Vatroslav
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Vatroslav is a Croatian
masculine given name
. It derives from word for "fire" (vatra) and the Slavic language
suffix -slav, meaning "glory" or "fame". The feminine version is Vatroslava.
Croats
Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...
masculine given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
. It derives from word for "fire" (vatra) and the Slavic language
Slavic languages
The Slavic languages , a group of closely related languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup of Indo-European languages, have speakers in most of Eastern Europe, in much of the Balkans, in parts of Central Europe, and in the northern part of Asia.-Branches:Scholars traditionally divide Slavic...
suffix -slav, meaning "glory" or "fame". The feminine version is Vatroslava.
People named Vatroslav
- Vatroslav JagićVatroslav JagicVatroslav Jagić was a Croatian language researcher and a famous expert in Slavic languages in the second half of the 19th century.-Life:...
(1838–1923), Croatian linguist - Vatroslav LichteneggerVatroslav LichteneggerVatroslav Lichtenegger was a Croatian poet who claimed to have scored and harmonized the song Lijepa naša domovino in 1891. He is buried in the Mirogoj cemetery in Zagreb. His daughter was famous opera singer Mathilde Mallinger.-References:...
(1809–1885), Austrian-Croatian music educator - Vatroslav LisinskiVatroslav LisinskiVatroslav Lisinski was a Croatian composer.Lisinski was born Ignaz Fuchs to a German Jewish family...
(1819–1854), Croatian composer - Vatroslav MihačićVatroslav MihačićVatroslav Mihačić is a retired Croatian football player. He played as goalkeper for Hajduk Split, Neretva and NK Zagreb in Croatia, and had a four-year spell at Portuguese side Gil Vicente....
(b. 1967), retired Croatian footballer - Vatroslav MimicaVatroslav MimicaVatroslav Mimica is an award-winning Croatian film director and screenwriter.Mimica had enrolled at the University of Zagreb School of Medicine before the outbreak of World War II. In 1942 he joined Young Communist League of Yugoslavia and in 1943 he went on to join the Yugoslav Partisans,...
(b. 1925), Croatian film director - Vatroslav PiacunVatroslav PiacunVatroslav Piacun , was a Croatian basketball player and coach.- Career :...
(1931–1999), Croatian basketball player