{{for|settlement on Aruba|Bubali}} {{wiktionary|bubalo}} '''Bubalo''' is a Serbo-Croatian-Bosnian surname, borne by ethnic Serbs, Croats and Bosniaks in Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The word ''buba'' means "bug" or "beetle", and is derived from a pejorative<ref>{{cite book|title=Šta se krije iza etimologije|author=Milorad Telebak|publisher=Besjeda|year=2003|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZZ5iAAAAMAAJ|page=63|isbn=9789993835356|quote=Од глаголских основа перративним наставком -ло настала су презимена: Бубало, Рикало, Прскало.}}</ref> nickname, based on character traits of its first bearers.<ref>{{cite book|title=Rasprave Instituta za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, Volume 33|author=Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje|publisher=Institut|year=2007|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=72FXAAAAYAAJ|pages=49–50|quote=Prezimena nadimačkoga postanja Nadimačkoga su podrijetla prezimena Bubalo [...] S druge strane prezimena Bubalo, Deronja, Kisić upućuju na karakterne crte svojih prvih nositelja.}}</ref> At least 343 individuals with the surname died at the Jasenovac concentration camp.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vh1.nethosting.com/~lituchy/victim_search.php?field=lastname&searchtype=contains&data=Bubalo&submit=Go|title = Jasenovac Research Institute}}</ref>
It may refer to:
*Klaudija Bubalo (born 1970), retired Croatian handball player *Krešimir Bubalo (born 1973), Croatian politician, Mayor of Osijek, his home city *Milan Bubalo (born 1990), Serbian footballer *Predrag Bubalo (born 1954), the former Serbian Minister of Industry and Privatization *Stanko Bubalo (born 1973), Croatian football striker
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==See also== *{{intitle|Bubalo}} *Babalu (disambiguation) *Bebuloh *Bubalu *Bubbaloo *Bubulo
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{{Surname}} Category:Surnames of Croatian origin Category:Surnames of Serbian origin Category:Surnames of Bosnian origin