tomislav

{{Infobox given name

| name = Tomislav

| pronunciation = {{IPA|sh|tǒmislaʋ|lang}}

| gender = masculine

| meaning = Old Slavonic: {{lang|sla|томить}}/{{lang|sla|томити}} (to "languish", "torture", "struggle", "pine" or "yearn") + {{lang|sla|слава}} ("glory", "celebration")

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| origin = Slavic

| alternative spelling = {{Cyrl|Томислав}}

| nickname = Toma

| variant forms = Toma, Tomo, Tome, Tomče, Tomica, Tom, Tomi, Tomaš

| related names = female form Tomislava, Tomisław, Tomiszláv

| name day = Thomas the Apostle

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Tomislav ({{IPA|sh|tǒmislaʋ|pron}}, {{Cyrl|Томислав}}) is a Slavic masculine given name, that is widespread amongst the South Slavs.

The meaning of the name Tomislav is thought to have derived from the Old Slavonic verb "tomiti" or "tomit'" meaning to "languish", "torture" or "struggle", combined with "slava" meaning glory.{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthename.com/name/tomislav|title=Meaning, origin and history of the name Tomislav|last=Campbell|first=Mike|website=Behind the Name|access-date=2020-04-05}}{{Cite web|url=https://culture.pl/en/article/a-foreigners-guide-to-polish-names|title=A Foreigner’s Guide to Polish Names|website=Culture.pl|language=en|access-date=2020-04-07}} Other origin theories suggest the name is a variant derived from the New Testament Apostle Thomas, whilst another theory postulates that it is a Slavicised corruption of the (Dog) Latin "Dominus Slavus".{{Cite web|url=https://www.znacenje-imena.com/tomislav|title=Značenje imena Tomislav|website=www.znacenje-imena.com|access-date=2020-04-05}}{{Cite web|url=https://znacenjeimena.net/poreklo-i-znacenje-imena-tomislav/|title=Poreklo i značenje imena Tomislav|language=en|access-date=2020-04-05}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.name-doctor.com/name-tomislav-meaning-of-tomislav-7927.html|title=Tomislav - Name's Meaning of Tomislav|website=Name-Doctor.com|access-date=2020-04-05}}

The first recorded bearer of the name was the 10th-century King Tomislav of Croatia, for this reason it has become popular amongst Croats.{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindthename.com/names/usage/medieval-slavic|title=Medieval Slavic Names - Behind the Name|website=www.behindthename.com|access-date=2020-04-05}} In Croatia, the name Tomislav was among the top ten most common masculine given name in the decades between 1970 and 1999.{{Croatian Census 2011|N|tabid=30|tabname=Most frequent male and female given names by year of birth}} The name is also widespread amongst Serbs, reaching popularity during the 1930s and 40s.{{Cite web|url=https://www.opanak.rs/imena-od-1930-za-decake/|title=Најчешћа мушка имена у Србији од 1930. до данас: За неке родитеље традиционално је вредније од модерног|last=Редакција|date=2019-02-03|website=Opanak.rs|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-17}}{{Cite web|url=https://roditelji.edukacija.rs/imena-za-decu/muska/|title=Muška imena dece {{!}} Roditelji|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-17}} King Alexander I of Yugoslavia gave his second child the name as a symbolic gesture of unity for his subjects.{{Cite web|url=https://arhiva.nedeljnik.rs/nedeljnik/portalnews/analiza-jugoslovenskih-imena-zasto-vise-nema-malih-zorana-ratka-zeljka-radovana-slobodana/|title=Analiza "jugoslovenskih imena": Zašto više nema malih Zorana, Ratka, Željka, Radovana, Slobodana...|website=Nedeljnik|access-date=2020-04-05}} The name is also carried within the nations of Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Bulgaria.

Amongst West Slavs in Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the cognate is Tomisław, and among Hungarians it is Tomiszláv.

Toma is a popular diminutive for Tomislav in the Balkans, whilst the derivative Name day (Tomindan) is celebrated on October 6 according to the Julian calendar, and October 19 in the Gregorian calendar.