Dardan is an

Albanian Albanian may refer to: *Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular: ** Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans **Albanian language **Albanian culture **Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the countr ...

masculine given name, derived from the

Dardani The Dardani (; grc, Δαρδάνιοι, Δάρδανοι; la, Dardani) or Dardanians were a Paleo-Balkan people, who lived in a region that was named Dardania after their settlement there. They were among the oldest Balkan peoples, and their ...

, an Illyrian tribe who lived in the

Balkans The Balkans ( ), also known as the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographical area in southeastern Europe with various geographical and historical definitions. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch throughout the who ...

. Their name may derive from an Illyrian word meaning "pear" (modern Albanian: ''"dardha"'').Given name: Dardan
/ref> The name may refer to: * Dardan Aliu (born 1993), Kosovar Albanian DJ *

Dardan Berisha Dardan Berisha (born 15 November 1988) is a Kosovan professional basketball player for Prishtina. He became a naturalised Polish citizen and has since represented Poland in international basketball due to Kosovo not having FIBA status until 2015. ...

(born 1988), Kosovar-Polish basketball player *

Dardan Çerkini Dardan Çerkini (born 27 September 1991) is a Kosovar footballer who plays as a defender for FC Ferizaj in the Football Superleague of Kosovo. Career Çerkini re-joined KF Ferizaj Football Club Ferizaj ( sq, Klubi Futbollistik Ferizaj), comm ...

(born 1991), Kosovar Albanian football defender *

Dardan Dehari Dardan Dehari (born 23 August 1990) is a Macedonian alpine ski racer of Albanian descent. He competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beaver Creek, USA, in the giant slalom Giant slalom (GS) is an alpine skiing and alpine snowboarding di ...

(born 1990), Macedonian-Albanian alpine ski racer * Dardan Dreshaj (born 1992), Norwegian football striker * Dardan Gashi (born 1969), Kosovar Albanian politician and author *

Dardan Karimani Dardan Feim Karimani (born 23 November 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Regionalliga Bayern club Würzburger Kickers. Born in Germany, he has represented Albania at youth level. Early life Karimani was born in ...

(born 1998), Kosovar Albanian football midfielder *

Dardan Molliqaj Dardan Molliqaj (born 25 February 1985) is an Kosovo Albanian politician from Kosovo who serves as a deputy from the Social Democratic Party of Kosovo in the Kosovo Parliament. Dardan became a deputy in the Parliament of Kosovo from the 201 ...

(born 1985), Kosovar Albanian politician * Dardan Mushkolaj (born 1997), German-Albanian rapper *

Dardan Mustafa Dardan Mustafa (born 5 February 1992) is a German footballer who plays for Österlen FF Österlen Fotbollförening is a Swedish football team from Skillinge, Simrishamn Municipality in the Division 1 Södra. They play their matches at the Sk ...

(born 1992), German-born Swedish footballer *

Dardan Rexhepi Dardan Rexhepi (born 16 January 1992) is a professional footballer who plays for Norrby IF as a striker. He was raised in Sweden and played for their youth football teams before playing for the senior Kosovo national team. Club career Malmö ...

(born 1992), Kosovar Albanian footballer * Dardan Sejdiu (born 1979), Kosovar Albanian politician *

Dardan Selimaj Dardan Selimaj (born 1984 in Prishtina, Kosovo) is a journalist, producer and music theorist. He started his career as a journalist by writing for magazines and hosting a live show on local radio station in Prishtina. Since 2005 he has hosted a ...

(born 1984), Kosovar Albanian journalist, producer and music theorist *

Dardan Shabanhaxhaj Dardan Shabanhaxhaj (born 23 April 2001) is an Austrian footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, C ...

(born 2001), Kosovar footballer *

Dardan Vuthaj Dardan Vuthaj (born 30 September 1995) is an Albanian footballer who plays as a forward for Egnatia. Club career Early career Vuthaj started his career as part of the Genoa youth academy. He was loaned out to Savona in the summer of 2012 in ...

(born 1995), Albanian football goalkeeper

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