Bulgarian poker player
• Ognjen Koroman (* 1978), Serbian football player
• Ognjen Kraus (* 1945), President of the Jewish community in Zagreb
• Ognjen Matic (* 1989), Australian handball player
• Ognjen Mudrinski (* 1991), Serbian football player
• Ognjen Vukojević (* 1983), Croatian football player of Serbian descent
• Ognjen Tadić (* 1974), Serbian-Bosnian politician

variants

• As a name: Ognjeslav, Ognjan
• Feminine form of Ognjen: Ognjena ( Cyrillic : Огњена), Ognješka
• surname derived from Ognjen : Ognjenović ( Cyrillic Огњеновић) or Ognjanović (Cyrillic Огњановић)
• Other forms with a similar meaning: Ignatius , Ignatios, Vatroslav
• Pet names: Ogi, Oggy, Ogić, Ogo, Orelo, Orienko, Ogiša (Ogisha), Orlo, Oro, Olja, Oždo, Orgili, Ogac