'''Milovan''' ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Милован, {{IPA|sh|miˈloːvan|lang}}}}) is a Slavic name derived from the passive adjective ''milovati'' ("caress").{{sfn|Grković|1977|p=134}} Its presence has been recorded in Serbia since the Late Middle Ages.{{sfn|Grković|1977|p=134}} Variants include Milovanac and Milovanče.{{sfn|Grković|1977|p=134}}
It celebrates its name day on January 25 in Poland,<ref>https://www.kalendarz-tygodniowy.pl/aat/2025/1</ref> where it is spelled Miłowan.
==Given name== * Milovan Bojić (born 1955), Serbian politician * Milovan Ćirić (1918–1986), Serbian football manager * Milovan Đilas (1911–1995), Montenegrin-Serbian Communist politician, theorist and author in Yugoslavia * Milovan Đorić (born 1945), Serbian football player and manager * Milovan Danojlić (1937–2022), Serbian writer * Milovan Destil Marković (born 1957), visual artist * Milovan Drašković (born 1995), Montenegrin basketball player * Milovan Drecun (born 1957), Serbian journalist of Montenegrin descent * Milovan Gavazzi (1895–1992), Croatian ethnologist * Milovan Glišić (1847–1908), Serbian writer, dramatist, and literary theorist * Milovan Ilic Minimaks (1938–2005), Serbian radio and TV journalist * Milovan Jakšić (1909–1953), Serbian footballer * Milovan Jović (1955–2009), Serbian footballer * Milovan Kapor (born 1991), Canadian soccer player * Milovan Krivokapić (born 1949), Serbian politician * Milovan Milovanović (1863–1912), Serbian politician, diplomat and constitutional lawyer * Milovan Milović (born 1980), Serbian footballer * Milovan Mirosevic (born 1980), Chilean footballer * Milovan Obradović (born 1956), Serbian footballer * Milovan Petrovikj (born 1990), Macedonian footballer * Milovan Minja Prelević (1970–2019), Montenegrin footballer and coach * Milovan Raković (born 1985), Serbian professional basketball player * Milovan Rajevac (born 1954), Serbian footballer * Milovan Savić (born 1953), Croatian middle-distance runner * Milovan Sikimić (born 1980), Serbian footballer * Milovan Stanković (born 1969), Serbian writer * Milovan Stepandić (1954–2020), Serbian basketball coach * Milovan Vesnić ({{floruit}} 2014), Serbian racing driver * Milovan Vidaković (1780–1841), Serbian writer * Milovan Vitezović (1944–2022), Serbian writer, poet, play writer and satirist * Milovan Zoričić (1884–1971), Croatian football official and criminal judge * Milovan Zoričić (statistician) (1850–1912), Croatian statistician
== Surname == * Berndt Lubich von Milovan, ''Hauptsturmführer'' in the Waffen SS during World War II * Irena Milovan (1937–2020), Yugoslav ballet dancer * Ivan Milovan (born 1940), Croatian Roman Catholic prelate
== Place names == * Milovan, a village in Pleșoi Commune, Dolj County, Romania
== See also == * {{intitle|Milovan}} * Milovanov * Milovanović * ''Miloslav, "Mila"'' * Slavic names
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==Sources== *{{cite book|last=Grković|first=Milica|title=Rečnik ličnih imena kod Srba|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1D9CAQAAIAAJ|year=1977|publisher=Vuk Karadžić|location=Belgrade}}
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