# Milovan

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'''Milovan''' ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Милован, {{IPA|sh|miˈloːvan|lang}}}}) is a [Slavic name](/source/Slavic_names) 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](/source/Milovan_Boji%C4%87) (born 1955), Serbian politician
* [Milovan Ćirić](/source/Milovan_%C4%86iri%C4%87) (1918–1986), Serbian football manager
* [Milovan Đilas](/source/Milovan_%C4%90ilas) (1911–1995), Montenegrin-Serbian Communist politician, theorist and author in Yugoslavia
* [Milovan Đorić](/source/Milovan_%C4%90ori%C4%87) (born 1945), Serbian football player and manager
* [Milovan Danojlić](/source/Milovan_Danojli%C4%87) (1937–2022), Serbian writer
* [Milovan Destil Marković](/source/Milovan_Destil_Markovi%C4%87) (born 1957), visual artist
* [Milovan Drašković](/source/Milovan_Dra%C5%A1kovi%C4%87) (born 1995), Montenegrin basketball player
* [Milovan Drecun](/source/Milovan_Drecun) (born 1957), Serbian journalist of Montenegrin descent
* [Milovan Gavazzi](/source/Milovan_Gavazzi) (1895–1992), Croatian ethnologist
* [Milovan Glišić](/source/Milovan_Gli%C5%A1i%C4%87) (1847–1908), Serbian writer, dramatist, and literary theorist
* [Milovan Ilic Minimaks](/source/Milovan_Ilic_Minimaks) (1938–2005), Serbian radio and TV journalist
* [Milovan Jakšić](/source/Milovan_Jak%C5%A1i%C4%87) (1909–1953), Serbian footballer
* [Milovan Jović](/source/Milovan_Jovi%C4%87) (1955–2009), Serbian footballer
* [Milovan Kapor](/source/Milovan_Kapor) (born 1991), Canadian soccer player
* [Milovan Krivokapić](/source/Milovan_Krivokapi%C4%87) (born 1949), Serbian politician
* [Milovan Milovanović](/source/Milovan_Milovanovi%C4%87) (1863–1912), Serbian politician, diplomat and constitutional lawyer
* [Milovan Milović](/source/Milovan_Milovi%C4%87) (born 1980), Serbian footballer
* [Milovan Mirosevic](/source/Milovan_Mirosevic) (born 1980), Chilean footballer
* [Milovan Obradović](/source/Milovan_Obradovi%C4%87) (born 1956), Serbian footballer
* [Milovan Petrovikj](/source/Milovan_Petrovikj) (born 1990), Macedonian footballer
* [Milovan Minja Prelević](/source/Milovan_Minja_Prelevi%C4%87) (1970–2019), Montenegrin footballer and coach
* [Milovan Raković](/source/Milovan_Rakovi%C4%87) (born 1985), Serbian professional basketball player
* [Milovan Rajevac](/source/Milovan_Rajevac) (born 1954), Serbian footballer
* [Milovan Savić](/source/Milovan_Savi%C4%87) (born 1953), Croatian middle-distance runner
* [Milovan Sikimić](/source/Milovan_Sikimi%C4%87) (born 1980), Serbian footballer
* [Milovan Stanković](/source/Milovan_Stankovi%C4%87) (born 1969), Serbian writer
* [Milovan Stepandić](/source/Milovan_Stepandi%C4%87) (1954–2020), Serbian basketball coach
* [Milovan Vesnić](/source/Milovan_Vesni%C4%87) ({{floruit}} 2014), Serbian racing driver
* [Milovan Vidaković](/source/Milovan_Vidakovi%C4%87) (1780–1841), Serbian writer
* [Milovan Vitezović](/source/Milovan_Vitezovi%C4%87) (1944–2022), Serbian writer, poet, play writer and satirist
* [Milovan Zoričić](/source/Milovan_Zori%C4%8Di%C4%87) (1884–1971), Croatian football official and criminal judge
* [Milovan Zoričić (statistician)](/source/Milovan_Zori%C4%8Di%C4%87_(statistician)) (1850–1912), Croatian statistician

== Surname ==
* [Berndt Lubich von Milovan](/source/Berndt_Lubich_von_Milovan), ''Hauptsturmführer'' in the Waffen SS during World War II
* [Irena Milovan](/source/Irena_Milovan) (1937–2020), Yugoslav ballet dancer
* [Ivan Milovan](/source/Ivan_Milovan) (born 1940), Croatian Roman Catholic prelate

== Place names ==
* Milovan, a village in [Pleșoi](/source/Ple%C8%99oi) Commune, Dolj County, Romania

== See also ==
* {{intitle|Milovan}}
* [Milovanov](/source/Milovanov)
* [Milovanović](/source/Milovanovi%C4%87)
* ''[Miloslav](/source/Miloslav), "[Mila](/source/Mila_(given_name))"''
* [Slavic names](/source/Slavic_names)

==References==
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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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Category:Bosnian masculine given names
Category:Serbian masculine given names
Category:Slovene masculine given names
Category:Croatian masculine given names
Category:Montenegrin masculine given names
Category:Ukrainian masculine given names
Category:Bulgarian masculine given names
Category:Slavic masculine given names
Category:Masculine given names

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