This article is about the Slavic name. For the Kurdish name, see Goran (Kurdish name). For the Swedish name, see Göran. For the Major Case Squad detective on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, see Bobby Goren. For other uses, see Goran (disambiguation).
| Goran | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Language(s) | South Slavic |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Slavic |
| Meaning | Woodsman Man from the mountains Highlander |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Gordana, Goranka, Gorana |
Goran (pronounced [ɡǒran]; Cyrillic: Горан) is a South Slavic male first name, mostly used in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Slovenia.....
Variations[edit]
Nicknames and cognomen include Gogi [ɡoɡi], Gogo [ɡoːɡo].
Name day[edit]
- February 24 in the Roman Catholic Calendar
- July 31 in the Serbian Orthodox Calendar
Famous namesakes[edit]
- Goran Bogdanović (politician) (born 1963), Serbian politician
- Goran Bogdanović (footballer born 1967), retired Serbian footballer
- Goran Bogdanović (footballer born 1990), Macedonian football defender
- Goran Bregović, Bosnian musician and composer
- Goran Bunjevčević, Serbian footballer
- Goran Dragic, Slovene basketball player
- Goran Čolak, Croatian free diver, World champion and World record holder
- Goran Gavrančić, Serbian footballer
- Goran Hadžić, Serbian politician in Croatia
- Goran Ivanišević, Croatian tennis player, 2001 Wimbledon Champion
- Goran Jurić, Croatian and Yugoslavian international footballer
- Goran Karan, Croatian pop singer
- Goran Marić (footballer) (born 1984), Serbian footballer
- Goran Marić (volleyball) (born 1981), Serbian volleyball player
- Goran Pandev, Macedonian football player
- Goran Popov, Macedonian footballer
- Goran Sablić, Croatian footballer
- Goran Senjanović, Croatian physicist
- Goran Slavkovski, Macedonian-Swedish footballer
- Goran Suton, Bosnia-American basketball player who played collegiately for Michigan State University
- Goran Višnjić, Croatian actor
- Goran Vukašinović, famous Serbian radio host
- Goran Viler, Italo-Slovene Hair dresser
- Goran Vlaovic, Croatian footballer
- Goran Ratković, Serbian web designer
- Ivan Goran Kovačić, Croatian poet
- Goran Cvijanovic, Professional Voice Raiser
- Čika Gogec, Croatian QROOZA founder
- Goran Žerić, Croatian Actor/Comedian
- Goran Boceski, Macedonian software developer
- Goran Milev, Serbian Actor/Producer