{{Short description|Slavic masculine given name}} {{About|the given name|the Slovak film critic and author|Pavel Branko|the Portuguese DJ and producer|Branko (DJ)}} {{Infobox given name | name = Branko | pronunciation= | gender = masculine | meaning = | derived = | region = | languageorigin = Slavic | related names = Branka (f), Branislav, Branimir | shortform = | footnotes = }} {{Wiktionary|Branko}} {{TOC right}} '''Branko''' (Cyrillic script: Бранко; {{IPA|sh|brâːŋko}}) is a South Slavic masculine given name found in all of the former Yugoslavia. It is a shortened form of the names Branimir and Branislav, and the female equivalent is Branka. It is also occasionally a nickname.
Notable people with this name include: {{Compact TOC |a= |q= |u= |w= |x= |y= |custom1=No surname}} ==B== * Branko Babić (born 1947), Serbian football manager * Branko Bačić (born 1959), Croatian politician * Branko Bajić (born 1998), Bosnian footballer * Branko Baković (born 1981), Serbian footballer * Branko Baletić (born 1946), Serbian-Montenegrin film director and producer * Branko Bauer (1921–2002), Croatian film director * Branko Becić (1923–2000), Croatian rower * Branko Bedekovič (born 1973), Slovenian handball player * Branko Belačić (1929–2008), Croatian rower * Branko Benzon (1903–1970), Croatian physician, diplomat and politician * Branko Bogunović (1911–1945), Serbian military officer * Branko Bokun (1920–2011), Yugoslav-British author and journalist * Branko Bošković (born 1980), Montenegrin footballer * Branko Bošnjak (1923–1996), Croatian philosopher * Branko Bošnjak (footballer) (born 1955), Yugoslav footballer * Branko Bošnjaković (born 1939), Dutch-Croatian physicist * Branko Božović (born 1969), Serbian football player and manager * Branko Brkic (born 1962), Serbian-South African editor and publisher * Branko Brnović (born 1967), Montenegrin football manager * Branko Bulatović (1951–2004), Montenegrin football administrator * Branko Buljevic (born 1947), Australian-Croatian footballer
==C== * Branko Čalović (1941–1995), Yugoslav footballer * Branko Celler, Australian academic * Branko Cikatić (1955–2020), Croatian martial artist * Branko Ćopić (1915–1984), Yugoslav writer * Branko Črnac Tusta (1955–2012), Croatian musician * Branko Crvenkovski (born 1962), Macedonian politician * Branko Čubrilo (born 1988), Croatian footballer * Branko Culina (born 1957), Croatian-Australian football player and coach * Branko Čulina (born 1957), Croatian-Australian football manager * Branko Cvejić (1946–2022), Serbian actor * Branko Cvetković (born 1984), Bosnian basketball player * Branko Cvetkovič (born 1951), Slovenian photographer
==D== * Branko Damljanović (born 1961), Serbian chess grandmaster * Branko Dangubić (1922–2002), Serbian javelin thrower * Branko Davidović (born 1959), Serbian footballer * Branko Đerić (born 1948), Bosnian Serb politician * Branko Despot (born 1942), Croatian philosopher * Branko Dobrosavljević (1886–1941), Serbian hieromartyr and saint * Branko Dolhar (born 1949), Slovenian ski jumper * Branko Dragutinović (born 1961), Bosnian footballer * Branko Đurić (born 1962), Bosnian actor * Branko Đurić (tennis) (born 2005), Serbian tennis player
==E== * Branko Elsner (1929–2012), Slovenian football manager
==F== * Branko Filip (born 1975), Slovenian cyclist * Branko Fučić (1920–1999), Croatian art historian, archeologist and paleographer
==G== * Branko Galoić (born 1973), Croatian musician * Branko Gavella (1885–1962), Croatian theatre director, critic and essayist * Branko Geroski, Macedonian journalist * Branko Gradišnik (born 1951), Slovenian writer and translator * Branko Grahovac (born 1983), Bosnian footballer * Branko Gračanin (born 1943), Croatian footballer * Branko Grims (born 1962), Slovenian politician * Branko Grünbaum (1929–2018), Croatian-American mathematician
