DraganaBehind the Name - Dragana /ref> () is a Slavic
given name
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for females. It is the feminine form of the male name
Dragan
Dragan (, sr-Cyrl, Драган) is a South Slavic languages, South Slavic masculine given name derived from the common Slavic languages, Slavic element ''-drag, drag'' meaning "dear, beloved". The feminine form is Dragana (given name), Dragana.
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, which comes from the
Slavic
Slavic, Slav or Slavonic may refer to:
Peoples
* Slavic peoples, an ethno-linguistic group living in Europe and Asia
** East Slavic peoples, eastern group of Slavic peoples
** South Slavic peoples, southern group of Slavic peoples
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element ''dorogo/drago'', which means "precious".
Notable women named Dragana include:
* Dragana Cvijić (born 1990), Serbian handball player
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Dragana Jugović del Monaco
Dragana del Monaco (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгана дел Монако; born 1963) is a Serbian mezzo-soprano opera singer.
She received her doctorate from the Faculty of Arts and Music at Belgrade University, where she majored in solo singing ...
, Serbian mezzo-soprano
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Dragana Kovačević
Dragana Kovačević (born 26 December 1981) is a Serbian former racing cyclist. She twice finished as a runner-up at the Serbian National Road Championships in 2012 and 2015. Kovačević also competed in the women's road race at the UCI Road Wo ...
Dragana Mirković
Dragana Mirković ( sr-Cyrl, Драгана Мирковић, ; born 18 January 1968) is a Serbian pop-folk singer and entrepreneur. She rose to prominence in the eighties as a member of the popular collective Južni Vetar. Mirković is recognise ...
(born 1968), Serbian singer
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Dragana Pecevska
Dragana Ristova, née Pecevska (; born 11 April 1983) is a retired Macedonian handball player who plays for ŽRK Metalurg and for the North Macedonia women's national handball team.
She plays on the position left wing.
In the season 2009/10 wi ...
(born 1983), Macedonian handball player
* Dragana Stanković (born 1995), Serbian basketball player
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Dragana Šarić
Dragana Todorović (; ; born 2 October 1962), better known under the stage name Bebi Dol ( sr-Cyrl, Беби Дол, lit=Baby Doll), is a Serbian and Yugoslav singer and songwriter. Born in Belgrade, she made her solo debut in 1981 with the su ...
(born 1962), Serbian singer better known as "Bebi Dol"
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Dragana Tomašević
Dragana Tomašević ( sr-cyr, Драгана Томашевић; born 4 June 1982, in Sremska Mitrovica) is a Serbian discus thrower. Since 8 August 2006, she is holder of the Serbian national record in Discus Throw with her personal best shot o ...
(born 1982), Serbian discus thrower
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Dragana Zarić
Dragana Zarić Martinov (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгана Зарић Мартинов, born 1 August 1977) is a Serbian former professional tennis player.
Her career-high rankings are No. 157 in singles, achieved in the spring of 2001, and No. 82 ...