Jovan

Where Jovan comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Jovan.

Jovan through the years
  1. 1833
    Jovan Jovanović Zmaj born
    Serbian poet, physician
  2. 1871
    Jovan Dučić born
    Bosnian Serb writer and diplomat
  3. 1966
    First appearance
    #3,537 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1979
    Peak, #554
    240 babies named Jovan, its best rank.
  5. 2018
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,617.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Jovan Dučić · Bosnian Serb writer and diplomat, 1871–1943
  • Jovan Jovanović Zmaj · Serbian poet, physician, 1833–1904
  • Jovan Cvijić · Serbian scientist, 1865–1927
  • Jovan Vladimir · Serbian prince of Duklja, Serbian Orthodox Christian saint, 990–1016
  • Jovan Mijatović · Serbian association football player, born 2005

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.