==H== * Branko Hofman (1929–1991), Slovenian poet, writer and playwright * Branko Horjak (born 1950), Slovenian football player and manager * Branko Horvat (1928–2003), Croatian economist and politician * Branko Hrg (born 1961), Croatian politician * Branko Hucika (born 1977), Croatian footballer
==I== * Branko Ilič (born 1983), Slovenian footballer * Branko Isaković (born 1958), Serbian bass player, producer and composer * Branko Ištvančić (born 1967), Croatian film director * Branko Ivanda (1941–2025), Croatian film director and screenwriter * Branko Ivanković (born 1954), Croatian football manager
==J== * Branko Jelić (born 1977), Serbian footballer * Branko Jeren (born 1951), Croatian university professor and politician * Branko Jorović (born 1981), Serbian basketball player and coach * Branko Jovanović (1868–1921), Serbian army general * Branko Jovičić (born 1993), Serbian footballer
==K== * Branko Kadija (1921–1942), Albanian communist of Serbian descent * Branko Kallay (1908–1995), Croatian athlete * Branko Kankaraš (born 1988), Serbian-Montenegrin handball player * Branko Karačić (born 1960), Croatian football manager * Branko Klenkovski (1946–2013), Yugoslav footballer * Branko Kokir (born 1974), Serbian handball player * Branko Kopjar, Croatian-American physician and epidemiologist * Branko Kostić (1939–2020), Montenegrin politician * Branko Kovačević (born 1951), Serbian academic * Branko Kovačević (basketball) (born 1951), Serbian basketball player * Branko Kovačević (volleyball) (born 1967), Serbian volleyball coach * Branko Kralj (1924–2012), Croatian footballer * Branko Krga (born 1945), Serbian military officer * Branko Krsmanović (1915–1941), Yugoslav soldier
==L== * Branko Laura (born 1982), Croatian futsal player * Branko Lazarević (born 1984), Serbian footballer * Branko Lazarević (critic) (1883–1963), Serbian writer, literary critic and diplomat * Branko Lazić (born 1989), Serbian basketball player * Branko Lukovac (1944–2023), Montenegrin politician * Branko Lustig (1932–2019), Croatian film producer
==M== * Branko Maksimović (born 1974), Serbian basketball coach * Branko Mamula (1921–2021), Yugoslav officer and politician * Branko Manoilovski (born 1941), Macedonian politician * Branko Marinković (born 1967), Bolivian-Croatian politician and businessman * Branko Marjanović (1909–1996), Yugoslav film director and editor * Branislav Martinović (1937–2015), Serbian wrestler * Branko Marušič (1938–2026), Slovenian historian * Branko Mataja (1923–2000), Serbian–American folk and blues musician * Aleksandër Branko Merxhani (1894–1981), Albanian sociologist, writer and journalist * Branko Mihajlović (born 1991), Serbian footballer * Branko Mihaljević (1931–2005), Croatian composer * Branko Mikasinovich (academic) (born 1938), Serbian American scholar of Yugoslav and Serbian literature * Branko Mikašinović (politician) (1924–1999), Yugoslav and Serbian diplomat and politician * Branko Mikulić (1928–1994), Yugoslav politician * Branko Mikša (born 1947), Croatian politician * Branko Milanović (born 1953), Serbian-American economist * Branko Milisavljević (born 1976), Serbian basketball player * Branko Milićević (born 1946), Serbian actor * Branko Miljković (1934–1961), Serbian poet * Branko Miljuš (born 1960), Croatian footballer * Branko Milosevic (born 1964), Croatian-Australian footballer * Branko Milovanović (born 1973), Serbian footballer * Branko Mirković (born 1982), Serbian-Bulgarian basketball player * Branko Mitrovic, Serbian-Norwegian architectural historian * Branko Mladenović ({{fl.|1355}}), Serbian magnate
==N== * Branko Nadoveza (1950–1970), Serbian footballer * Branko Nešić (born 1934), Serbian-American basketball player * Branko Nešović (1930–2002), Serbian footballer and medical doctor * Branko Ninić (born 1974), Serbian politician
==O== * Branko Oblak (born 1947), Slovenian footballer * Branko Ojdanić born 1990), Bosnian footballer * Branko Okić (born 1969), Bosnian footballer * Branko Ostojić (born 1984), Bosnian footballer
