Male Slovene Names

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1. ADRIJAN (Адријан): Serbian and Slovene form of Latin Adrianus, meaning "from Hadria." 
2. ALEKSANDER: Polish and Slovene form of Greek Alexandros, meaning "defender of men."

3. ALEŠ: Pet form of Polish/Slovene Aleksander "defender of mankind." Compare with another form of Aleš.

4. ALFONZ: Slovene form of Latin Alfonsus, meaning "noble and ready."

5. ALOJZ: Slovak and Slovene form of Latin Aloisius, meaning "famous warrior."

6. ALOJZIJ: Slovene form of Latin Aloisius, meaning "famous warrior."

7. ANDRAŽ: Slovene form of Greek Andreas, meaning "man; warrior."

8. ANDREJ: Czech and Slovene form of Greek Andreas, meaning "man; warrior."

9. ÁVGUST (Август): Slovene form of Roman Latin Augustus, meaning "venerable."

10. BLAŽ: Slovene form of Latin Blasius, meaning "talks with a lisp."

11. BOJAN (Боjaн): Serbian and Slovene form of Slavic Boian, meaning "warrior."

12. BOŠTJAN: Short form of Slovene Sebastjan, meaning "from Sebaste."

13. BRANIMIR (Бранимир): Bulgarian name composed of the Slavic elements bron "protection" and mir "peace," hence "protector of peace." Also in use by the Croatians and Slovenians.

14. BRANISLAV (Бранислав): Serbian form of Slavic Bronislav, meaning "glorious protector." Also in use by the Czechs, Slovaks and Slovenians.

15. CIRIL: Slovene form of Greek Kyrillos, meaning "lord."

16. CVETKO (Цветко): Slovene name derived from the Slavic word cvet, meaning "blossom."

17. DAMIJAN: Slovene form of Greek Damianos, meaning "to tame, to subdue" and euphemistically "to kill." 

18. DAMJAN: Variant spelling of Slovene Damijan, meaning "to tame, to subdue" and euphemistically "to kill." 

19. DÁVID: Hungarian, Slovak and Slovenian form of Hebrew David, meaning "beloved."

20. DIMITRIJ: Slovene form of Latin Demetrius, meaning "loves the earth" or "follower of Demeter."

21. DOMEN: Slovene form of Latin Dominicus, meaning "belongs to the lord."

22. DRAGAN (Serbian: Драган): Slavic name derived from the word drag, meaning "dear, beloved." In use by the Croatians, Serbians and Slovenes.

