Slovenian Given Names

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
• ALOJZ.........Aloysius
• ALOJZ.........Aloysius
• ANDRE.........Andrew
• ANDRE.........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 (“Little Louis”)
• LOVRENC.......Lawrence
• LOVRO.........Lawrence
• LUDVIK........Ludwig
• LUDOVIK.......Lewis/Louis
• LUKA..........Luke
• MARKO.........Mark/Marc
• MARKOK
• MARTIN........Martin
• MARTINCEK.....Marty (“Little Martin”)
• MATEJ.........Matthew
• MATEVS........Matthew
• MATIJA........Matthias
• METOD.........Matthew
• MIHA..........Mike
• MIHAEL........Michael
• MIHEC.........Mike
• MILAN
• MIRO
• MIRKO
• NIKO
• PAVEL.........Paul
• PAVELCEK......Paulie (‘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)
• 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.....form of “Mary”
• MITJA
• MITSKA
• MOJCA
• NATALIJA......Natalie
• NATASA
• NEVANKA
• NEZA..........Agnes
• NEZKA.........Agnes
• NINA
• OLGA..........Olga
• PAVLA.........Paula/Pauline
• PEPCA.........osie (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.