| Pronunciation | [dějan] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Serb |
| Region of origin | Balkans |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Dejaniš, Dejana [sr] (f.) |
Dejan (Cyrillic: Дејан) is a South Slavic masculine given name, derived from the Slavic verb dejati, meaning "to act, to do". The name and the derived surname Dejanović are common among South Slavs.
The name is first recorded in 1325 (1333) for a voevod of king Stefan Uroš.
Notable people
- Dejan (fl. 1346-66), Serbian magnate
- Dejan Bodiroga, Serbian basketball player
- Dejan Dabović (1944–2020), Yugoslav water polo player
- Dejan Damjanović, Montenegrin footballer
- Dejan Dimitrovski, Macedonian footballer
- Dejan Gluščević (born 1967), Serbian footballer and manager
- Dejan Iliev (born 1995), Macedonian footballer
- Dejan Janković, Serbian footballer
- Dejan Judež (born 1990), Slovenian ski jumper
- Dejan Kelhar, Slovenian footballer
- Dejan Kulusevski, Swedish footballer of Macedonian descent
- Dejan Lovren, Croatian footballer
- Dejan Medaković (1922–2008), Serbian art historian, writer and academician
- Dejan Meleg, Serbian footballer
- Dejan Milojević (1977–2024), Serbian basketball player and coach
- Dejan Petković (born 1972), Serbian football player
- Dejan Petković (born 1958), Serbian singer
- Dejan Savić, Serbian water polo player and coach
- Dejan Savićević, Montenegrin footballer
- Dejan Stanković, Serbian footballer and manager
- Dejan Stefanović, Serbian footballer
- Dejan Stojanović, Serbian poet, writer, essayist, philosopher, businessman and journalist
- Dejan Tomašević, Serbian basketball player
- Dejan Udovičić, Serbian water polo coach
- Dejan Đedović, Serbian futsal coach
See also
Notes
- Franz Miklosich (1860), Die Bildung der slavischen Personennamen, p. 62
- Franz Miklosich (1858), Monumenta Serbica, p. 104