Given name
Žarko
Žarko is a masculine given name. It is used in Serbo-Croatian and Slovene.
Meaning & origin
Žarko’s family of names
In Italian usage, Žarko has a conventional equivalent in the Greek form Ζάρκο. In Serbian usage, Žarko has a related form in Жарко. In Macedonian usage, Žarko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Жарко.
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Žarko has relatives in 3 languages.
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Nicknames & forms 1
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Spellings & scripts 1
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Across languages 1
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See also 1
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People named Žarko
- Žarko PaspaljSerbian basketball player (born 1966)
- Žarko PetanSlovenian writer and director (1929–2014)
- Žarko Varajićbasketball player (1951–2019)
- Žarko TomaševićMontenegrin footballerborn 1990
- Žarko JovanovićSerbian Romani musician, songwriter, activist1925–1985
- Žarko DolinarCroatian table tennis player (1920–2003)
- Žarko NikolićSerbian football player (1938-2011)1936–2011
- Žarko ŠešumSerbian handball playerborn 1986
- Žarko MarkovićMontenegrin handball playerborn 1986
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