Bosnian Submitted Names

Bosnian names are used by the Bosniak people. For additional names, see Serbo-Croatian names, Arabic names and Turkish names.
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Abas m Arabic, Indonesian, Malay, Bosnian
Alternate transcription of Arabic عباس (see Abbas), as well as the Indonesian, Malay and Bosnian form.
Abasa f Bosnian
Bosnian female form of Abbas. It is also the name of the 80th sura of the Qur'an.
Abdurahman m Arabic, Indonesian, Filipino, Tausug, Bosnian
Arabic alternate transcription of Abd al-Rahman as well as the Indonesian, Tausug and Bosnian form.
Abid m Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Bosnian, Azerbaijani
Means "admirer, adorer, worshipper" in Arabic.
Abida f Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Bosnian
Feminine form of Abid.
Adaleta f Bosnian (Rare)
Bosnian form of Adalet.
Adamir m Bosnian (Rare)
Meaning uncertain. A known bearer of this name is the Bosnian politician Adamir Jerković (b. 1958).
Adana f Serbian (Rare), Bosnian
From the name of the city and province in Turkey. Adan is also the name of a garden in Quran.
Ademija f Bosnian (Rare)
Feminine form of Adem.
Adi m Bosnian
Diminutive of names like Adnan, Adian and other Bosnian names beginning with Ad.
Adian m Bosnian
Possibly of Arabic descent, meaning '‘religious, devout’'.
Adina f Bosnian
Feminine form of Adin.
Adisa f Bosnian, Albanian
Feminine form of Adis.
Adla f Bosnian, Arabic
Female form of Adil.
Admira f Bosnian, Slovene
Feminine form of Admir. A known bearer of this name was the Bosniak woman Admira Ismić (1968-1993), who was killed by snipers when she and her Serbian boyfriend Boško Brkić (1968-1993) were trying to cross a bridge in Sarajevo... [more]
Ado m Bosnian
Bosnian diminutive of Adnan.
Advija f Bosnian
Means "swift, fast" in Bosnian.
Ahilej m Bosnian (Rare), Croatian (Rare)
Bosnian and Croatian form of Achilles.
Aid m Bosnian (Rare)
From Arabic عِيد (ʿīd) meaning "festival, holiday, feast".
Aiša f Bosnian, Croatian
Bosnian and Croatian form of 'Aisha.
Ajlin f Bosnian
Bosnian form of Aylin.
Ajlina f Bosnian
Bosnian form of the Turkish name Aylin.
Ajnija f & m Bosnian
Variant of Ajna and Ajnela.
Aladin m Arabic, Maguindanao, Indonesian, Bosnian
Alternate transcription of Arabic علاء الدين (see Ala al-Din), as well as the Maguindanao, Indonesian and Bosnian form.
Aldijana f Slovene, Bosnian (Rare)
Slovene elaboration of Alda 1.
Alejna f Bosnian
Bosnian form of the Turkish name Aleyna.
Alja f Bosnian
Bosnian form of Alya 1.
Almedin m Bosnian
Masculine form of Almedina.
Almedina f Bosnian
Derived from Arabic al "the" and medina "city".
Almin m Bosnian
Derived from Arabic الْأَمِين (al-ʾamīn) meaning "the trustworthy".
Almina f Bosnian
Feminine form of Almin.
Amer m Arabic, Bosnian
Alternate transcription of 'Aamir.
Amila f Bosnian
Feminine form of Amil.
Amra f Bosnian
Derived from Arabic عَمَرَ ('amara) meaning "to live long, to thrive".
Anakars m Bosnian (Rare), Croatian (Rare)
Bosnian and Croatian form of Anacharsis.
Anel m Bosnian
Male form of Anela or from Latin ānellus “finger ring”.
Anes m Arabic, Bosnian, Indonesian
Variant transcription of Anas.
Anesa f Bosnian
Bosnian form of Anisa.
Anida f Bosnian
Feminine form of Anid.
Ardian m Albanian, Serbian (Modern, Rare), Bosnian
Ardian is a personal name deriving from the name of an Illyrian tribe of Ardiaei, whose original homeland was the valley of the Neretva river, in present day Bosnia and Herzegovina. However, the name is mainly present among modern Albanians, as they consider themselves to be the direct descendants of ancient Illyrians... [more]
Arhimed m Bosnian, Croatian
Bosnian and Croatian form of Archimedes.
