Message: "Obituaries" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Obituaries

by Sofia

3/7/2011, 2:59 PM

From my local newspapers. Year of birth is in brackets.

FEMALE:

Ana (1930)
Barbara (1925)
Danica (1932)
Evica (1923) -diminutive of Eva
Jula (1931) -from Julijana, Julia, etc.
Justina (1932)
Kata (1948)
Katica (1932)
Ljubica (1929)
Marica (1919)
Marija (1923, 1931)
Milka (1924)
Miroslava (1925)
Zora (1928)

MALE:

Branko (1923)
Darko (1926)
Josip (1932, 1933, 1935)
Krešimir (1923) -see Kresimir
Marko (1929)
Mato (1930)
Milorad (1965)
Miloš (1934) -see Milos
Mladen (1966)
Nikola (1942)
Slavko (1948)
Stevan (1930)
Stjepan (1922)

#obituaries

This message was edited 3/7/2011, 3:05 PM

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- Alcyone

3/7/2011, 8:27 PM

I like:

Ana
Danica
Evica
Marica
Miroslava
Zora - I love this name.

Krešimir
Marko
Miloš
Stevan

- Kitty (vomiting) +1

3/7/2011, 6:03 PM

Just curious - how is Zora seen over there? I quite like it. Is it an 'old lady name', or would people not really bat an eyelid at a Zora born today?

- Sofia

3/7/2011, 6:24 PM

It is dated and 'an old lady name', but not in a bad way (like Bertha or Ethel). Anyway, dated names (like Jakov, Stjepan, Lovro, Marta...) are having a bit of a revival lately so I don't think anyone would be surprised by it.

This message was edited 3/7/2011, 6:25 PM

- blue_belle +1

3/7/2011, 4:34 PM

'ica' names seemed to be the 'it' thing in that generation, is that still the trend over there? I like / love*:

Ana *
Barbara - it's not that bad after you repeat it a few times and get over how dated it is
Ljubica
Zora* - liking it better than Aurora
Miloš
Nikola* - glad to see it on a male

This message was edited 3/7/2011, 4:35 PM

- Sofia

3/7/2011, 4:59 PM

No, -ica names are dated as full names (they were rare in my generation and are practically extinct now). But since it's the diminutive form they're common for nicknames and pet names for children (and since it's a grammatical category every name can have an -ica form created).

Nikola is exclusively male here, St. Nikola (Nicholas) is a very prominent saint here (he's the patron saint of sailors and since we're a maritime country it's important, and of course here children get gifts on his name day (December 6th) and not on Christmas).

This message was edited 3/7/2011, 5:28 PM

- melsha (MelH)

3/7/2011, 4:13 PM

Cool names, I love Marica, Zora, Milos. And I like the spelling or Marko better than Marco

- kelly +1

3/7/2011, 4:07 PM

Thanks for sharing. I love reading the obituaries for the names too.

I can't really comment though as I have no idea what are "normal" or unusual names for Croatia.
Marica, Zora & Nikola are cool names.

- Sofia

3/7/2011, 4:52 PM

Well, for the currently popular ones you can check the popularity stats on this site (Nikola for example).

I like sharing, variety is good for the soul:-)

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