Given name & surname
Rajko
Rajko is a masculine given name. It is used in Serbo-Croatian and Slovene.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Serbo-Croatian usage, Rajko is an affectionate form of Radoslav.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2008. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rajko through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 15
- 15 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 9 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 6 in 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 208 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.
Rajko’s family of names
In Serbo-Croatian usage, Rajko is an affectionate form of Radoslav.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Rajko
- Rajko MitićSerbian footballer (1922-2008)
- Rajko GrlićCroatian film directorborn 1947
- Rajko KuzmanovićPresident of the Republika Srpskaborn 1931
- Rajko ĐurićSerbian Romani writer and academic (1947–2020)
- Rajko ŽižićMontenegrin basketball player (1955–2003)
- Rajko TavčarSlovenian footballerborn 1974
- Rajko RotmanSlovenian footballerborn 1989
- Rajko ProdanovićSerbian handball playerborn 1986
- Rajko AleksićSerbian footballerborn 1947
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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