Goran (Slavic name)
# Goran (Slavic name)

Goran (pronounced; Cyrillic: Горан) 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 [ɡoɡi], Gogo [ɡoːɡo].

* 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
