''-drag'' () and ''-drog'' is a common
Slavic given name word root, ''
drag
Drag or The Drag may refer to:
Places
* Drag, Norway, a village in Tysfjord municipality, Nordland, Norway
* ''Drág'', the Hungarian name for Dragu Commune in Sălaj County, Romania
* Drag (Austin, Texas), the portion of Guadalupe Street adj ...
'' meaning "dear, beloved", in single-lexemed and dithematic (two lexemes) names.
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Examples
Single-lexeme names
*Serbo-Croatian
Dragan
Dragan (, sr-Cyrl, Драган) is a popular Serbo-Croatian masculine given name derived from the common Slavic element ''drag'' meaning "dear, beloved". The feminine form is Dragana.
People named Dragan include:
Politicians and office holde ...
;
Dragana (with
past participle suffix ''-an'')
*Serbo-Croatian
Dragić (with
diminutive
A diminutive is a root word that has been modified to convey a slighter degree of its root meaning, either to convey the smallness of the object or quality named, or to convey a sense of intimacy or endearment. A ( abbreviated ) is a word-form ...
suffix ''
-ić
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English-speaking countries
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Spanish-speaking countries
Argentina
In Argentina, normally only one family na ...
'')
*Serbo-Croatian
Dragica
Dragica (Cyrillic: Драгица) is a South Slavic feminine given name.
Those bearing it include:
* Dragica Cepernić (1981— ), Croatian football player
* Dragica Džono (1987— ), Croatian handball player
* Dragica Đurić (1963— ), form ...
(with suffix ''
-ica'')
*Serbo-Croatian
Dragoje Dragoje (Cyrillic: Драгоје) is a masculine given name of Slavic origin. It may refer to:
*Dragoje Leković (born 1967), retired football goalkeeper
See also
*Dragojević Dragojević (Cyrillic: Драгојевић) is a Croatian, Montene ...
(with suffix ''
-oje'')
*Serbo-Croatian
Dragaš
Dragash or Sharr ( sq-definite, Dragashi or ''Sharri'') or Dragaš ( sr-cyr, Драгаш), is a town and municipality located in the Prizren District of Kosovo. According to the 2011 census, the town of Dragash has 1,098 inhabitants, while the ...
(with suffix ''
-aš'')
*Serbo-Croatian
Dragoš (with suffix ''
-oš'')
*Serbo-Croatian
Dragiša (with suffix ''
-iša'')
*Serbo-Croatian
Dragutin
Dragutin (Cyrillic: Драгутин) is a masculine given name.
Those bearing it include:
* Stephen Dragutin of Serbia
* Dragutin Topić
* Dragutin Dimitrijević
* Dragutin Mitić
* Dragutin Tadijanović
* Dragutin Šurbek
* Dragutin Lerman
* ...
(with suffix ''
-utin'')
Dithematic names
;Prefixed
*Serbo-Croatian
Dragimir,
Dragomir
Dragomir () is a Slavic masculine name, mostly found in Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Russia, and Ukraine as well as Romania. It is composed of the Slavic words ''drag'' (dear, precious) and ''mir'' (peace), both ve ...
(from ''mir'', "peace, world")
*Serbo-Croatian
Dragislav,
Dragoslav ;
Dragoslava (from ''slava'', "glory, fame")
*Serbo-Croatian
Dragivoj,
Dragivoje (from ''voj'', "war")
*Serbo-Croatian
Dragoljub
Dragoljub ( sr-cyr, Драгољуб) is a Serbian masculine given name, derived from Slavic '' drag-'' ("dear, beloved") and ''ljub'' ("love, to like"), both very common in Slavic dithematic names. It roughly means "dear love". It may refer to:
...
(from ''ljub'', "love, to like")
*Serbo-Croatian
Dragorad (from ''rad'', "happy, eager, to care")
*Serbo-Croatian
Dragosav (from ''sav'', "all, every")
;Suffixed
*Serbo-Croatian
Ljubodrag (from ''ljub'', "love, to like")
*Serbo-Croatian
Milidrag,
Milodrag (from ''milo'', "love, to like")
*Serbo-Croatian
Miodrag Miodrag ( sr-Cyrl, Миодраг) is a South Slavonic, for all purposes almost exclusively Serbian, masculine given name, derived from ''mio'' ("tender, cute") and ''drag'' ("dear, beloved"), both common in Slavonic dithematic names. It may refer ...
(from ''mio'', "tender, cute")
*Serbo-Croatian
Predrag (from ''pre'', "very, much")
*Serbo-Croatian
Svedrag (from ''sve'', "all")
*Serbo-Croatian
Vojdrag,
Vojidrag (from ''voj'', "war")
*Serbo-Croatian
Vukdrag
Vukdrag ( sr-cyr, Вукдраг; d. 1327) was a Serbian nobleman who served King Stefan Dečanski (r. 1321–31) as ''čelnik''. He was a magnate in the Rudnik mountain area, who founded (as the ''ktetor'') the Raška style church in Dići (near ...
,
Vukodrag (from ''
vuk'', "wolf")
*Serbo-Croatian
Živodrag (from ''živo'', "living")
See also
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Slavic dithematic names
References
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*{{cite book, author=Katarina Stojanović, title=Srpska imena: narodna i hrišćanska, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oIDhGAAACAAJ, year=2007, publisher=Gramatik, isbn=978-86-84421-51-9
Slavic given names