# Jovica

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**Jovica** (Sr-cyrl: Јовица) is a masculine given name. It is a hypocoristic form of the name [Jovan](/source/Jovan_(given_name)).

Notable people with the given name include:

- [Jovica Antonić](/source/Jovica_Antoni%C4%87) (born 1966), Serbian professional basketball coach, former player
- [Jovica Arsić](/source/Jovica_Arsi%C4%87) (born 1968), Serbian basketball coach
- [Jovica Blagojević](/source/Jovica_Blagojevi%C4%87) (born 1998), Serbian footballer
- [Jovica Cvetković](/source/Jovica_Cvetkovi%C4%87) (born 1959), Serbian handball coach and former Olympic player
- [Jovica Damjanović](/source/Jovica_Damjanovi%C4%87) (born 1975), retired Serbian football midfielder
- [Jovica Elezović](/source/Jovica_Elezovi%C4%87) (born 1956), former Yugoslav handball player
- [Jovica Jevtić](/source/Jovica_Jevti%C4%87) (born 1975), politician in Serbia
- [Jovica Kolb](/source/Jovica_Kolb) (born 1963), Serbian former football player
- [Jovica Lakić](/source/Jovica_Laki%C4%87) (born 1974), retired Serbian professional footballer
- [Jovica Milijić](/source/Jovica_Miliji%C4%87) (born 1986), Serbian-born Maltese futsal player
- [Jovica Nikolić](/source/Jovica_Nikoli%C4%87) (born 1959), Serbian former midfielder
- [Jovica Raduka](/source/Jovica_Raduka) or Joe Raduka (born 1954), former Serbian-American soccer player
- [Jovica Simanic](/source/Jovica_Simanic) or Jovo Simanić (born 1965), Serbian retired footballer
- [Jovica Škoro](/source/Jovica_%C5%A0koro) (born 1947), Serbian football manager and former player
- [Jovica Stanišić](/source/Jovica_Stani%C5%A1i%C4%87) (born 1950), former head of the Serbian State Security Service
- [Jovica Stokić](/source/Jovica_Stoki%C4%87) (born 1987), Bosnian professional footballer
- [Jovica Tasevski-Eternijan](/source/Jovica_Tasevski-Eternijan) (born 1976), Macedonian poet, essayist and literary critic
- [Jovica Trajcev](/source/Jovica_Trajcev) (born 1981), Macedonian football player
- [Jovica Vasilić](/source/Jovica_Vasili%C4%87) (born 1990), Serbian footballer
- [Jovica Veljović](/source/Jovica_Veljovi%C4%87) (born 1954), Serbian type designer and calligrapher
- [Jovica Vico](/source/Jovica_Vico) (born 1978), former Bosnian professional footballer

Notable people with the eponymous surname include:

- [Victor Jovica](/source/Victor_Jovica) (born 1945), Croatian-born Puerto Rican professional wrestler and promoter

## See also

- [Jović](/source/Jovi%C4%87)
- [Jovičić](/source/Jovi%C4%8Di%C4%87)
- [Ivica](/source/Ivica)

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