Dušanka

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/d̪uʂanka/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Dušanka is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Serbia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • HRCroatia1 in 1K(measured from records)
  • RSSerbia≈1 in 1.6K
  • SISlovenia1 in 1.8K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Dušanka itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Serbia (inferred from the name graph)

≈4,400 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
74 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 1.0K (inferred from the name graph)

Croatia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

DušankaLatin(measured from records)
ДушанкаCyrillic(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Душанка in MK North Macedonia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Dušanka counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Dušanka is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
RS Serbia#123≈4,400 est.≈1 in 1.6KlistedDušanka33
HR Croatia#1934,0611 in 1K4.1KDušanka25
MK North Macedonia#5121,398as Душанка1 in 1.5K1.4KДушанка5
SI Slovenia#6251,1961 in 1.8K1.2KDušanka6
BA Bosnia & Herzegovina#305≈800 est.≈1 in 4.8K—Dušanka10

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); State Statistical Office — living population names; SURS — resident population given names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Dušanka is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Dusanka, Duŝanka

  • French given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Chile, United States, Serbia

    Languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Dusanka, Duşanka

  • Czech given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Czechia, Slovakia

    Languages: Czech, Slovak

    Also written Dusanka, Dušanká

  • Russian given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Serbia

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Dusanka, Дусанка, Duşanka

  • Turkish given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Kyrgyzstan, Türkiye, Serbia

    Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani

    Also written Dusanka, Duşanka

  • Italian given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, Serbia

    Also written Dusanka

15 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19201940196019802000Dušanka Antonijević, b. 1924Dušanka Majkić, b. 1952Dušanka Ristić, b. 1958Dušanka Novaković, b. 1985Dušanka Karić, b. 1986

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalBok Dušanka,Hi Dušanka, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 12 sources across 6 countries.

Official registers attesting Dušanka
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
HR CroatiaDZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form)20214.1K#238
HR CroatiaDZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021)20213.1K—
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20081.3K#161
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20091.3K#162
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20101.3K#163
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20121.3K#164
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20111.3K#163
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20131.3K#167
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20141.3K#169
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20151.3K#171
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20161.3K#176
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20171.3K#177

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Dušanka?
A machine transcription gives /d̪uʂanka/ (IPA) for Croatian.
Is Dušanka a male or female name?
Dušanka is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What are other forms of the name Dušanka?
In the etymology graph, it is recorded as a short form of Dušana.
In which country does Dušanka have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 4.4 thousand people named Dušanka in Serbia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled dušanka.
Where is Dušanka most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Dušanka is densest in Croatia — about 1 in 1.0 thousand people — even though Serbia holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Dušanka?
In Croatia, the national register counted 4,061 people named Dušanka in 2021, about 1 in 1.0 thousand residents.
How common is Dušanka compared with other names?
In Serbia, Dušanka is the 123rd most common given name of 10,960 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Dušanka” — the 123rd most common given name in Serbia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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