Given name & surname
Branko
“to defend”
Branko is a masculine given name. It is used in Serbo-Croatian.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1961. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Branko through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 85
- 85 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1975
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 9 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 1975. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 856 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Branko’s family of names
In Slovak usage, Branko is a diminutive of Branislav. In Macedonian usage, Branko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Бранко. In Russian usage, Branko is a transliteration of Бранко.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Branko has relatives in 4 languages.
3 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Branko
- Branko CrvenkovskiPresident of the Republic of Macedoniaborn 1962
- Branko IlićSlovenian association football playerborn 1983
- Branko ZebecCroatian footballer and manager (1929–1988)
- Branko LustigCroatian film producer (1932–2019)
- Branko OblakSlovenian footballerborn 1947
- Branko ĆopićYugoslav writer (1915–1984)
- Branko RadičevićSerbian poet (1824–1853)
- Branko StankovićSerbian footballer (1921-2002)
- Branko IvankovićCroatian association football player and managerborn 1954
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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