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Dušan
Say it: DOO-shahn
Meaning
From Slavic duša 'soul'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Through the 14th-century emperor it became a national name in Serbia and spread to Slovakia.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 130 babies given this name since 1921
- At its height in 1974, about 1 in 157,300 boys
- 7 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Душан
| Czech | Dušan |
|---|---|
| Slovak | Dušan |
Famous bearers
- Stefan Dušan, Emperor of the Serbs
- Dušan Makavejev, film director
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Where this comes from
- Royal and noble genealogies
- 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.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.