Mirko (

Cyrillic script The Cyrillic script ( ), Slavonic script or the Slavic script, is a writing system used for various languages across Eurasia. It is the designated national script in various Slavic, Turkic, Mongolic, Uralic, Caucasian and Iranic-speaking c ...

: Мирко) is a masculine given name of South Slavic origin. By Slavic etymology, the name is composed of the root ''mir'' (meaning

peace Peace is a concept of societal friendship and harmony in the absence of hostility and violence. In a social sense, peace is commonly used to mean a lack of conflict (such as war) and freedom from fear of violence between individuals or groups. ...

) and

hypocoristic A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek: (), from (), 'to call by pet names', sometimes also ''hypocoristic'') or pet name is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as '' Izzy'' for ...

suffix ''-ko'' usual in

South Slavic languages The South Slavic languages are one of three branches of the Slavic languages. There are approximately 30 million speakers, mainly in the Balkans. These are separated geographically from speakers of the other two Slavic branches ( West and Eas ...

, which together means "the peaceful one". Mirko is sometimes used as a short, hypocoristic form of Miroslav in some Slavic languages. The name is widely popular in Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Slovenia, Italy and Germany. The alternative spelling in

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...

and

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is Mirco. The nationality of those men with the forename Mirko who are from outside the Slavic region is listed next to the name. Notable men with the forename Mirko: *

Prince Mirko of Montenegro Prince Mirko Dimitri Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro ( sr-Cyrl, Мирко Петровић-Његош; 17 April 1879 – 2 March 1918) was born in Cetinje, the second son of King Nicholas I of Montenegro and Milena Vukotić. Prince Mirko pr ...

* Mirko Alilović *

Mirko Bašić Mirko Bašić (born 14 September 1960 in Bjelovar, SFR Yugoslavia) is a former Croatian handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics. He has also played six EHF Champions League finals winning two in ...

Mirko Bellodi Mirko Bellodi (born 20 October 1973) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Career Born in Suzzara, the Province of Province of Mantua ( it, Mantova), Lombardy, Bellodi started his career at Parma. From 1992 t ...

, Italian * Mirko Bogović *

Mirko Boland Mirko Boland (born 23 April 1987) is a German professional footballer who plays for VfB Lübeck as a midfielder. Career Boland grew up in the Lower Rhine region, North Rhine-Westphalia, and played youth football for SV Rees, FC Schalke 04 and ...

, German *

Mirko Bolesan Mirko (Cyrillic script: Мирко) is a masculine given name of South Slavic origin. By Slavic languages, Slavic etymology, the name is composed of the root ''mir'' (meaning peace) and hypocorism, hypocoristic suffix ''-ko'' usual in South Slavic ...

, Italian * Mirko Bortolotti, Italian *

Mirko Bröder Mirko (Imre) Bröder, or Broeder, Broder, Breder (1911–1943) was a Hungarian–born Yugoslav chess master. Born in Budapest, he grew up in Novi Sad, Voivodina (then Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes), where he studied law. He won a si ...

, Hungarian * Mirko Bunjevčević *

Mirko Casper Mirko Casper (born 1 March 1982 in Zell (Mosel), Rhineland-Palatinate) is a German former professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of foot ...

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Mirko Castillo Mirko Castillo (born August 30, 1962 in Lima, Peru) was a Peruvian soccer forward who spent his entire professional career in the United States. He played two seasons in the American Soccer League, tying Ricardo Alonso as the 1990 league lead ...

, Peruvian *

Mirko Celestino Mirko Celestino (born 19 March 1974 in Albenga) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist, specializing in the classic cycle races. His biggest career achievements to date include winning the ''monumental classic''— Giro di Lomba ...

, Italian *

Mirko Corsano Mirko Corsano (born 28 October 1973 in Casarano) is a volleyball player from Italy, who won the bronze medal with the men's national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Playing as a libero, he claimed his first title for the ''Azzurri'' in 1999 ...

, Italian *

Mirko Cvetković Mirko Cvetković ( sr-Cyr, Мирко Цветковић, ; born 16 August 1950) is a Serbian economist and former politician who served as the prime minister of Serbia from 2008 to 2012 and as finance minister from 2007 to 2008, and again from ...

Mirko Damjanović Mirko Damjanović (Cyrillic: Мирко Дамјановић) (1937 – 25 December 2010) was a Serbian football coach. He was head coach of FK Partizan from 1973 to 1974. He also worked at FK Rad, FK Leotar and FK Sartid among others, and ...

