Nenad

{{Infobox given name

| name = Nenad

| pronunciation= {{IPA|sh|něnad}}

| gender = male

| meaning = unexpected, surprise

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| origin = Slavic

| related names = Neša, Nešo, Nebojša, Nemanja, Neno

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Nenad ({{IPA|sh|něnad}}; Cyrillic script: Ненад) is a masculine given name of Slavic origin. It is common in countries that speak South Slavic languages, especially in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, and Montenegro. The name is derived from the word nenadan, which means "unexpected".{{cite web |url=http://www.behindthename.com/name/nenad |title=Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Nenad |publisher=behindthename.com}}

This name is often given to the younger of twins, in this case usually paired with the name Predrag, from the Serbian folk song "Predrag i Nenad".[https://sr.wikisource.org/sr-el/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B3_%D0%B8_%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B4 Original text of "Predrag i Nenad"] at Wikisource

Notable people with the name

=A-J=

Nenad Adamović (born 1989), Serbian footballer
Nenad Babović (born 1976), Serbian rower
Nenad Bach (born 1954), Croatian-American composer
Nenad Ban (born 1966), Croatian biochemist
Nenad Baroš (born 1986), Serbia politician
Nenad Baćina (born 1971) is a Croatian football manager
Nenad Begović (born 1980), Serbian footballer
Nenad Beđik (born 1989), Serbian rower
Nenad Bijedić (1959–2011), Bosnian-Turkish football player and manager
Nenad Bilbija (born 1984), Slovenian handball player
Nenad Bjeković (footballer born 1974), Serbian footballer
Nenad Bjeković (born 1947), Serbian football administrator and former player
Nenad Bjelica (born 1971), Croatian football player and coach
Nenad Bogdanović (1954–2007), Serbian politician, former mayor of Belgrade
Nenad Borović (born 1964), Serbian politician
Nenad Borovčanin (born 1979), Serbian boxer
Nenad Božić (born 1971), Serbian politician
Nenad Brnović (born 1980), Montenegrin footballer
Nenad Buljan (born 1978), Croatian swimmer
Nenad Čanak (basketball) (born 1976), Serbian basketball player and coach
Nenad Čanak (born 1959), Serbian politician
Nenad Ćirković (born 1973), Serbian footballer
Nenad Cvetković, multiple people
Nenad Dedić (born 1990), Croatian footballer
Nenad Delić (born 1984), Croatian basketball player
Nenad Dimitrijević (born 1998), Macedonian basketball player
Nenad Dizdarević (born 1955), Bosnian film director, screenwriter and producer
Nenad Đorđević (born 1979), Serbian footballer
Nenad Đukanović (born 1971), Serbian footballer
Nenad Đurović (born 1986), Montenegrin footballer
Nenad Đurđević (born 1987), Serbian footballer
Nenad Džodić (born 1977), Serbian footballer
Nenad Erić (born 1982), Serbian-Kazakh footballer
Nenad Filipović (footballer) (born 1987), Serbian footballer
Nenad Filipović (racewalker) (born 1978), Serbian racewalker
Nenad Firšt (born 1964), Slovene composer, conductor and violinist
Nenad Gagro (born 1975), Bosnian footballer
Nenad Gajić (born 1983), Serbian-Canadian lacrosse player
Nenad Gavrić (born 1991), Serbian footballer
Nenad Gračan (born 1962), Croatian football player and manager
Nenad Grozdić (born 1974), Serbian footballer
Nenad Injac (born 1985), Serbian footballer
Nenad Ivanković (born M1948), Croatian author, journalist and politician
Nenad Jakovljević (born 1988), Serbian professional basketball coach
Nenad Jakšić (born 1965), Serbian footballer
Nenad Janković (born 1962), Bosnian Serb musician, composer and actor
Nenad Jestrović (born 1976), Serbian footballer
Nenad Jezdić (born 1972), Serbian actor
Nenad Joldeski, Macedonian writer
Nenad Jovanović (footballer, born 1979), Austrian-Serbian footballer
Nenad Jovanović (footballer, born 1988), Serbian footballer
Nenad M. Jovanovich (born 1974), Serbian Orthodox deacon

