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SLOVENIAN GIVEN NAMES
Male and Female, with English equivalents
A note about Slovenian grammar: In reading family correspondence, or church and civil records, you may find names spelled differently than you see below. You may expect to find an ancestor “Maria” but instead find “Mario”. This is because the Slovenian language conjugates nouns, including proper names. You will see the same name in many forms depending where it is in a sentence. For instance: “John married Mary”. Mary is “Maria”, but the church record would read “Janez porocen Mario”. Since Maria is the object of the sentence the ending is changed to “o”, or Mario.
Some examples of conjugated male and female names are at the bottom of this page.
Slovenian MALE First (Given) Names:
ALES..........Alex
ALOJZ..........Aloysius
ALOJZE..........Aloysius
ALOJZIJ..........Aloysius
ANDREAS..........Andrew
ANDREJ..........Andrew
ANDREJCEK..........Andy (i.e. “Little Andrew”)
ANTON..........Anthony
ANTONIUS..........Anthony (Latin)
ARTUR..........Arthur
BALDOMR
BARTOLOMEJ..........Bartholomew
BLAZ..........Blase
BOGDAN
BOGOMIR..........Geoffrey
BOJAN
BORIS
BORUT
BOSTJAN
BRONKO..........Bronko (a girl would be Branka)
CENE
CIRIL..........Cyril
DAMIJAN..........Damian
DAMJAN..........Damian
DOMEN..........Dominic
DRAGO..........Charles
DUNJA
DUSCA
EDI..........Eddie
EDVARD..........Edward
FRANC..........Francis/Frank
FRANCE.......... Francis/Frank
FRANCEK..........Frankie (i.e. “Little Frank”)
FRANCI.......... Frankie (i.e. “Little Frank”)
FRANCISEK......... Frankie (i.e. “Little Frank”)
GASPAR..........Jasper/Casper
GEORGIUS..........George (Latin)
GREGOR..........Gregory
GREGORIJA..........Gregory
HENRIK..........Henry
HUGO
IGNAC..........Ignatius
IGNACIJ..........Ignatius
IGOR
IVAN..........John
IVO
IZAK..........Isaac
IZTOK
JAKA..........James/Jim
JAKEC..........Jimmy
JAKOB..........James
JANEZ..........John/Jack
JANEZEK..........Johnny
JANKO..........Jack
JERNEJ..........Bartholomew
JOANES..........John (Latin)
JOHAN..........John
JOHANN..........John
JOHANNES..........John (Latin)
JOSK..........Joe
JOSIP..........Joseph
JOSK..........Joe
JOSKO..........Joey
JOZE..........Joe
JOZEF..........Joseph
JULIJ..........Julius
JURIJ..........George
KAREL..........Charles
KAROL..........Charles
KLEMEN..........Clement
LAVRENCIJ..........Lawrence
LOJZE..........Louis
LOJZEK..........Louie (i.e. “Little Louis”)
LOVRENC..........Lawrence
LOVRO..........Lawrence
LUDVIK..........Ludwig
LUDOVIK..........Lewis/Louis
LUKA............Luke
MARKO..........Mark/Marc
MARKOK
MARTIN..........Martin
MARTINCEK...........Marty (i.e. “Little Martin”)
MATEJ..........Matthew
MATEVS............Matthew
MATIJA..........Matthias
METOD..........Matthew
MIHA..........Mike
MIHAEL..........Michael
MIHEC...........Mike
MILAN
MIRO
MIRKO
NIKO
PAVEL..........Paul
PAVELCEK..........Paulie (i.e. ‘Little Paul”)
PAVLE..........Paul
PEPE..........Joseph (from Italian)
PETER..........Peter
RIHARD...........Richard
ROBI...........Robbie
RUDOLF..........Rudolph
SLAVI
STANKO..........Stan
STEFAN..........Stephen
SVETO
TADEJ..........Thaddeus
TINE..........Martin
TOMAZ..........Thomas
TOMAZEK..........Tommy
TONCEK...........Tony
TONE..........Tony
TONI..........Tony
TRAVKO
URBAN..........Urban
VICTOR..........Victor
VID..........Guy
VIKTOR..........Victor
VILI..........Willie/Billy
VILJEM...........William
VLADIMIR
VONKO
Slovenian FEMALE First (Given) Names:
AGATA..........Agatha
ALBINA..........Albina
ALENKA..........Helen
ALOJZIJA..........Louise
AMALIJA..........Amelia
ANA..........Ann/Anna
ANCKA..........Annie (i.e. “Little Ann”)
ANDREJA..........Andrea
ANGELA..........Angela
ANGELCA..........Angie
ANICA..........Annie/Nancy
