{{Infobox given name | name = Predrag | pronunciation = {{IPA|sh|prêdraːɡ|}} | gender = male | meaning = "Very beloved" | region = Eastern Europe | language = Slavic | origin = ''pre-'' ("very, much") + ''drag'' ("dear, beloved") | alternative spelling = Предраг | nickname = Peđa | variant forms = | related names = Dragan, Miodrag | name day = | derived = | footnotes = | wikt = }} {{Wiktionary|Predrag}} '''Predrag''' ({{lang-sr-cyr|Предраг}}) is a Slavic masculine given name, predominantly borne by ethnic Slavs, derived from ''pre-'' ("very, much") and ''-drag'' ("dear, beloved"), both common in Slavic dithematic names. It roughly means "very beloved". The usual nickname is '''Peđa''' (Pedja).
==Notable people with the name== ===A-J=== * Predrag Alempijević (born 1970), Serbian footballer * Predrag Antonijević (born 1959) , Serbian director and screenwriter * Predrag Azdejković (born 1978), Serbian activist, journalist, writer * Predrag Balašević (born 1974), Serbian-Romanian politician * Predrag Bambić (born 1958), Serbian film and television cinematographer * Predrag Banović (born 1969), Bosnian Serb war criminal * Predrag Benaček (born1959), Bosnian basketball coach * Predrag Bjelac (born 1962), Serbian actor * Predrag Bobić (born 1960), Croatian musician, guitarist and music pedagogue * Predrag Bogosavljev (born, 1959), Serbian basketball executive * Predrag Bošković (born 1972). Montenegrin politician and sports administrator * Predrag "Pedj" Bojić (born 1984). Australian soccer player * Predrag Bošnjak (born 1985). Hungarian footballer * Predrag Brzaković (1964–2012), Serbian footballer * Predrag Bubalo (born 1954). Serbian politician * Predrag Bulatović (born 1956). Montenegrin politician * Predrag Cvetanović (born 1967), Serbian politician * Predrag Cvitanović (born 1946), Croatian physicist and academic * Predrag Đajić (1922–1979), Yugoslav footballer * Predrag Danilović (born 1970), Serbian basketball player * Predrag Đorđević (born 1972), Serbian footballer * Predrag Đorović (born 1983), Serbian footballer * Predrag Dragić (1945–2012), Serbian humanist and writer * Predrag Drobnjak (born 1975), Montenegrin basketball player * Predrag Ejdus (1947–2018), Serbian actor * Predrag Erak (born 1970), Bosnian football player and manager * Predrag Filipov (born 1956), Serbian doctor of medical sciences, politician and diplomat * Predrag Filipović (footballer) (born 1975), Montenegrin footballer * Predrag Filipović (racewalker) (born 1978), Serbian racewalker * Predrag Finci (born 1946), Bosnian–British philosopher, author, and essayist * Predrag Ginculj (born 1983), Serbian politician * Predrag Gojković Cune (1932–2017), Serbian vocalist and recording artist * Predrag Golubović (1935–1994), Serbian film director and screenwriter * Predrag Gosta (born 1972), Serbian-American conductor and musician * Predrag Govedarica (born 1984), Serbian footballer * Predrag "Peđa" Grbin (born 1979), Croatian lawyer and politician * Predrag Jaćimović (born 1957), Serbian basketball coach * Predrag Jelenković (born 1965), Serbian politician * Predrag Jeremić (born 1987), Serbian footballer * Predrag Jokanović (born 1968), Serbian footballer * Predrag Jokić (born 1983), Montenegrin water polo player * Predrag Joksimović (born 1977) , former Serbian basketball player * Predrag "Peđa D'Boy" Jovanović (born 1950), Serbian musician * Predrag Jovanović (footballer) (born 1965), Serbian footballer * Predrag Jović (born 1987), Serbian footballer * Predrag Jurić (born 1961), Bosnian footballer
===K-P=== * Predrag Kašćelan (born 1990), Montenegrin footballer * Predrag Keros (1933–2018), Croatian doctor and professor * Predrag Kodžo (born 1973), Serbian footballer * Predrag Kojović (born 1965), Bosnian Serb politician * Predrag Koraksić Corax (born 1933), Serbian political caricaturist * Predrag Kovačević, Bosnian guitarist * Predrag Krunić (born 1967), Bosnian basketball coach * Predrag Laković (1929–1997), Serbian actor * Predrag Lazić (born 1982), Serbian footballer * Predrag Luka (born 1988), Serbian footballer * Predrag "Miki" Manojlovic (born 1950), Serbian actor * Predrag Manojlović (water polo) (1951–2014), Yugoslav water polo player * Predrag Marković (born 1955), Serbian politician, author, and historian * Predrag J. Marković (born 1965), Serbian politician and historian * Predrag Marsenić (born 1970), Serbian engineer and politician * Predrag Materić (born 1977), Serbian–French basketball player and sports agent * Predrag Matić (1962–2024), Croatian politician * Predrag Matvejević (1932–2017), Yugoslav