==P== * Branko Panić (born 1977), Croatian footballer * Branko Pauljević (born 1989), Serbian footballer * Branko Pavlović (born 1960), Serbian politician and lawyer * Branko Peković (born 1979), Serbian water polo player * Branko Pešić (1922–1986), Serbian politician * Branko Petranović (1927–1994), Serbian historian * Branko Pintarič (born 1967), Slovenian writer and actor * Branko Plavšić (1949–2011), Serbian comic book artist * Branko Pleša (1926–2001), Serbian actor and theatre director * Branko Pleše (1915–1980), Croatian footballer * Branko Popović (painter) (1882–1944), Serbian painter * Branko Popović (politician) (born 1975), Serbian medical doctor and politician
==R== * Branko Radaković (1982–2018), Serbian actor and director * Branko Radivojević (born 1980), Slovak ice hockey player * Branko Radičević (1924–1953), Serbian poet * Branko Radovanović (born 1981), Serbian footballer * Branko Radović (basketball) (1933–1993), Yugoslav basketball player and coach * Branko Radović (footballer, born 1950), Montenegrin football player and manager * Branko Radović (footballer, born 1993), Serbian footballer * Branko Radulović (1881–1916), Serbian painter * Branko Ranković (born 1971), Serbian politician * Branko Rasić (born 1976), Serbian footballer * Branko Rastislalić (died 1352), Serbian medieval ruler * Branko Rašović (born 1942), Montenegrin footballer * Branko Ružić (politician) (born 1975), Serbian politician * Branko Ružić (sculptor) (1919–1997), Croatian sculptor
==S== * Branko Savić (born 1972), Serbian footballer * Branko Schmidt (born 1957), Croatian film director * Branimir Branko Segota (born 1961), Croatian-Canadian soccer player * Branko Skroče (born 1955), Croatian basketball player * Branko Smiljanić (born 1957), Serbian football manager * Branko Sobot (born 1972), Croatian boxer * Branko Souček (1930–2014), Croatian academic and computer scientist * Branko Špoljar (1914–1985), Yugoslav actor * Branko Stanković (1921–2000), Bosnian football player and manager * Branko Stanovnik (born 1938), Slovenian chemist * Branko Stinčić (1922–2001), Croatian footballer * Branko Štrbac (born 1957), Yugoslav handball player * Branko Strupar (born 1970), Croatian-Belgian footballer * Branko Švarc (1894–1972), Croatian judge
==T== * Branko Tanazević (1876–1945), Serbian architect * Branko de Tellería (born 1991), Argentinian footballer * Branko Tomović (born 1980), Serbian-German actor * Branko Tošović (born 1949), Austrian-Serbian philologist, linguist and literary scholar * Branko Trajkov (born 1966), Croatian musician * Branko Tretinjak (1907–1989), Yugoslav fencer * Branko Tucak (born 1952), Croatian football manager
==V== * Branko Ve Poljanski, pseudonym of Serbian poet and painter Branislav Micić (1898–1947) * Branko Vidović (1923–2013), Croatian swimmer * Branko Vodnik (1879–1926), Croatian literary historian * Branko Vrgoč (born 1989), Croatian footballer * Branko Vujović (born 1998), Montenegrin handball player * Branko Vukelić (1958–2013), Croatian politician * Branko Vukelić (spy) (1904–1945), Yugoslav spy * Branko Vukićević (born 1961), Serbian basketball player
==Z== * Branko Zebec (1929–1988), Croatian football player and manager * Branko Žigić (born 1981), Serbian professional football player and coach * Branko Ziherl (1916–1942), Slovenian diver * Branko Zinaja (1895–1949), Croatian footballer * Branko Zorko (born 1967), Croatian runner * Branko Zupan (born 1964), Slovenian football player and manager
==No surname== * Branko (čelnik) ({{fl.}} 1306–19), Serbian nobleman
==See also== * {{intitle|Branko}} * Branko's Bridge, bridge in Belgrade, Serbia * Brankov, surname * Branković, surname * Brankovina, village in Serbia * Brankovići (Rogatica), village in Bosnia
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