ANJA
ANUSKA
ANTONIJA..........Antoinette
APOLONIJA
AVRELIJA..........Auralia
BARA..........Barbara
BARBARA..........Barbara
BARKA..........Barbie
BARICA..........Barbie
BASA
BERTA..........Bertha
BOJANCA
BRANKA..........Branka (feminine of Bronko)
BRIGITA..........Bridget
CECILIJA..........Cecilia
CHRISTINA
CILKA..........Cicely/Cecilia
CVETKA..........Blossom (Little Flower) (possibly derived from St. Theresa)
DANICA
DARINKA
DARJA
DOROTEJA..........Dorothy/Dorothea
DRAGA..........Carol
DRAGICA..........Carlie (i.e. “Little Carol”)
DUNJA
DUSCA
EDITA..........Edith
ELIZABETA..........Elizabeth
EMILIJA..........Emily/Amelia
ERIKA
FRANCA..........Frannie/Fanny
FRANCISKA..........Frances
FRANCKA..........Francie
FUSCA
GERTRUDA.......... Gertrude
GREGORJA
HELENA..........Helen/Helena
IDA..........Ida
IRENA..........Irene
IVANA..........Jane/Jean/Joan
IVANKA..........Jennie/Jane/Joanie
IVANNA..........Joan
JANA..........Jane
JANJA
JANKA..........Janie
JASA
JASNA..........Claire
JEDERT..........Gertrude
JELKA
JERA..........Gertrude
JERCA..........Gertie
JOHANA..........Joan
JOZA..........Josie
JOZEFA..........Josephine
JOZEFINA............Josephine
JULIJA............Julia/Juliet
JULIJANA.............Julia/Juliet
JULKA
JUSTINA..........Justine
KAROLINA..........Caroline
KATARINA..........Catherine
KATI..........Kit/Kathy
KATICA..........Kitty/Kathy
KATJA..........Kathy
KATKA..........Kitty
KLAVDIJA..........Claudia
KRISTINA..........Christine
KSENIJA
LAVRA..........Laura
LENKA..........Helen
LIZA..........Liza/Lisa (Elizabeth)
LJUBICA
LJUDMILA
LUCIJA..........Lucy
LUDVIKA..........Louise/Louisa
MAJA...........Mary
MAJDA
MANCA
MARA
MARI...........Marie/Mary
MARICA
MARIJA.........Mary/Marie/Maria
MARIJANA..........Maryann/Marianne
MARIJETICA..........Peggy
MARINKA
MARJAN...........Maryann/Marianne
MARJANA..........Maryann/Marianne
MARIJANCA..........Maryann/Marianne
MARJETA..........Margaret/Marjorie/Peggy
MARJETKA..........Margaret/Marjorie/Peggy
MARTA..........Martha
MARTINA
MARUSA
MELITA..........Emily
META
METKA
MICI..........Mitzi (Variant of Mary)
MICKA..........Mitzi (Variant of Mary)
MICKNA..........Mitzi (Variant of Mary)
MIJA
MIKA
MILA
MILENA..........Emily/Millie
MILKA
MIMI..........Mimi (Variant of Mary)
MINCA
MINKA
MIRA..........diminutive of Miraslava
MIRASLAVA..........another form of “Mary”
MITJA
MITSKA
MOJCA
NATALIJA..........Natalie
NATASA
NEVANKA
NEZA..........Agnes
NEZKA..........Agnes
NINA
OLGA..........Olga
PAVLA..........Paula/Pauline
PEPCA..........Josie (variant of Josephine)
PEPELKA..........Cinderella
POLONA
RADA
ROZA..........Rose/Rosalie
ROZKA..........Rose/Rosalie
ROZALIJA..........Rose/Rosalie
SABINA
SASA
SLAVA
SLAVKA
SPELA..........Betty
STEFANIJA..........Stephanie
STEFKA..........Steffie
TANJA
TEREZIJA..........Theresa
TEZIKA..........Theresa
TEZKA..........Theresa
TONCKA..........Toni (from Antoinette)
URSA............Ursula
URSKA..........Ursula
URSULA..........Ursula
VASJA
VEDRANA
VELANA
VERA
VESNA
VIDA
VOJKA
ZALA..........Rosalie
ZALKA..........Rosalie
ZEDENKA
Some examples of spelling changes in conjugated Slovenian names:
Ana Ann is coming to dinner. (Subject)
Ane I don’t know Ann (negative)
Ane Is this Ann’s purse? (possessive)
Ani Will you give this to Ann? (indirect object)
Ano Do you know Ann? (object)
Janez John is coming to dinner. (Subject)
Janeze I don’t know John. (negative)
Janeze Is this John’s car? (possessive)
Janezu Will you give this to John? (indirect object)
Janezom Do you know John? (object)
Other endings are possible depending on whether the name ends in a vowel or consonant, or is masculine or feminine. Refer to a good Slovenian grammar for more information.
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