title: Branimir
text: # Branimir
  
  Branimir (Cyrillic: Бранимир) is a Slavic male given name. It is a combination of the (Slavic) verb braniti ("to defend") and the noun mir ("the world" or "peace" in Old Slavic), and hence means "the one who defends the world/peace". It is especially common in Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Ukraine, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland. The female version is Branimira and Branimirka. The Polish version is Bronimir.
  
  ## People named Branimir
  
  * Branimir of Croatia, medieval Croatian ruler
  * Branimir Bajić, Bosnian footballer
  * Branimir Glavaš, Croatian politician
  * Branimir Jelić, Croatian politician
  * Branimir Kostadinov, Bulgarian footballer
  * Branimir Makanec, Croatian engineer
  * Branimir Petrović, Serbian footballer
  * Branimir Poljac, Norwegian footballer of Croatian descent
  * Branimir Subašić, Azerbaijani footballer of Serbian descent
  * Branimir "Johnny" Štulić, Yugoslavian musician
  * Branimir Vujević, Croatian Olympic rower
  * Branimir Djokic, famous Serbian accordionist
  