Zvezdan (name)

Zvezdan ( Cyrillic : Звездан) is a male given name, which is common in the Ekavic pronunciation, especially in Serbia . The name also exists in the Ijekavic form as Zvjezdan or Zvijezdan (mostly in Bosnia and Herzegovina , Croatia and Montenegro ) and in the ikavic variant as Zvizdan (very rare in Bosnia and Herzegovina and somewhat more common in Croatia).

The feminine form is accordingly Zvezdana, Zvjezdana, Zvijezdana and Zvizdana.

origin

The name is derived from the Serbo-Croatian word zvezda , zvijezda or zvjezda and zvizda (German star).

Well-known namesake

• Zvezdan Čebinac (1939–2012), Serbian-Yugoslav football player
• Zvezdan Jovanović (* 1965), famous sniper and murderer of Zoran Đinđić
• Zvezdan Terzić (* 1966), Serbian-Yugoslav football player and former president of the Serbian Football Association
• Zvjezdan Misimović (* 1982), Bosnian-Herzegovinian football player of Serbian descent
• Zvezdan Pejović (* 1966), Montenegrin football player