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Goran Gender Male Language(s)
Slavic Word/name Slavic Meaning Woodsman Man from the mountains Highlander Alternative spelling
Cyrillic : Горан Nickname(s) Gogi Related names female form
Gorana See also
Gordan
Goran (pronounced
[ɡǒran] ;
Cyrillic : Горан ) is a
Slavic male first name , mostly used in
south Slavic countries such as
Croatia ,
Serbia ,
North Macedonia ,
Montenegro and
Bosnia and Herzegovina .
Goran is a Slavic, Pre-Christian name, meaning "highlander" or a mountain-man, someone who lives in the mountains. Hence, Goran in Slavic tradition would mean someone who enjoys and values life in the mountains.
In
former Yugoslavia ,
Mladi Gorani was a Yugoslav Youth Organization tasked with re-foresting Yugoslav highlands.
Variations
Nicknames and cognomen include Gogi [ɡoɡi] , Gogo [ɡoːɡo] .
Name day
February 24 in the Roman Catholic Calendar
July 31 in the Serbian Orthodox Calendar
Famous namesakes
Goran Bogdanović (politician) (born 1963), Serbian politician
Goran Bogdanović (footballer born 1967) , retired Serbian footballer
Goran Bregović , Bosnian musician and composer
Goran Bunjevčević , retired Serbian footballer
Goran Dragić , Slovene basketball player
Goran Đorović , retired Serbian footballer
Goran Cvijanović , Slovenian football player
Goran Čolak , Croatian free diver, World champion and World record holder
Goran Gavrančić , Serbian footballer
Goran Hadžić , Serbian politician in Croatia accused of
crimes against humanity
Goran Ivanišević , Croatian tennis player,
2001 Wimbledon Champion
Goran Jevtić (actor) , Serbian actor and director
Goran Jurić , Croatian and Yugoslavian international footballer
Goran Karan , Croatian pop singer
Ivan Goran Kovačić , Croatian poet
Goran Marić (footballer) (born 1984), Serbian footballer
Goran Marić (volleyball) (born 1981), Serbian volleyball player
Goran Obradović (disambiguation) , several people
Goran Pandev , Macedonian football player
Goran Popov , Macedonian footballer
Goran Sablić , Croatian footballer
Goran Senjanović , Croatian physicist
Goran Slavkovski , Macedonian-Swedish footballer
Goran Suton , Bosnian-American basketball player who played for
Michigan State University
Goran Višnjić , Croatian actor
Goran Vlaović , Croatian footballer
Goran Milev , Serbian actor
Goran Vuković , Serbian gangster
References