Message: "Obituaries" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Obituaries

by Sofia

5/2/2011, 1:58 PM

From my local newspapers, year of birth is in brackets.

FEMALE:

Ana (1938)
Anđela (1935) -see Andela
Dragica (1926)
Evica (1934) -diminutive of Eva
Jelena (1926, 1936)
Marica (1926)
Slava (1930, 1937)
Slavica (1953)
Veselka (1941) -related to Vesela
Zdenka (1926)

MALE:

Borislav (1940)
Branko (1928)
Đuro (1940) -see Duro
Dušan (1936) -see Dusan
Ivan (1939)
Josip (1940)
Marko (1938)
Miloš (1932) -see Milos
Miroslav (1949)
Nikola (1947)
Petar (1945)
Slobodan (1963)
Stevo (1956)
Vladimir (1932)
Zlatko (1939)

This message was edited 5/2/2011, 1:59 PM

- Mercy (geekasaurousrex)

5/3/2011, 4:04 AM

I like / love*
Ana
Evica
Jelena
Marica
Veselka

- Caralena Estelle (GiovannaDevorah)

5/2/2011, 4:10 PM

I like:
Ana (1938)
Anđela (1935) -see Andela
Evica (1934) -diminutive of Eva
Jelena (1926, 1936)
Marica (1926)
Branko (1928)
Ivan (1939)
Josip (1940)
Miloš (1932) -see Milos
Nikola (1947)

- Orsino (bananarama) +1

5/2/2011, 1:59 PM

Veselka is interesting. What does it mean?

- Sofia

5/2/2011, 2:50 PM

It's from the adjective 'vesela' meaning happy/cheerful.

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