Arifa f Arabic, Bengali, Urdu, Dhivehi, Bosnian
Feminine form of Arif.
Armin m Bosnian
Bosnian form of Arminius
Arnela f Bosnian, Slovene
Feminine form of Arnel.
Arnes m Bosnian
Used in Bosnia, borrowed from either German Arnold as a shoter nickname, or Norwegian Arne 1.
Arnesa f Bosnian
Feminine form of Arne.
Asija f Bosnian
Bosnian form of Asiya.
Asklepije m Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian form of Asklepios.
Asmira f Bosnian
Feminine form of Asmir.
Avdo m Bosnian
Diminutive of Abdulah.
Azem m Albanian, Bosnian
Variant of Azim.
Azema f Bosnian (Rare)
Feminine form of Azem.
Azemina f Bosnian, Turkish
It probably has its origins from the Arabic language. Az coming from the word عز meaning strength or might and amin coming from the word أمين meaning trustworthy.
Azim Азим m Arabic, Uzbek, Tajik, Bengali, Persian, Malay, Azerbaijani, Bosnian
Means "magnificent, great, powerful" in Arabic. This can also be used an alternate transcription of Azerbaijani Əzim. In Islamic tradition العظيم (al-Azim) is one of the 99 names of Allah.
Azis Азис m Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian, Bosnian, Romani
Bosnian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian and Romani form of Aziz.
Azrudin m Bosnian, Arabic
From Arabic زهر (ʾazhar) "shining, bright" and دين (dīn) "religion, faith".
Azur m Bosnian
Bosnian male form of Azure. Number 96 in top 100 in 2012 for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Badem m Bosnian (Rare)
Means "almond" in Bosnian.
Badema f Bosnian
Feminine form of Badem.
Baho m Bosnian
Short for of Bahtijar.
Bahrudin m Bosnian
Bosnian form of Bahr ud-Din, which is a variant transcription of Bahr al-Din (see Bahradin).... [more]
Bahta f Bosnian (Rare)
Feminine form of Bahtijar.
Bahtija m Bosnian
Variant of Bahtijar.
Bahtijar m Bosnian
Bosnian form of Bakhtiar.
Bahtjar m Bosnian
Variant of Bahtijar.
Bahto m Bosnian (Rare)
Short form of Bahtijar.
Beja f Judeo-Spanish, Bosnian (Rare), Slovene (Rare)
Judeo-Spanish variant of Bella, also as a Bosnian and Slovene form.
Belja f Bosnian (Archaic)
Bosnian form of Bella.
Belkisa f Bosnian
Bosnian form of Bilqis.
Belmin m Bosnian
Male form of Belma.
Belmina f Bosnian
Feminine form of Belmin.
Belmir m Bosnian
Variant of Belmin.
Berina f Bosnian
Feminine form of Berin.
Beriz m Bosnian
Possibly related to Baraz.
Bizas m Bosnian, Spanish (Rare), Portuguese (Rare)
Bosnian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Byzas.
Bjenvinida f Bosnian
Bosnian form of Bienvenida.
Bonči f Bosnian (Archaic)
Diminutive of Bona.
Bosanka f Bosnian (Rare)
means "Bosnian woman"
Ćazima f Bosnian (Rare)
Feminine form of Ćazim.
Ćejvan m Bosnian (Rare)
Possibly means "the one who guards a high/elevated position".
Cezarion m Bosnian, Croatian, Polish, Romanian
Bosnian, Croatian, Polish and Romanian form of Caesarion.
Ćirilo Ћирило m Serbian, Bosnian
Serbian and Bosnian variant of Cyril.
Dajan m Croatian, Bosnian
Masculine form to Dajana.
Danijar m Bosnian (Rare), Kazakh (Rare)
Bosnian form and Kazakh variant transcription of Daniyar.
Danir m Bosnian
Bosnian male form of Danira.
Danira f Bosnian
Bosnian form of Deïanira.
Delisja f Bosnian (Archaic)
Derived from Spanish delicia "delight, pleasure".
Đelo m Bosnian
Nickname for Đevalhudin.
Đemila f Bosnian
Variant of Džemila.
