Mladen

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Mladen ({{Cyrl|Младен}}) is a South Slavic masculine given name, derived from the Slavic root mlad ({{wt|sla-pro|*moldъ}}, {{wt|cu|mladъ}}), meaning "young".{{cite web | title = mlȃd - Onomastika | url = https://hjp.znanje.hr/index.php?show=search_by_id&id=e1liXBQ%3D&keyword=mlad | language = hr | work = Hrvatski jezični portal | publisher = Znanje d.o.o. and Srce | access-date = December 12, 2022 }} It is present in Bosnian, Slovenian, Montenegrin, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Serbian, and Croatian society since the Middle Ages.{{cn|date=February 2018}}

Notable people with the name include:

• Mladen (vojvoda) ({{floruit}} 1323–26), Serbian magnate
• Mladen I Šubić (d. 1304), Croatian nobleman, member of the Šubić family of Bribir
• Mladen II Šubić (1270–1343), Croatian nobleman, member of the Šubić family of Bribir
• Mladen III Šubić (c. 1315–1348), Croatian nobleman, member of the Šubić family of Bribir
• Mladen Bartolović, Bosnian footballer
• Mladen Dolar, Slovenian philosopher
• Mladen Erjavec, Croatian basketball coach
• Mladen Krstajić, Serbian footballer
• Mladen Milicevic, composer of music
• Mladen Petrić, Croatian footballer
• Mladen Plakalović, Bosnian cross-country skier
• Mladen Rudonja, Slovenian footballer
• Mladen Šekularac, Montenegrin basketball player
• Mladen George Sekulovich, American actor best known as Karl Malden
• Mladen Solomun, Bosnian-born German DJ and producer best known as Solomun
• Mladen Stanev, Bulgarian conductor and chorus master
• Mladen Stojanović, Bosnian Serb leader of Yugoslav Partisans
• Mladen Vasilev, Bulgarian footballer
• Mladen Vladojević ({{floruit}} 1330–48), Serbian magnate