Radovan

given name · Latin script

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

Radovan is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Serbia than in any other country, where it is the 76th most common given name. Recorded meaning: pers. name (R. Karadzic).

rarermore common
  • RSSerbia≈1 in 531(inferred from the name graph)
  • CZCzechia1 in 914
  • SKSlovakia≈1 in 1.5K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Serbia (inferred from the name graph)

≈13,000 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
114 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 531 (inferred from the name graph)

Serbia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

RadovanLatin(measured from records)
РадованCyrillic(measured from records)

Locally spelled Радован in BA Bosnia & Herzegovina.

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(measured from records)

pers. name (R. Karadzic)

Sources 1

  • Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Radovan 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 Radovan is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
RS Serbia#76≈13,000 est.≈1 in 531listedRadovan62
CZ Czechia#20011,7141 in 91412KRadovan114
SK Slovakia#72≈3,700 est.≈1 in 1.5K—Radovan107
HR Croatia#3341,8281 in 2.3K1.8KRadovan68
BA Bosnia & Herzegovina#118≈1,400 est.≈1 in 2.7K—Радован21

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: MVČR — living population register 2017; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form). 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)

Radovan is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Serbia, United States, Philippines, Argentina

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian

    Also written Radován

  • Hungarian given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Hungary, Switzerland, Serbia, United States

    Also written Radován

  • Hindi given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Serbia, United States

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Radován

42 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)

190019201940196019802000Radovan Lukavský, b. 1919Radovan Ivšić, b. 1921Radovan Richta, b. 1924Radovan Vlajković, b. 1924Radovan Karadžić, b. 1945Radovan Fuchs, b. 1953Radovan Vlatković, b. 1962Radovan Višković, b. 1964Radovan Hromádko, b. 1969Radovan Pankov, b. 1995

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 48 sources across 27 countries.

Official registers attesting Radovan
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—12K#179
CZ Czechianaše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot—5.9K#201
CZ CzechiaKdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)—5.9K#201
HR CroatiaDZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form)20211.8K#392
HR CroatiaDZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021)20211.4K—
CZ CzechiaCZSO — 100 nejčetnějších dětských jmen (top 100 baby names 2024)2019—#102

Reference works 4

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikipedia surname 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

What does the name Radovan mean, and where does it come from?
pers. name (R. Karadzic) Recorded by Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names.
What are other forms of the name Radovan?
In the etymology graph, Radu and Radúz are forms of the same name in other languages; Radek and Rade are recorded short or pet forms.
Is Radovan a male or female name?
Radovan is a male 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.
In which country does Radovan have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 13 thousand people named Radovan in Serbia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled radovan.
How common is the name Radovan?
In Czechia, the national register counted 11,714 people named Radovan, about 1 in 914 residents.
How common is Radovan compared with other names?
In Serbia, Radovan is the 76th 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, “Radovan” — the 76th most common given name in Serbia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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