Mirko Derenčin Mirko ( Cyrillic script: Мирко) is a masculine given name of South Slavic origin. By Slavic etymology, the name is composed of the root ''mir'' (meaning peace) and hypocoristic suffix ''-ko'' usual in South Slavic languages, which togethe ...

Mirko Dickhaut Mirko Dickhaut (born 11 January 1971) is a German football coach and a former player. Career statistics References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dickhaut, Mirko 1971 births Living people 2. Bundesliga managers Sportspeople from Kass ...

, German *

Mirko Dorner Mirko Dorner (March 7, 1921 in Budapest – May 2, 2004 in Essen) was a German- Hungarian cellist, composer and painter, raised in Belgrade. Dorner was trained at the Belgrade Conservatory and the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (1939–42). ...

, German *

Mirko Eichhorn Mirko Eichhorn (born 30 August 1971) is a former German figure skater. He won two national titles, East German in 1989 and German in 1992. He competed at four World Championships A world championship is generally an international competitio ...

, German *

Mirko Ellis Mirko Ellis (4 September 1923 – 11 September 2014) was a Swiss-Italian film, stage and television actor. Born Mirko Korcinsky in Locarno to a family of Lithuanian origin, Ellis moved, after his studies, to Italy, where he made his film debut in ...

, Italian *

Mirko Englich Mirko Englich (born 28 August 1978) is a German Greco-Roman wrestler. He won two silver medals at the European Wrestling Championships in 2003 and 2008. Englich won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), of ...

, German * Mirko Eramo, Italian *

Mirko Fait Mirko Fait (born 3 June 1965) is an Italian jazz saxophonist The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instrument ...

, Italian *Mirko Filipović, better known as

Mirko Cro Cop Mirko Filipović (; born 10 September 1974), better known by his ring name Mirko Cro Cop, is a retired Croatian professional mixed martial artist, kickboxer and amateur boxer. He is mostly known for his time in Pride Fighting Championships. Cro ...

* Mirko Gashi, Albanian *

Mirko Giacomo Nenzi Mirko Giacomo Nenzi (born 14 November 1989) is an Italian speed skater. He finished sixth in the men's 1000 metres event at the 2013 World Single Distance Championships. At the 2013–14 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – World Cup 3 he won a si ...

, Italian *

Mirko Giansanti Mirko Giansanti (born 14 September 1976 in Terni) is an Italian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His best year was in 1998 when he finished on the podium four times and finished in sixth place in the 125cc world championship. In 2008, G ...

, Italian *

Mirko Gori Mirko Gori (born 4 February 1993) is an Italian footballer who plays for club Triestina. Biography Gori started his career at Frosinone. He was the member of the under-16–17 mixed team in 2008–09 season, as well as for the under-20 reserve ...

, Italian *

Mirko Grabovac Mirko Grabovac (born 19 September 1971) is a Croatian former professional football player and coach. He had changed his nationality to Singaporean in 2001 in order to play for the Singapore national football team before renouncing it in 2008. ...

Mirko Grmek Mirko Dražen Grmek (9 January 1924 – 6 March 2000) was a Croatian and French historian of medicine, writer and scientist. He was one of the pioneers and founders of the history of medicine. His entire opus promotes the historical research of me ...

Mirko Guadalupi Mirko Guadalupi (born 9 February 1987) is an Italian footballer. He plays as a midfielder. Club career On 5 July 2018, he joined Serie D The Serie D () is the top level of semi-professional football in the country. The fourth tier of the It ...

, Italian * Mirko Höfflin, German * Mirko Hrgović * Mirko Ilić *

Mirko Ivanić Mirko Ivanić (, ; born 13 September 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Red Star Belgrade. Born in Serbia, he represents the Montenegro national team. Club career Vojvodina Born in Bački Jarak, Ivanić c ...

Mirko Ivanovski Mirko Ivanovski ( mk, Мирко Ивановски; born 31 October 1989) is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Liga I club Petrolul Ploiești. Club career Ivanovski began his career with the youth side of Pelist ...

* Mirko Jeličić, Australian *

Mirko Jović Mirko Jović ( Serbian Cyrillic: Мирко Јовић; born 13 August 1959, in Zemun) is a Serbian politician who stood for president of Serbia in the 2004 Serbian presidential election for the Radical Party of People, Serbia, Diaspora and E ...

Mirko Jozić Mirko Jozić (; born 8 April 1940) is a Croatian retired professional football manager and player. Managerial career As manager, he won the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship in Chile with the Yugoslavia under-20 national team composed of famo ...

