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Драган

“dear”

Драган (Dragán) is a masculine given name. It is used in Bulgarian, Macedonian, and Serbo-Croatian.

Bulgarian and Macedonian and Serbian and Serbo-CroatianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Dragan.

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Meaning & origin

What it means

Драган goes back to a word meaning “dear.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Драган is Dragan written in Cyrillic. Dragan is a variant of Dragon. An origin associated with Dragon is American.

Explained through its name family

How it developed

Built from Bulgarian драг (“dear”) + -а́н.

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Драган’s family of names

In Serbian usage, Драган has a related form in Dragan. In Macedonian usage, Драган can be written in the Roman alphabet as Dragan. In Bulgarian usage, Драган has a transliteration in Dragan.

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Around the world

Драган has relatives in 4 languages.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Draganvariant · Serbian, Bulgarian

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

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