Baby Name: Domnius

Crescent-shaped Croatia is located on the Balkan peninsula. It shares land borders with five other countries: Slovenia, Hungary, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro.

Last year, Croatia welcomed 34,414 babies — 16,904 girls and 17,510 boys.

What were the most popular names among these babies? Mia and Luka (yet again).

Here are Croatia’s top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2022:

Girl Names

1. Mia, 452 baby girls
2. Lucija, 371
3. Nika, 370
4. Mila, 365
5. Ema, 351
6. Marta, 335
7. Rita, 333
8. Sara, 321
9. Eva, 267
10. Dora, 253
11. Ana, 246 (tie)
12. Elena, 246 (tie)
13. Iva, 220
14. Lea, 202
15. Petra, 200
16. Klara, 192 (tie)
17. Tena, 192 (tie)
18. Lara, 191
19. Laura, 184
20. Lana, 182
21. Hana, 180
22. Marija, 171
23. Franka, 170
24. Ena, 169
25. Sofia, 159
26. Leona, 158 (tie)
27. Maša, 158 (tie)
28. Una, 139
29. Nikol, 133
30. Emili, 130
31. Magdalena, 128
32. Lena, 125
33. Vita, 124
34. Tia, 121
35. Tara, 120
36. Katja, 117
37. Nora, 110
38. Karla, 108
39. Helena, 103
40. Bruna, 99
41. Aurora, 98 (tie)
42. Roza, 98 (tie)
43. Iris, 96
44. Cvita, 94 (tie) – a form of the Slovene name Cvetka, based on the Slovene word cvet, meaning “flower, blossom”
45. Sofija, 94 (tie)
46. Aria, 91
47. Mara, 89
48. Lota, 88
49. Doris, 85 (tie)
50. Maris, 85 (tie)

Boy Names

1. Luka, 774 baby boys
2. Jakov, 478
3. David, 474
4. Petar, 427
5. Ivan, 408
6. Roko, 365 – a form of Rocco
7. Mateo, 354
8. Fran, 347
9. Niko, 328
10. Matej, 318
11. Mihael, 312
12. Josip, 306
13. Toma, 305
14. Leon, 293
15. Lovro, 286
16. Noa, 282
17. Filip, 263
18. Marko, 262
19. Karlo, 259
20. Vito, 258
21. Teo, 256
22. Ivano, 253
23. Šimun, 252
24. Borna, 247
25. Jan, 229
26. Lukas, 196
27. Leo, 187
28. Gabriel, 184
29. Ante, 181
30. Viktor, 170
31. Nikola, 159
32. Tin, 153
33. Adrian, 146
34. Bruno, 145 (tie)
35. Liam, 145 (tie)
36. Toni, 137
37. Marin, 136
38. Dominik, 134
39. Rafael, 126
40. Oliver, 122
41. Noel, 114
42. Emanuel, 111 (tie)
43. Patrik, 111 (tie)
44. Duje, 106 – a form of the Ancient Roman name Domnius, ultimately based on the Latin word dominus, meaning “lord, master”
45. Erik, 102
46. Maro, 100
47. Antonio, 98 (tie)
48. Lovre, 98 (tie)
49. Vid, 96
50. Franko, 88

Here’s a link to Croatia’s 2021 rankings, if you’d like to compare last year to the year before.

Sources: Statisticki prikaz – Ministarstvo pravosuda i uprave Republike Hrvatske (Document 27 [pdf] specifically), Behind the Name

Image: Adapted from Civil ensign of Croatia (public domain)