23. DRAGO (Serbian: Драго): Slavic name derived from the word drago meaning "precious." In use by the Croatians, Serbians, Slovenes. Compare with another form of Drago.
24. FRANČ: Short form of Slovene Frančišek, meaning "French."
25. FRANČIŠEK: Slovene form of Latin Franciscus, meaning "French."
26. FRIDERIK: Slovene form of German Frideric, meaning "peaceful ruler."
27. GAŠPER: Slovene form of Portuguese/Spanish Gaspar, meaning "treasure bearer." 
28. IGNAC: Short form of Slovene Ignacij, possibly meaning "unknowing."
29. IGNACIJ: Slovene form of Latin Ignatius, possibly meaning "unknowing."
30. IZIDOR: Slovene form of English Isidoros, meaning "gift of Isis."
31. JAKA: Slovene form of Latin Jacobus, meaning "supplanter."
32. JANEZ: Slovene form of Latin Johannes, meaning "God is gracious."
33. JANKO: Pet form of Slovene Janez, meaning "God is gracious." Compare with another form of Janko.
34. JERNEJ: Slovene form of Greek Bartholomaios, meaning "son of Talmai."
35. JOSIP: Croatian and Slovene form of Greek Ioseph, meaning "(God) shall add (another son)." 
36. JOŽE: Pet form of Slovene Jožef, meaning "(God) shall add (another son)." 
37. JOŽEF: Slovene form of Greek Ioseph (Hebrew Yowceph), meaning "(God) shall add (another son)."
38. JOZO: Pet form of Croatian/Slovene Josip, meaning "(God) shall add (another son)." 
39. JÚLIJ: Slovene form of Roman Latin Julius, meaning "descended from Jupiter (Jove)."
40. JURE: Croatian and Slovene form of Greek Georgios, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
41. JURIJ: Slovene form of Greek Georgios, meaning "earth-worker, farmer."
42. KAREL: Slovene form of English/French Charles, meaning "man." Compare with other forms of Karel.
43. KLEMEN: Slovene form of Greek Klementos, meaning "gentle and merciful."
44. KRISTIJAN: Croatian, Serbian and Slovene form of Greek Christianos, meaning "believer" or "follower of Christ."
45. KRIŠTOF: Slovak and Slovene form of Greek Christophoros, meaning "Christ-bearer." 
46. LJUDMIL (Людмил): Slovene form of Czech/Russian Ludmil, meaning "people's favor."
47. LOJZE: Slovene pet form of Alojz, meaning "famous warrior."
48. LOVRENC: Slovene form of Roman Latin Laurentius, meaning "of Laurentum."
49. LOVRO: Pet form of Slovene Lovrenc, meaning "of Laurentum."
50. MARIJAN: Croatian and Slovene form of Roman Latin Marian, meaning "like Marius."
51. MARJAN: Slovene form of Roman Latin Marianus, meaning "like Marius."
52. MARKO: Serbian and Slovene form of Greek Markos, meaning "defense" or "of the sea." Also in use by the Basques, Bulgarians, Dutch, Finnish, Germans, and Romani. Compare with another form of Marko.
53. MÁRTINEK: Slovene form of Latin Martinus, meaning "of/like Mars."
54. MATEJ: Slovene form of Greek Mattathias, meaning "gift of God."
55. MATEVŽ: Slovene form of Greek Mattathias, meaning "gift of God."
56. MATJAŽ: Slovene form of Greek Mattathias, meaning "gift of God."
57. METOD: Slovene form of Greek Methodios, meaning "method."
58. MIHA: Short form of Slovene Mihael, meaning "who is like God?"
59. MIHAEL: Slovene form of Greek Michaēl, meaning "who is like God?"
60. MIHAIL: Variant spelling of Slovene Mihael, meaning "who is like God?"
61. MIKLAVŽ: Slovene form of Greek Nikolaos, meaning "victor of the people." 
62. MITJA: Pet form of Slovene Dimitrij, meaning "loves the earth" or "follower of Demeter."
63. NEJC: Pet form of Slovene Jernej, meaning "son of Talmai."
64. NIKOLA (Cyrillic: Никола): A derivative of Greek Nikolaos, meaning "victor of the people." In wide use throughout Europe: Basque Country, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Serbia, Russia, Slovenia, Yugoslavia.
65. NIKOLAJ: Slovene form of Greek Nikolaos, meaning "victor of the people." 
66. PRIMOŽ: Slovene form of Latin Primus, meaning "first."
67. RAJMUND: Polish and Slovene form of Frankish Raginmund, meaning "wise protector."
68. RIHARD: Slovene form of Old High German Ricohard, meaning "powerful ruler."
69. SAŠO: Slovene pet form of Polish/Slovene Aleksander, meaning "defender of mankind." 
70. SEBASTIJAN: Slovene form of Greek Sebastianos, meaning "from Sebaste."
71. SEBASTJAN: Slovene form of Greek Sebastianos, meaning "from Sebaste."
72. STANISLAV (Станислав): Slavic name composed of the elements stan "government" and slav "glory," hence "glorious government." In use by the Bulgarians, Czechs, Croatians, Russians, Serbians, Slovaks, Slovenes, and Ukrainians.
73. �TEFAN: Czech and Slovak and Slovene form of Greek Stephanos, meaning "crown."
74. STOJAN (Стојан): Serbian and Slovene form of Bulgarian Stoyan, meaning "stand, stay." 
75. TADEJ: Slovene form of Greek Thaddaios, meaning "courageous, large-hearted."
76. TIMOTEJ (Тимотеј): Slovene form of Greek Timotheos, meaning "to honor God."
77. TINEK: Short form of Slovene Mártinek, meaning "of/like Mars."
78. TOMAŽ: Slovene form of Greek Thōmas, meaning "twin."
79. VID: Slovene form of Roman Latin Vitus, meaning "life."
80. VILJEM (Виљем): Slovene form of German Wilhelm, meaning "will-helmet."
81. ŽIGA: Slovene form of Old High German Sigmund, meaning "victory-protection."

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