=K-P=

Nenad Kecmanović (born 1947), Bosnian Serb political scientist and sociologist
Nenad Kiso (born 1989), Bosnian footballer
Nenad Kitanović (born 11 June 1968), Serbian politician
Nenad Kljaić (born 1966), Croatian handball player and coach
Nenad Knežević Knez (born 1967), Montenegrin singer
Nenad Kovačević (born 1980), Serbian footballer
Nenad Kočović (born 1995), Serbian footballer
Nenad Krstić (politician) (born 1980), Serbian politician
Nenad Krstić (born 1983), Serbian basketball player
Nenad Krstičić (born 1990), Serbian footballer
Nenad "Ned" Kuruc, Canadian politician
Nenad Lalatović (born 1977), Serbian professional football player and manager
Nenad Lalović (born 1958), Serbian businessman
Nenad Lazarevski (born 1986), Serbian-Macedonian footballer
Nenad Lončar (born, 1981), Serbian hurdler
Nenad Lukić (born 1992), Serbian footballer
Nenad Lukić (1968–2014), Serbian footballer
Nenad Maksić (born 1972), Serbian handball player and coach
Nenad Manojlović (1954–2014), Serbian water polo player
Nenad Marinković (born 1988), Serbian footballer
Nenad Marjanović, Croatian musician
Nenad Marković (born 1968), Bosnian footballer
Nenad Maslovar (born 1967), Montenegrin footballer
Nenad Medić (born 1982), Serbian-Canadian poker player
Nenad Medvidović, American computer scientist and university professor
Nenad Mijatović (born 1987), Montenegrin basketball player
Nenad Milenković (born 1972), Serbian politician
Nenad Milijaš (born 1983), Serbian footballer
Nenad Miljenović (born 1993), Serbian basketball player
Nenad Milojičić (born 1978), Serbian politician
Nenad Milosavljević (born 1954), Serbian singer and songwriter
Nenad Milovanović (born 1969), Serbian football manager
Nenad Miloš (born 1955), Serbian-Croatian swimmer
Nenad Mirosavljević (born 1977), Serbian footballer
Nenad Mitrović, multiple people
Nenad Mišanović (born 1984), Serbian basketball player
Nenad Mišković (born 1975), Bosnian Serb footballer
Nenad Mišović, Serbian-Swedish criminal
Nenad Mladenović (born 1976), Serbian footballer
Nenad Nastić (born 1981), Serbian footballer
Nenad Nedeljković (born 1986), Serbian footballer
Nenad Nenadović (1964– 2021), Serbian actor and television host
Nenad Nerandžić (born 1996), Serbian basketball player
Nenad Nešić (born 1978), Bosnian Serb politician
Nenad Nikolić, several people
Nenad Nonković (born 1970), Serbian footballer
Nenad Novaković (born 1982), Serbian footballer
Nenad Okanović (born 1980), Serbian actor
Nenad Pagonis (born 1987), Serbian kickboxer
Nenad Panić (born 1984), Serbian footballer
Nenad Perović (born 2002), Serbian footballer
Nenad Peruničić (born 1971), Serbian handball player and coach
Nenad Petrović (chess problemist) (born 1907–1989), Croatian chess player
Nenad Petrović (writer) (1925–2014), Serbian writer
Nenad Polimac (born 1949), Croatian film critic
Nenad Popović (born 1966), Bosnian Serb politician and businessman
Nenad Pralija (born 1970), Croatian footballer
Nenad Prodanović (born 1954), Bosnian bobsledder
Nenad Prokić, Serbian playwright, theatre director and politician
Nenad Protega (born 1969), Slovenian footballer
Nenad Puhovski (born 1949), Croatian film director and producer
Nenad Puljezević (born 1973), Serbian-Hungarian handball player

