Given name & surname
Veselin
“merry, happy”
Veselin is a masculine given name. It is used in Serbo-Croatian.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Veselin is a romanization of Веселин. Веселин goes back to a word meaning “merry, happy.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Veselin is a romanization of Веселин. Веселин comes from Old Church Slavonic.
Explained through its name family
Veselin’s family of names
In Macedonian usage, Veselin is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Веселин. In Greek usage, Veselin as a surname is a transliteration of Βεσελίν.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
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.
People named Veselin
- Veselin TopalovBulgarian chess grandmasterborn 1975
- Veselin VujovićMontenegrin former handball playerborn 1961
- Veselin VukovićSerbian handball playerborn 1958
- Veselin ŠljivančaninMontenegrin soldierborn 1953
- Veselin ĐuranovićPresident of Montenegro (1925-1997)
- Veselin ĐuhoCroatian water polo playerborn 1960
- Veselin MinevBulgarian footballerborn 1980
- Veselin StoyanovBulgarian composer (1902–1969)
- Veselin MaslešaBosnian Serb writer (1906–1943)
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