Dragoș (given name)

Dragoș or Dragoš (Драгош) is a Romanian/Serbian given name of Slavic origin but can also appear as a surname. It derives from Slavic word root -drag, meaning "dear, beloved". It may refer to:


 * Dragoș (died c. 1353), Moldavian ruler
 * Dragoș Suks
 * Dragoș Bucur, Romanian actor
 * Dragos Chiriac, keyboardist of the Canadian indie pop band Men I Trust
 * Dragoș Coman, Romanian swimmer
 * Dragoș Grigore, Romanian football player
 * Dragoș Mihalache, Romanian retired football player
 * Dragoș Mihalcea
 * Dragoș Protopopescu
 * Dragoš Kalajić

In Czech the equivalent Drahoš is used as a surname as in the case of former presidential candidate Jiří Drahoš. It is common in North Slavic languages such as Czech to turn the 'g' into 'h'.