Surname · also Latin
Kostić
Kostić is a surname, possibly from Latin, ultimately from Greek. It is used in Serbo-Croatian.
Original GreekΚώστας
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Kostić possibly comes from Latin, and ultimately from Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Serbo-Croatian usage, Kostić as a surname developed from Κώστας.
Kostić’s family of names
In Serbo-Croatian usage, Kostić as a surname developed from the Greek form Κώστας. In Serbian usage, Kostić as a surname has a related form in Костић. In Serbo-Croatian usage, Kostić as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Костић.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Kostić has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
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.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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