Kosta (given name)

Kosta is a given name and nickname, often a short form of Konstantine or Konstantin. Bearers of the name include:

Given name

 * Kosta Abrašević (1879–1898), Serbian poet
 * Kosta Aleksić (born 1998), Serbian footballer
 * Kosta Bjedov (born 1986), Serbian footballer
 * Kosta Čavoški (born 1941), Serbian law professor
 * Kosta Dzugaev (born 1956), South Ossetian politician
 * Kosta Hristić (1852–1927), Serbian lawyer, diplomat and Minister of Justice
 * Kosta Josipović (1887–1919), Serbian Impressionist painter
 * Kosta Koça (born 1934), Albanian footballer and coach
 * Kosta Miličević (1877–1920), Serbian Impressionist painter
 * Kosta Nedeljković (born 2005), Serbian footballer
 * Kosta Novaković (1886–1939), Serbian and Yugoslav socialist politician, journalist and professor
 * Kosta Papić (born 1960), Serbian football coach
 * Kosta Perović (born 1985), Serbian basketball player
 * Kosta Petratos (born 1998), Australian soccer player
 * Kosta Protić (1831–1892), first Serbian general and a Chief of the Serbian General Staff
 * Kosta Runjaić (born 1971), German football manager
 * Kosta Apostolov Solev (1908–1943), pen name Kočo Racin, Macedonian author and socialist activist considered a founder of modern Macedonian literature
 * Kosta Taušanović (1854–1902), Serbian politician, government minister and banker
 * Kosta Tomašević (1923–1976), Serbian footballer
 * Kosta Trifković (1843–1875), Serbian playwright
 * Kosta Vojinović (1891–1917), Serbian officer, one of the leaders of the Toplica Uprising against Bulgarian occupiers of Serbia

Nickname

 * Kostantin Kosta Alkovic (1834–1909), Serbian physicist, state advisor and minister of construction
 * Konstantinos Kosta Barbarouses (born 1990), New Zealand footballer
 * Kostandinos Kosta Grozos (born 2000), Australian soccer player
 * Kostadinos Kosta Karageorge (1992–2014), American football player and collegiate wrestler whose suicide raised issues about chronic traumatic encephalopathy in athletes
 * Konstantin Kosta Khetagurov (1859–1906), national poet who is generally regarded as the founder of Ossetian literature
 * Konstantine Kosta Koufos (born 1989), Greek-American basketball player
 * Konstantin Kosta Magazinović (1819–1891), Serbian politician and diplomat
 * Kostantin Kosta Milovanović (1847–1905), Serbian general and rifle designer
 * Konstantin Kosta Mušicki (1897–1946), Yugoslav brigadier general who commanded the collaborationist Serbian Volunteer Corps during World War II
 * Konstantin Kosta Nađ (1911–1986), Yugoslav World War II Partisan Army general
 * Konstantin Kosta Pećanac (1879–1944), Serbian and Yugoslav Chetnik commander during the Balkan Wars, World War I and World War II
 * Konstantin Kosta Vojnović (1832–1903), Croatian Serb politician, university professor and rector