Hrvoje

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Hrvoje

Say it: HUR-voh-yeh

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Meaning

Old Croatian name usually linked to the ethnonym Hrvat 'Croat'.

Likelythe main view, with some doubt.

A medieval name revived and widely used in 20th-century Croatia.

Its wave through time

No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.

Through the ages

Used by

Croatian

Famous bearers

Hrvoje Vukčić Hrvatinić, Bosnian magnate

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Where this comes from

Royal and noble genealogies
National birth statistics of European countries 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.