Demokrit m Bosnian (Rare), Croatian (Rare)
Bosnian and Croatian form of Democritus.
Derviš m Bosnian
Bosnian form of Derviş.
Derviša f Bosnian
Female form of Derviš.
Din m Bosnian, Croatian, Arabic
From Arabic دين (dīn) "religion, faith". It may also be a short form of names ending in din, such as Aldin, Bernardin, or Ajdin, or it may be a variant of Dino.
Dioklecijan m Croatian (Rare), Bosnian (Rare)
Croatian and Bosnian form of Diocletian.
Diomed m Bosnian, Croatian
Bosnian and Croatian form of Diomedes.
Djoja f Bosnian (Archaic)
Possibly a cognate of Gaya. Alternatively, it could be derived from the Spanish word joya, meaning "jewel".
Đoja f Bosnian (Archaic)
Variant transcription of Djoja.
Đustina f Bosnian (Archaic)
Variant transcription of Djustina.
Džanan m Bosnian
Variant of Dženan.
Džaner m Bosnian (Rare)
Bosnian form of Caner.
Džavid m Bosnian
A Bosnian form of the originally Persian name Javed.
Džebra m Bosnian (Rare)
Bosnian form of Jabr.
Džebrail m Bosnian (Rare)
Variant Bosnian form of Gabriel.
Džejna f Bosnian
Short form of Džejlana.
Dželaludin m Bosnian
Bosnian form of Jalal al-Din.
Dželila f Bosnian (Rare)
Bosnian form of Jalila.
Džemal m Bosnian
Bosnian form of Dzhamal.
Džemala f Bosnian
Female form of Džemal.
Džemaludin m Bosnian
Bosnian form of Jamal ad-Din.
Džemil m Bosnian
Variant of Džemal.
Džemila f Bosnian
Bosnian form of Jamila.
Džemo m Bosnian
Short form of Džemaludin.
Dženan m Bosnian
Derived from Janan.
Dženana f Bosnian
Feminine form of Dženan.
Dženef m Bosnian
Variant of Dženet.
Dženet m Bosnian
From dženet meaning ''paradise, garden'', ultimately derived from Arabic جنّة‎‎ Jannah.
Dženeta f Bosnian
Feminine form of Dženet.
Dženit m Bosnian
Variant of Dženet.
Dževad m Bosnian
Bosnian form of Jawad.
Dževada f Bosnian
Feminine form of Dževad.
Džibril m Bosnian (Rare)
Bosnian form of Gabriel.
Edhem m Bosnian
Bosnian form of Adham.
Edin m Bosnian
Derived from Arabic دين (dīn), meaning "religion".
Edina f Bosnian, Slovene, Albanian, Kosovar
Feminine form of Edin.
Ehlimana f Bosnian
Feminine form of Ehliman, meaning "believer". The name is of Arabic origin, and was the 84th name by popularity in 2019 for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Ejub m Bosnian, Albanian
Bosnian and Albanian form of Ayyub.
Eldin m Bosnian, Arabic
Either a variant of Aldin or Alden.
Eldina f Bosnian, Albanian
Feminine form of Eldin.
Elmin m Bosnian
Bosnian form of Almin.
Elvedina f Bosnian
Feminine form of Elvedin.
Elvir m Bosnian, Croatian
Male form of Elvira.
Elzana f Macedonian, Serbian, Bosnian
Female name of Arabic derivation, from ezan, Islamic call to worship.
Elzen m Bosnian
Male form of Elzana.
Eman m Bosnian
Bosnian form of Aman.
Emana f Bosnian (Rare)
Feminine form of Eman.
Emra f Bosnian
Variant of Amra.
Eneja m Bosnian, Croatian
Bosnian and Croatian form of Aeneas.
Enesa f Bosnian
Feminine form of Enes.
Envera f Bosnian, Turkish
Feminine form of Enver.
Epimetej m Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian form of Epimetheus.
Eratosten Ератостен m Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian form of Eratosthenes.
Erdonja f Bosnian (Archaic)
Possibly derived from the Spanish word doña, meaning "lady".
Ereb m Bosnian, Croatian
Bosnian and Croatian form of Erebus.
Ermin m Bosnian
Bosnian form of Armin.
Ernad m Bosnian
Derived from Erna.