Mirko Jurkovic Mirko Jurkovic (May 19, 1970 – January 9, 2013) was an American football offensive guard who played college football at the University of Notre Dame and attended Thornton Fractional North High School in Calumet City, Illinois. He was drafted b ...

, American * Mirko Kokotović * Mirko Koršič * Mirko Kovač (basketball) * Mirko Kovač (writer) * Mirko Kramarić *

Mirko Lamantia Mirko Lamantia (born 1 March 1990) is an Italian football goalkeeper. History Lamantia started out playing at a young age for Novara. In 2007-2008, the young keeper moved to Genoa in co-ownership .Genoa CFC Report and Accounts on 31 December 200 ...

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Mirko Lang Mirko Lang is a German actor, who has appeared in many different screenplays, television shows, as well as stage productions. Born in October 1978 in Bremen, Germany, he currently lives in Berlin. After doing his Abitur he started studying musi ...

, German *

Mirko Marić Mirko Marić (; born 16 May 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Monza. Born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Marić represented his native country internationally at youth level. He has Croatian citizenship, and re ...

* Mirko Marjanović *

Mirko Martucci Mirko Martucci (born 19 February 1988) is an Italian footballer. Biography Born in Liestal, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland, Martucci started his career at Italian Serie D team Alessandria and in 2006 left for Genoa Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; ...

, Italian * Mirko Mihić * Mirko Mikić * Mirko Milašević * Mirko Mulalić *

Mirko Murovic Mirko Murovic (born February 2, 1981) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger. He was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada to a Slovenian father and a Swiss mother, and is of Croatian ancestry.Mirko Müller Mirko Müller (born 12 November 1974) is a German pair skater. His first partner was Jekatarina Silnitzkaja, and he later teamed up with Emilie Gras for a year. Müller found his greatest success when Peggy Schwarz became his partner in 1996. ...

, German * Mirko Nišović * Mirko Norac Kevo * Mirko Novosel * Mirko Oremuš *

Mirko Paetzold Mirko (Cyrillic script: Мирко) is a masculine given name of South Slavic origin. By Slavic etymology, the name is composed of the root ''mir'' (meaning peace) and hypocoristic suffix ''-ko'' usual in South Slavic languages, which together m ...

, German * Mirko Palazzi, Sammarinese * Mirko Petrović (athlete) * Mirko Petrović (politician) *

Mirko Petrović-Njegoš Mirko Petrović-Njegoš ( sr-cyr, Мирко Петровић-Његош; 19 August 1820 – 1 August 1867) was a Montenegrin military commander, politician and poet, belonging to the House of Petrović-Njegoš. He was given the title of ''veliki ...

* Mirko Pieri, Italian * Mirko Pigliacelli, Italian * Mirko Plantić * Mirko Puzović * Mirko Rački * Mirko Radovanović * Mirko Radović * Mirko Raičević *

Mirko Ruggiu Mirko (Cyrillic script: Мирко) is a masculine given name of South Slavic origin. By Slavic etymology, the name is composed of the root ''mir'' (meaning peace) and hypocoristic suffix ''-ko'' usual in South Slavic languages, which together m ...

, Sardinian King *

Mirko Salvi Mirko Salvi (born 14 February 1994) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as goalkeeper for Basel. Youth football Born in Yverdon-les-Bains, Salvi started his youth football with Yverdon-Sport. In 2009, he transferred to Basel and play ...

, Swiss * Mirko Sandić *

Mirko Savini Mirko Savini (born 11 March 1979) is a former Italian footballer who played as defender, currently working for Ascoli as an assistant coach. Career Savini spent most of his early career playing at lower division level, and reached Serie B only ...

, Italian *

Mirko Savone Mirko Savone is an Italian voice-over actor born in Frosinone, Italy in 1985. Best known in Italy for giving his voice to Christian Bale, Elijah Wood, and many TV series and cartoons for The Disney Channel, Nickelodeon and other National Channe ...

, Italian *

Mirko Schuster Mirko Schuster (born 21 July 1994) is a German footballer who plays as a defender for Regionalliga West club SV Rödinghausen. Playing career Youth career Born in Mannheim, Schuster started out playing in the youth ranks of SV Waldhof Mannhe ...

, German *

Mirko Selak Mirko Selak (born 30 January 1978) is a Croatian retired football forward. Career Selak was the top scorer in the Danish first division in 2002. Selak competed in the UEFA Europa League for Ukrainian club FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhya MFC ...