writer and scholar * Predrag Mihailović (born 1974), Australian water polo coach * Predrag Mijatović (born 1969), Montenegrin football player * Predrag Mijić (footballer) (born 1984), Serbian footballer * Predrag Miletić (born 1952), Serbian actor * Predrag Miletić (basketball) (born 1984), Serbian basketball player * Predrag Milinković (1933–1998), Serbian actor * Predrag Milićević Barbarien (1963–2013), Serbian painter * Predrag Milosavljević (1908—1989), Serbian painter * Predrag Miloš (born 1955), Serbian swimmer * Predrag Milošević (composer) (1904–1988), Serbian composer and conductor * Predrag Mirčeta (born 1984), Serbian footballer * Predrag Mitić (born 1969), Serbian footballer * Predrag Momirović (born 1977), Serbian sprinter * Predrag Mužijević, Bosnian pianist * Predrag K. Nikić, Serbian Yoga teacher * Predrag Nikolić (born 1960), Bosnian Serb chess grandmaster * Predrag Nikolić (director) (born 1962), Serbian director, screenwriter and media advisor * Predrag Ocokoljić (born 1977), Serbian footballer * Predrag Ostojić (1938–1996), Yugoslav chess player * Predrag Pajdic (born 1965), Serbian-British artist, art historian and curator * Predrag Pajić (born 1993), Macedonian basketball player * Predrag Palavestra (1930–2014), Yugoslav author, literary historian and academic * Predrag Papaz (born 1987), Bosnian footballer * Predrag Patić (born 1967), Serbian politician * Predrag Pavlović (born 1986), Serbian footballer * Predrag Pašić (born 1958), Bosnian footballer * Predrag Pažin (born 1973), Bulgarian footballer * Predrag Peruničić (born 1967), Serbian handball player * Predrag Počuča (born 1986), Croatian-Serbian footballer * Predrag Puharić (born 1977), Bosnian computer security expert and politician
===R-Z=== * Predrag "Preki" Radosavljević (born 1963), Serbian-American soccer player and coach * Predrag Radovanović (1911–1964), Serbian footballer * Predrag Radošević, Montenegrin boxer * Predrag Rajić (born 1987), Serbian politician * Predrag Rajković (born 1995), Serbian footballer * Predrag Rakić, Bosnian drummer and music manager * Predrag Raković (1912–1944), Yugoslav military officer * Predrag Ranđelović (footballer, born 1976), Serbian footballer * Predrag Ranđelović (footballer, born 1990), Macedonian footballer * Predrag Ristanović (born 1972), Serbian football player and manager * Predrag Ristić (1931–2019), Serbian architect and university professor * Predrag Ristović (born 1975), Serbian footballer * Predrag Rogan (born 1974), Serbian football manager and former player * Predrag Rusevski (born 1983), Macedonian tennis player * Predrag Samardžiski (born 1986), Macedonian basketball player * Predrag Sarić (1921–1979), Croatian rower * Predrag Šarić (born 1959), Croatian basketball player * Predrag Savović (born 1976), Montenegrin basketball player * Predrag Sikimić (born 1982), Serbian footballer * Predrag Šimić (born 1979), Bosnian footballer * Predrag Spasić (born 1965), Serbian footballer * Predrag Stamenković (born 1977), Serbian footballer * Predrag Stanimirović (born 1995), Serbian footballer * Predrag Stanković (born 1968), Serbian footballer * Predrag Stevanović (born 1991), Serbian footballer * Predrag Stilinović (born 1954), Croatian football manager * Predrag Stipanović (born 1964), Croatian military officer * Predrag Stojaković (born 1977), Serbian basketball player * Predrag Stojanović (born 1958), Serbian academic and politician * Predrag Štromar (born 1969), Croatian politician * Predrag Šuput (born 1977), Serbian basketball player * Predrag Šustar (born 1970), Croatian philosophy professor and politician * Predrag Tasovac (1922–2010), Serbian actor * Predrag Timko (born 1948), Yugoslav handball player * Predrag Tomić (born 1953), Serbian footballer * Predrag Umičević (born 1963), Serbian engineer and politician * Predrag Valenčić (born 1963), Croatian footballer * Predrag Vejin (born 1992), Serbian handball player * Predrag Vranicki (1922–2002), Yugoslav philosopher * Predrag Vujović (born 1983), Montenegrin footballer * Predrag Vuković (born 1966), Serbian politician * Predrag Vušović (1960–2011), Croatian actor * Predrag Zimonjić (born 1970), Serbian water polo player * Predrag Živadinović (born 1983), Serbian footballer * Predrag Živković Tozovac (1936–2021), Serbian folk singer and composer
==See also== * {{intitle|Predrag}}
==References== * [http://www.behindthename.com/name/predrag Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Predrag] *{{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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