Ernesa f Bosnian
Possibly a feminine form of Enes.
Ervina f Bosnian, Croatian, Slovene, Lithuanian, Hungarian, Albanian, Romansh
Bosnian, Croatian, Slovene, Hungarian, Albanian, Romansh and Lithuanian feminine form of Ervin.
Esad m Bosnian, Albanian
Albanian and Bosnian form of Asad.
Esada f Bosnian
Feminine form of Esad.
Esed m Bosnian (Rare)
Variant of Esad.
Esmana f Bosnian
Elaborated form of Esma.
Esmin m Bosnian
Masculine form of Esmina.
Estira f Bosnian
Variant form of Estera attested in Bosnian Sephardic communities.
Estreja f Judeo-Spanish, Bosnian (Archaic)
Judeo-Spanish and Bosnian form of Estrella.
Eumen m Croatian (Rare), Bosnian (Rare)
Croatian and Bosnian form of Eumenes.
Euripid m Bosnian, Croatian
Bosnian and Croatian form of Euripides.
Evarist m Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan (Rare), Croatian (Rare), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Provençal
Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovene form of Evaristus.
Ezan m Bosnian
Male name of Arabic derivation, from ezan, Islamic call to worship.
Fabije m Bosnian, Croatian
Bosnian and Croatian form of Fabius.
Fahret m Bosnian
Variant of Fahrudin.
Fahreta f Bosnian
Feminine form of Fahret.
Fahro m Bosnian
Bosnian short form of Fahrudin.
Fahrudin m Bosnian
Bosnian form of Fakhr al-Din.
Fata f Bosnian
Bosnian short form of Fatima.
Feba f Russian, Bosnian (Rare), English (Rare), Croatian (Rare), Polish (Rare)
Bosnian, Russian, Croatian and Polish form of Phoebe as well as an English variant.
Feđa m Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian form of Fedya. A known bearer of this name is the Bosnian writer Feđa Isović (b. 1965).
Fedja m Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Danish (Rare), Dutch (Rare), German, Swedish (Rare)
Variant transcription of Feđa (Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian) and Fedya (Bulgarian and Russian).... [more]
Fedra f Greek, Azerbaijani, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian (Rare), Galician, Italian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Sicilian, Slovene, Spanish, Ukrainian, Theatre
Modern Greek form of Phaidra (see Phaedra) as well as the standard form in various other languages.... [more]
Fejsal m Bosnian
Bosnian form of Faysal.
Ferida f Bosnian, Arabic
Variant of Farida.
Fika f Bosnian
Short form of Šefika or Fikreta.
Fiko m Bosnian
Short form of Šefik or Fikret.
Fikret m Bosnian, Crimean Tatar
Derived from Arabic فِكْرَة (fikra) meaning "thought, idea".
Fikrija m & f Bosnian
Bosnian male form of Fikri and a female form of Fikriyya.
Frontin m Bosnian, Bulgarian, French (Archaic), Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian
Bosnian, Bulgarian, French, Russian, Serbian and Ukrainian form of Frontinus. In France, the name Frontin can also be a diminutive of Front.
Gigo m Georgian, Macedonian, Bosnian, Montenegrin, Serbian
Diminutive of Giorgi (Georgian), Gligor (Macedonian), Grigol (Georgian) and Igor (Bosnian, Montenegrin and Serbian).
Guzel Гузел f Tatar, Bosnian, Bashkir
Variant transcription of Guzal, Bosnian form of Güzel.
Hadrijan m Bosnian, Croatian
Bosnian and Croatian form of Hadrian.
Hadžira f Bosnian (Rare)
Bosnian form of Hacire
Hajdi f Bosnian
Bosnian borrowing of Heidi.
Hajrija f Bosnian
Bosnian form of Khairia.
Hajrudin m Bosnian
Bosnian variant of Hayreddin.
Halid m Bosnian, Indonesian, Filipino, Maranao, Maguindanao, Tausug
Form of Khalid used in various languages.
Halida f Indonesian, Bosnian
Indonesian and Bosnian form of Khalida.
Hamdija m & f Bosnian
Bosnian form of Hamdi and variant transcription of Hamdiya.
Hanka f Bosnian, Croatian, Sorbian, Polish, Slovak, Czech, Slovene, Hungarian
Diminutive of Hana 2 and Hanna respectively.
