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Branko
Say it: BRAHN-koh
Meaning
Short form of Branimir or Branislav, from braniti 'to defend'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A common Serbian and Croatian name since the 19th century.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 71 babies given this name since 1961
- At its height in 1975, about 1 in 142,000 boys
- 6 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Бранко
Famous bearers
- Branko Radičević, Serbian poet
- Branko Ćopić, Yugoslav writer
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Where this comes from
- Well-known works of literature
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
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