2007-02-17 08:27:55 · 13 answers · asked by Alexa 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Baby Names
The meaning of Goran
Origin: Greek
Meaning: Farmer.
Origin: Swedish
Meaning: Swedish form of George 'farmer'.
2007-02-17 08:32:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Goran
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Goran has more than one meaning;
Names
First name
Goran, using the cyrillic alphabet ÐоÑан, is a common male first name in several countries in the Balcans, e.g. Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia and Macedonia. Famous people named Goran are, among others, musician Goran BregoviÄ, Serbian footballer Goran BunjevÄeviÄ, pianist Goran Filipec, 2001 Wimbledon winner Goran IvaniÅ¡eviÄ, musician Goran Karan, poet Ivan Goran KovaÄiÄ, director Goran MarkoviÄ, Macedonian footballer Goran Pandev, director Goran PaskaljeviÄ, contemporary writer Goran PetroviÄ, Serbian politician Goran SvilanoviÄ, multimedia artist Goran Vejvoda, actor Goran ViÅ¡njiÄ and nature photographer Goran VitkoviÄ. In croatian, and possibly also in other South Slavic languages Goran means Mountain Man.
Göran, (pronounced Yer-an) Swedish male first name. Famous namesakes: Prime minister (1996-2006) Göran Persson, football head coach Sven-Göran Eriksson, singer-songwriter Göran Folkestad, actor Göran Gentele, ice-hockey player Göran Högosta, politician Göran Johansson, politician Göran Lennmarker
Family name
Abdulla Goran, a well known Kurdish poet in Iraqi Kurdistan who is believed to be the founder of the modern Kurdish poetry in 20th century.
Langues and peoples
Dazaga language (also called "Goran")
Goran is also the name of a part of Kurdish people living in the border towns between western Iran and northern Iraq in the region known as Hawraman which is located in southern part of the Kurdistan geocultural region in Middle East. They speak in Hewrami (or Gorani) branch of Kurdish language.
External links
Goran Vitkovic - Nature Unleashed
2007-02-17 16:38:26 · answer #2 · answered by Echelon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ivanisevic, Goran
[ivaneesevich] (1971– ) Tennis player, born in Split, W Croatia. He turned professional in 1988 and won his first tour title in Stuttgart in 1990. Ranked number 2 in the world in 1992, he won a bronze medal at the Barcelona Olympics. He lost the Wimbledon final that year to Andre Agassiz, and was a losing finalist twice more (1994, 1998). In 2001 he had a disappointing season dogged by injury and fell to 129 in the rankings, but he entered Wimbledon on a wild card, and went on to win the title in a dramatic 5-set final against Pat Rafter of Australia.
Goran, using the cyrillic alphabet ÐоÑан, is a common male first name in several countries in the Balcans, e.g. Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia and Macedonia. Famous people named Goran are, among others, musician Goran BregoviÄ, Serbian footballer Goran BunjevÄeviÄ, pianist Goran Filipec, 2001 Wimbledon winner Goran IvaniÅ¡eviÄ, musician Goran Karan, poet Ivan Goran KovaÄiÄ, director Goran MarkoviÄ, Macedonian footballer Goran Pandev, director Goran PaskaljeviÄ, contemporary writer Goran PetroviÄ, Serbian politician Goran SvilanoviÄ, multimedia artist Goran Vejvoda, actor Goran ViÅ¡njiÄ and nature photographer Goran VitkoviÄ. In croatian, and possibly also in other South Slavic languages Goran means Mountain Man.
Göran, (pronounced Yer-an) Swedish male first name. Famous namesakes: Prime minister (1996-2006) Göran Persson, football head coach Sven-Göran Eriksson, singer-songwriter Göran Folkestad, actor Göran Gentele, ice-hockey player Göran Högosta, politician Göran Johansson, politician Göran Lennmarker
Family name
Abdulla Goran, a well known Kurdish poet in Iraqi Kurdistan who is believed to be the founder of the modern Kurdish poetry in 20th century.
2007-02-17 16:42:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Goran
Swedish: Variation of George
Famous Namesakes: Actor Goran Visnjic
George
Greek: Farmer; In medieval legend, Saint George (the knight who became patron saint of England) slayed a fire-breathing dragon. The name has been borne by numerous heads of state in England, Greece, and the United States.
(Greek) Iorgas; (German) Georg; (Italian) Giorgio; (Spanish) Jorge; (Gaelic) Deorsa; (Welsh) Sior; (Scandinavian) Joran, Jorg, Jorn, Jurgen; (Swedish) Goran, Gorin; (Danish) Joren, Jorgen, Joris, Jory; (Russian) Egor, Igoryok, Yuri, Yurik, Yurochka, Zhorah; (Czech) Jiri; (Polish) Jerzy; (Ukrainian) Yuriy; (Finnish) Jorma, Yrjö; (Hungarian) Gyorgy, Gyurgi, Gyurka; (Hawaiian) Keoki ; Georges, Georget, Georgio, Jirkar;
Familiar forms: Georgie, Gorka;
Famous Namesakes: Author George Orwell, Designer Giorgio Armani, First U.S. President George Washington, President George Bush and President George W. Bush, Singer George Michael;
Star babies: Five sons of George Foreman
Based on the 1990 US Census, George was ranked the number 16 most popular Boys name in the US.
George ranked 105 in the top 1000 given names for births in the 1990's (January 1990-August 1999).
2007-02-20 16:25:22 · answer #4 · answered by leashell 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Goran means "mountain" or "man of the mountain." It's derived from the Serbian and Croatian word "gora" which means "mountain".
2007-02-17 16:33:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Means the Swedish form of George.
2007-02-20 08:02:00 · answer #6 · answered by DONNA R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The same thing as George--farmer!
2007-02-17 16:40:25 · answer #7 · answered by lovelovelove♥ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Croatia it means "mountain man", in Serbia it means "the big one" or "the tall one".
2007-02-17 16:34:05 · answer #8 · answered by Aloha 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh, it's a very common name here. it means "a man from the mountain"
2007-02-18 16:43:39 · answer #9 · answered by mimma 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it certainly not english- but it sounds good,I am all for foreign names,they have lovely meanings. sorry can not help you out.
2007-02-17 17:01:27 · answer #10 · answered by mother 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