Mirko and Stjepan Seljan Mirko Seljan (5 April 1871 – c. 1913) and Stjepan Seljan (19 August 1875 – 7 June 1936) were Croatian explorers. Early life The brothers were born in Karlovac, Croatia (at the time part of Austria-Hungary). After receiving a basic edu ...

Mirko Selvaggi Mirko Selvaggi (born 11 February 1985) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2008 and 2016 for the , , , , , and teams. Biography Born in Pistoia, Italy, Selvaggi turned professional with th ...

, Italian *

Mirko Serrano Mirko Matías Serrano Panes (born 14 November 1991) is a Chilean footballer who currently plays for Primera B de Chile side San Marcos de Arica as a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders ...

, Chilean *

Mirko Slomka Mirko Slomka (; born 12 September 1967) is a German football manager who last managed Hannover 96. Managerial career Hannover 96 From 1989 to 1999, Slomka was the manager of Hannover 96's U19 squad. Slomka coached several players, who later tur ...

, German * Mirko Stojanović * Mirko Szewczuk, German *

Mirko Šarović Mirko Šarović ( sr-cyrl, Мирко Шаровић; born 16 September 1956) is a Bosnian Serb politician who served as the 3rd Serb member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2002 to 2003. From 2000 to 2002, he also served as the 4t ...

Mirko Spada Mirko Spada (born 26 January 1969) is a retired male decathlete The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκ� ...

, Swiss * Mirko Stangalino, Italian * Mirko Taccola, Italian *

Mirko Tedeschi (cyclist, born 1987) Mirko Tedeschi (born 17 December 1987 in Gallarate) is an Italian cyclist, who last rode for . Major results ;2008 : 10th Piccolo Giro di Lombardia ;2010 : 6th Piccolo Giro di Lombardia : 8th Ruota d'Oro : 10th Trofeo Edil C ;2012 : 5th Piccolo ...

, Italian *

Mirko Tedeschi (cyclist, born 1989) Mirko Tedeschi (born 5 January 1989 in Negrar) is an Italian former professional cyclist, who competed professionally for between 2014 and 2016. Major results ;2007 : 1st Team pursuit, National Track Championships (with Elia Viviani, Filippo ...

, Italian * Mirko Teodorović *

Mirko Tomassoni Mirko Tomassoni (born 24 April 1969) is a San Marino, Sammarinese politician, who served as Captain Regent of San Marino for the six-month term from October 2007 to April 2008 and the second term from October 2018 until April 2019. He served togeth ...

, Sammarinese *

Mirko Tremaglia Mirko Tremaglia (17 November 1926 – 30 December 2011) was an Italian politician and lawyer. Famous for his youth as a fascist soldier, he was one of the most important exponents of the Italian far-right politics during the "First Republic" Ital ...

, Italian * Mirko Trosino, Italian * Mirko Turri, Italian *

Mirko Uhlig Mirko Uhlig (born 22 June 1981 in Aachen, Germany) is a German artist in the field of contemporary experimental music. Music He first appeared with surreal sound collages and musique concrète-techniques under the moniker Aalfang Mit Pferdeko ...

, German *

Mirko Valdifiori Mirko Valdifiori (; born 21 April 1986) is an Italian professional association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder. A A.C. Cesena, Cesena youth-product, he began his career with the senior side in 2004, but was sent on loan to Serie C ...

, Italian *

Mirko Vičević Mirko Vičević (30 June 1968) is a Montenegrin retired water polo player. He achieved 1057 goals in his career. He is a member of the World House of Fame. He was part of the Yugoslavia team which won the gold medal in water polo in the 1986 Worl ...

* Mirko Vidaković * Mirko Vindiš *

Mirko Virius Mirko Virius (October 28, 1889 – 1943) was a Croatian naïve painter. He was one of the three most prominent members of the first generation of the Hlebine School. Virius was born in the village of Đelekovec near Koprivnica, where he compl ...

* Mirko Vučinić *

Mirko Vuillermin Mirko Vuillermin (born 2 August 1973) is a retired Italian short track speed skater who competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics and in the 1994 Winter Olympics. Career Vuillermin was born in Aosta. At the 1992 Winter ...

, Italian *

Mirko Wolter Mirko Wolter (born 6 September 1976 in Güstrow, Germany)Oakes, P.(2004). ''British Speedway Who's Who''. is a speedway rider who first rode in the United Kingdom, riding with the Sheffield Tigers in the Premier League. After a six-year abs ...

, German

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