Goran (Slavic name)

Goran is a Slavic male first name, mostly used in south Slavic countries such as Croatia, Serbia, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Goran is a Slavic, Pre-Christian name, meaning "highlander" or a mountain-man, someone who lives in the mountains. Hence, Goran in Slavic tradition would mean someone who enjoys and values life in the mountains.

In former Yugoslavia, Mladi Gorani was a Yugoslav Youth Organization tasked with re-foresting Yugoslav highlands.

Variations
Nicknames and cognomen include Gogi, Gogo.


 * female Goranka (Горанка)
 * female Gorana (Горана), nickname Goca
 * male Ego(Его)

Name day

 * February 24 in the Roman Catholic Calendar
 * July 31 in the Serbian Orthodox Calendar

Famous namesakes

 * Goran Bogdanović (politician) (born 1963), Serbian politician
 * Goran Bogdanović (footballer born 1967), retired Serbian footballer
 * Goran Bregović, Bosnian musician and composer
 * Goran Bunjevčević, retired Serbian footballer
 * Goran Dragić, Slovene basketball player
 * Goran Đorović, retired Serbian footballer
 * Goran Cvijanović, Slovenian football player
 * Goran Čolak, Croatian free diver, World champion and World record holder
 * Goran Gavrančić, Serbian footballer
 * Goran Hadžić, Serbian politician in Croatia accused of crimes against humanity
 * Goran Ivanišević, Croatian tennis player, 2001 Wimbledon Champion
 * Goran Jevtić (actor), Serbian actor and director
 * Goran Jurić, Croatian and Yugoslavian international footballer
 * Goran Karan, Croatian pop singer
 * Ivan Goran Kovačić, Croatian poet
 * Goran Marić (footballer) (born 1984), Serbian footballer
 * Goran Marić (volleyball) (born 1981), Serbian volleyball player
 * Goran Obradović (disambiguation), several people
 * Goran Pandev, Macedonian football player
 * Goran Popov, Macedonian footballer
 * Goran Sablić, Croatian footballer
 * Goran Senjanović, Croatian physicist
 * Goran Slavkovski, Macedonian-Swedish footballer
 * Goran Suton, Bosnian-American basketball player who played for Michigan State University
 * Goran Višnjić, Croatian actor
 * Goran Vlaović, Croatian footballer
 * Goran Milev, Serbian actor
 * Goran Vuković, Serbian gangster