=R-Z=

Nenad Radonjić (born 1996), Serbian footballer
Nenad Radosavljević (born 1961), Kosovo Serb politician, administrator, and media owner
Nenad Radulović (1959–1990), Serbian musician, songwriter and actor
Nenad Rajić (born 1982), Serbian footballer
Nenad Rašić (born 1973), Kosovo Serb politician
Nenad Sakić (born 1971), Serbian football player and coach
Nenad Šalov (born 1955), Croatian footballer
Nenad Šarić (1947–2012), Croatian musician
Nenad Savić (born 1981), Serbian footballer
Nenad Sestan (born 1970), Croatian neuroscientist
Nenad Sević (born 1996), Serbian footballer
Nenad Simić (born 1984), Serbian footballer
Nenad Šljivić (born 1985), Serbian footballer
Nenad Šoštarić (born 1959), Croatian handball player and coach
Nenad Srećković (born 1988), Serbian footballer
Nenad Stamenković (born 1977), Serbian footballer
Nenad Stankov (born 1992), Macedonian basketball player
Nenad Starovlah (born 1955), Bosnian footballer
Nenad Stavrić (1963–2007), Serbian footballer
Nenad Stefanović (born 1985), Serbian basketball player and coach
Nenad Stekić (1951–2021), Serbian long jumper
Nenad Stevandić (born 1966), Bosnian Serb politician
Nenad Stojaković (born 1980), Serbian footballer
Nenad Stojanović (born 1979), Serbian footballer
Nenad Stojković (born 1956), Serbian footballer
Nenad Studen (born 1979), Bosnian footballer
Nenad Sudarov (born 1975), Serbian triathlete
Nenad Šulović (born 1985), Serbian basketball player
Nenad Todorović (born 1982), Serbian footballer
Nenad Tomović (born 1987), Serbian footballer
Nenad Trajković (basketball) (born 1961), Serbian basketball coach
Nenad Trajković (poet) (born 1982), Serbian poet, essayist and literary critic
Nenad Trinajstić (1936–2021), Croatian chemist
Nenad Trpovski (born 1978), Macedonian slalom canoer
Nenad Trunić (born 1968), Serbian professor of basketball
Nenad Vanić (born 1970), Serbian footballer
Nenad Vasilić (born 1975), Serbian bassist
Nenad Vasić (born 1979), Serbian footballer
Nenad Veličković (born 1962), Bosnian playwright
Nenad Veselji (born 1971), Maltese-Yugoslav footballer
Nenad Vidaković (born 1957), Bosnian footballer
Nenad Vidović (born 1939), Yugoslav gymnast
Nenad Višnjić (born 1983), Serbian footballer
Nenad Vorih (born 1963), Croatian artist
Nenad Vučinić (born 1965), Serbian basketball coach
Nenad Vučković (footballer) (born 1976), Croatian footballer
Nenad Vučković (handballer) (born 1980), Serbian handball player
Nenad Vujić (born 1966), Serbian politician
Nenad Vukanić (born 1974), Montenegrin water polo player
Nenad Vukasović (born 1952), Serbian politician and lawyer
Nenad Vukčević (born 1974), Montenegrin football player and manager
Nenad Zečević (born 1978), Serbian footballer
Nenad Zimonjić (born 1976), Serbian tennis player
Nenad Zivčević (born 1986), Macedonian-Serbian basketball player
Nenad Živanović (born 1980), Serbian footballer
Nenad Živković (born 1989), Serbian footballer
Nenad Zivkovic (born 2002), Swiss footballer
Nenad Žvanut (born 1962), Croatian speed skater

References

Category:Slavic masculine given names

Category:Bosnian masculine given names

Category:Bulgarian masculine given names

Category:Croatian masculine given names

Category:Masculine given names

Category:Macedonian masculine given names

Category:Montenegrin masculine given names

Category:Slovene masculine given names

Category:Serbian masculine given names