Dejan

Dejan () is a South Slavic masculine given name, derived from the Slavic verb dejati, meaning "to act, to do".^[1] The name and the derived surname Dejanović are common among South Slavs.

The name is first recorded in 1325 (1333) for a voevod of king Stefan Uroš.^[2]

Notable people

• Dejan (fl. 1346-66), Serbian magnate
• Dejan Bodiroga (born 1973), Serbian basketball player
• Dejan Dabović (1944–2020), Yugoslav water polo player
• Dejan Damjanović (born 1981), Montenegrin footballer
• Dejan Dimitrovski (born 1979), Macedonian footballer
• Dejan Gluščević (born 1967), Serbian footballer and manager
• Dejan Iliev (born 1995), Macedonian footballer
• Dejan Janković (born 1986), Serbian footballer
• Dejan Judež (born 1990), Slovenian ski jumper
• Dejan Kelhar (born 1984), Slovenian footballer
• Dejan Kulusevski (born 2000), Swedish footballer of Macedonian descent
• Dejan Lovren (born 1989), Croatian footballer
• Dejan Medaković (1922–2008), Serbian art historian, writer and academician
• Dejan Meleg (born 1994), Serbian footballer
• Dejan Milojević (1977–2024), Serbian basketball player and coach
• Dejan Milovanović (1984–2025), Serbian footballer
• Dejan Petković (born 1972), Serbian footballer
• Dejan Petković (born 1958), Serbian singer
• Dejan Ristanović (1963–2025), Serbian writer and computer publicist
• Dejan Savić (born 1975), Serbian water polo player and coach
• Dejan Savićević (born 1966), Montenegrin footballer
• Dejan Stanković (born 1978), Serbian footballer and manager
• Dejan Stefanović (born 1974), Serbian footballer
• Dejan Stojanović (born 1959), Serbian poet, writer, essayist, philosopher, businessman and journalist
• Dejan Tomašević (born 1973), Serbian basketball player
• Dejan Udovičić (born 1970), Serbian water polo coach
• Dejan Đedović (born 1973), Serbian futsal coach

See also

• Dejana, feminine given name

Notes

1. ^ Franz Miklosich (1860), "Die Bildung der slavischen Personennamen", p. 62
2. ^ Franz Miklosich (1858), "Monumenta Serbica", p. 104