Given name
Velimir
“one who wishes for great peace”
Velimir is used as a given name. One Croatian interpretation is “one who wishes for great peace.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Croatian interpretation is “one who wishes for great peace.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Croatian.
Velimir’s family of names
Velimir has a related form in Velimeer. Velimir has a related form in Velimeere. Velimir has a related form in Velimire.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Velimir
- Velimir KhlebnikovRussian writer (1885–1922)
- Bata ŽivojinovićYugoslav and Serbian actor and politician (1933-2016)
- Velimir PerasovićCroatian basketball player (born 1965)
- Velimir ValentaYugoslavian rower (1929-2004)
- Velimir SombolacSerbian football player and coach (1939-2016)
- Velimir NeidhardtCroatian architectborn 1943
- Velimir IlićSerbian politicianborn 1951
- Velimir Radinovićbasketball playerborn 1981
- Massuka ŽivojinovićSerbian poet, playwright (1866-1974)1886–1974
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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