title: Goran (Slavic name)
text: # Goran (Slavic name)
  
  Goran (pronounced; Cyrillic: Горан) is a Slavic male first name, mostly used in south Slavic countries such as Croatia, Serbia, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  
  Goran is a Slavic, Pre-Christian name, meaning "highlander" or a mountain-man, someone who lives in the mountains. Hence, Goran in Slavic tradition would mean someone who enjoys and values life in the mountains.
  
  In former Yugoslavia, Mladi Gorani was a Yugoslav Youth Organization tasked with re-foresting Yugoslav highlands.
  
  ## Variations
  
  Nicknames and cognomen include Gogi [ɡoɡi], Gogo [ɡoːɡo].
  
  * female Goranka (Горанка)
  * female Gorana (Горана), nickname Goca
  * male Ego(Его)
  
  ## Name day
  
  * February 24 in the Roman Catholic Calendar
  * July 31 in the Serbian Orthodox Calendar
  
  ## Famous namesakes
  
  * Goran Bogdanović (politician) (born 1963), Serbian politician
  * Goran Bogdanović (footballer born 1967), retired Serbian footballer
  * Goran Bregović, Bosnian musician and composer
  * Goran Bunjevčević, retired Serbian footballer
  * Goran Dragić, Slovene basketball player
  * Goran Đorović, retired Serbian footballer
  * Goran Cvijanović, Slovenian football player
  * Goran Čolak, Croatian free diver, World champion and World record holder
  * Goran Gavrančić, Serbian footballer
  * Goran Hadžić, Serbian politician in Croatia accused of crimes against humanity
  * Goran Ivanišević, Croatian tennis player, 2001 Wimbledon Champion
  * Goran Jevtić (actor), Serbian actor and director
  * Goran Jurić, Croatian and Yugoslavian international footballer
  * Goran Karan, Croatian pop singer
  * Ivan Goran Kovačić, Croatian poet
  * Goran Marić (footballer) (born 1984), Serbian footballer
  * Goran Marić (volleyball) (born 1981), Serbian volleyball player
  * Goran Obradović (disambiguation), several people
  * Goran Pandev, Macedonian football player
  * Goran Popov, Macedonian footballer
  * Goran Sablić, Croatian footballer
  * Goran Senjanović, Croatian physicist
  * Goran Slavkovski, Macedonian-Swedish footballer
  * Goran Suton, Bosnian-American basketball player who played for Michigan State University
  * Goran Višnjić, Croatian actor
  * Goran Vlaović, Croatian footballer
  * Goran Milev, Serbian actor
  * Goran Vuković, Serbian gangster
  