{{Short description|Slavic masculine given name}} {{Infobox given name | name = Dragoljub | pronunciation={{IPA|sh|drâɡoʎuːb|lang}} | gender = masculine | meaning = dear love | origin = ''drag'' ("dear, precious") and ''ljub'' ("love") | alternative spelling = Драгољуб | nickname = Draža | region = Eastern Europe | languageorigin = Slavic | related names = Drago, Dragan, Dragomir, Dragoslav, Ljubodrag, Milodrag | shortform = }} {{Wiktionary|Dragoljub}} '''Dragoljub''' ({{Cyrl|Драгољуб}}) is a Serbian masculine given name, derived from Slavic ''drag-'' ("dear, beloved") and ''ljub'' ("love, to like"), both very common in Slavic dithematic names.<ref>[https://www.behindthename.com/name/dragoljub Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Dragoljub]</ref> It roughly means "dear love". A diminutve is Draža.
Notable people with the name include:
* Dragoljub Acković (1952–2025), Serbian Romani writer, activist, and politician * Dragoljub Anđelković (born 1993), Serbian footballer * Dragoljub Avramović (born 1979), Serbian basketball coach * Dragoljub Bekvalac (born 1952), Serbian football player and coach * Dragoljub Blažić (1938–1991), Yugoslav footballer * Dragoljub Brnović (born 1963), Montenegrin footballer * Dragoljub Bursać, Serbian footballer * Dragoljub Čirić (1935–2014), Serbian chess player * Dragoljub Đuričić (1953–2021), Serbian-Montenegrin drummer * Dragoljub Ilić (born 1956), Serbian musician, songwriter, and composer * Dragoljub Jacimović (born 1964), Macedonian chess player * Dragoljub Janošević (1923–1993), Serbian chess player * Dragoljub Jeličić (1902–1963), Serbian soldier * Dragoljub Jeremić (1978–2022), Serbian footballer * Dragoljub Jovanovich (1916–1983), Serbian-American inventor and helicopter designer * Dragoljub Kojčić (born 1954), Serbian politician and author * Dragoljub Kostić (born 1950), Serbian footballer * Dragoljub Ljubičić (born 1962), Serbian actor and comedian * Dragoljub Mićović (1929–2015), Serbian architect and writer * Dragoljub Mićunović (1930–2026), Serbian politician and philosopher * Dragoljub Mihailović (1893–1946), Serbian military general * Dragoljub Milošević (1929–2005), Serbian football player and coach * Dragoljub Minić (1937–2005), Yugoslav chess player * Dragoljub Ojdanić (1941–2020), Serbian military general * Dragoljub Pavlović (1867–1920), Serbian politician and historian * Dragoljub Pavlović (1875–1956), Serbian painter * Dragoljub Pljakić (1937–2011), Serbian basketball player and coach * Dragoljub Popović (born 1951), Serbian judge * Dragoljub Prcać (born 1937), Bosnian Serb war criminal * Dragoljub Radulović (born 1964), Serbian judoka * Dragoljub Savić (born 2001), Serbian footballer * Dragoljub Simić (born 1951), Bosnian footballer * Dragoljub Simonović (footballer) (born 1972), Serbian-Bulgarian footballer * Dragoljub Simonović (politician) (born 1959), Serbian politician * Dragoljub Srnić (born 1992), Serbian footballer * Dragoljub Stamenković (1954–2025), Serbian politician * Dragoljub Velimirović (1942–2014), Serbian chess player * Dragoljub Vidačić (born 1970), Serbian basketball player and coach * Dragoljub Zindović (born 1965), Serbian politician
==See also== * {{intitle|Dragoljub}} * Ljubodrag (given name) * Slavic names
==References== {{Reflist}} *{{cite book|author=Milica Grković|title=Rečnik ličnih imena kod Srba|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1D9CAQAAIAAJ|year=1977|publisher=Vuk Karadžić}} *{{cite book|author=Katarina Stojanović|title=Srpska imena: narodna i hrišćanska|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oIDhGAAACAAJ|year=2007|publisher=Gramatik|isbn=978-86-84421-51-9}}
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