Hariz m Arabic, Malay, Bosnian
Means "impenetrable, secure, guarded" in Arabic.
Hasiba f Arabic, Bosnian
Feminine form of Hasib.
Heraklit m Armenian (Rare), Bosnian, Croatian, Danish, German, Norwegian, Polish, Slovene, Ukrainian
Armenian, Bosnian, Croatian, Danish, German, Norwegian, Polish, Slovene and Ukrainian form of Herakleitos via its latinized form Heraclitus.
Herodot m Bosnian, Croatian, German, Polish
Bosnian, Croatian, German and Polish form of Herodotus.
Hestija f Bosnian, Croatian
Bosnian and Croatian form of Hestia.
Hipatija f Bosnian, Lithuanian
Bosnian and Lithuanian form of Hypatia.
Husnija m Bosnian
Variant of Husni.
Ibrica m Bosnian
Nickname for Ibrahim.
Ilhana f Bosnian
Bosnian feminine form of İlhan.
Ilir Илир m Bosnian
Means Illyrian the ancestors of the bosniaks and Serbian people.
Inela f Bosnian
Meaning unknown at this time. A famous bearer of this name is Inela Nogić (b. 1976), a Bosnian woman who won a beauty pageant contest during the Siege of Sarajevo (1992-1996). The story behind the contest as well as amateur footage of it led to the making of a documentary titled Miss Sarajevo, which added to the international pressure to end the siege... [more]
Irfana f Arabic, Bosnian, Indian (Muslim)
A feminine form of Irfan.
Irnesa f Bosnian
Feminine form of Irnes.
Irvin m Bosnian, Indonesian
Bosnian and Indonesian form of the Persian name Arvin.
Ismeta f Bosnian
Feminine form of Ismet.
Izaije f Croatian, Bosnian
Croatian and Bosnian form of Isaiah.
Izerina f Bosnian (Rare)
An elaborated form of Zerina
Izeta f Bosnian
Feminine form of Izet.
Jahja m Indonesian, Albanian, Bosnian
Indonesian, Albanian, and Bosnian form of Yahya.
Jasin m Bosnian, Albanian
Bosnian and Albanian form of Yasin.
Jasone m Czech, Croatian, Bosnian, Serbian
Czech, Croatian, Bosnian, and Serbian form of Jason.
Kalistrat m Bosnian, Croatian
Bosnian and Croatian form of Callistratus.
Kan m Bosnian
A Bosnian form of Khan.
Kanita f Bosnian
Bosnian form of Qanita.
Kaplan m Turkish, Bosnian (Rare)
Means "tiger" in Turkish.
Karloman m Bosnian, Croatian, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish
Variant of Carloman. In Swedish and Norwegian, only used in translations of historical documents regarding the Frankish rulers.
Kasim m Arabic, Malay, Indonesian, Bosnian
Alternate transcription of Qasim as well as the Malay, Indonesian, and Bosnian form.
Kasiodor m Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian
Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian and Serbian form of Cassiodorus.
Kerim m Lezgin, Chechen, Karachay-Balkar, Abazin, Turkmen, Kyrgyz, Bosnian
Form of Karim used in various languages.
Kvintilije m Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian form of Quintilius.
Kviterija f Bosnian (Rare), Croatian (Rare)
Bosnian and Croatian form of Quiteria.
Lajla f Bosnian, Croatian, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch (Rare)
Bosnian variant spelling of Lejla and Scandinavian variant of Laila 2.
Leksija Лексија f Bosnian
Lemeana Лемеана f Bosnian
Derived from Ehliman, Ehlimana - meaning believer
Leukip m Bosnian, Croatian
Bosnian and Croatian form of Leukippos via its latinized form Leucippus.
Lipa f Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Russian, Ukrainian
It derives from the Slavic name for the linden tree Lipa (Липа), which originates from the Greek word "Lipos" (λίπος) meaning: "fat, thick". And a shorter form of the Russian and Ukrainian name Olimpiada.
Lizimah m Bosnian, Croatian
Bosnian and Croatian form of Lysimachus.
Loti f Slovene, Bosnian
Diminutive of Karla.
Lunći f Bosnian (Archaic)
Diminutive of Luna.