Mirko (
Cyrillic script: Мирко) is a masculine given name of South Slavic origin.
By
Slavic etymology, the name is composed of the root mir (meaning
peace) and
hypocoristic suffix -ko usual in
South Slavic languages, which together means "the peaceful one". Mirko is sometimes used as a short, hypocoristic form of
Miroslav in some Slavic languages.
The name is widely popular in Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Slovenia, Italy and Germany. An alternative spelling in
Italian and
German is
Mirco. The nationality of those men with the forename Mirko who are from outside the Slavic region is listed next to the name.
This page or section lists people that share the same
given name. If an
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Mirko (
Cyrillic script: Мирко) is a masculine given name of South Slavic origin.
By
Slavic etymology, the name is composed of the root mir (meaning
peace) and
hypocoristic suffix -ko usual in
South Slavic languages, which together means "the peaceful one". Mirko is sometimes used as a short, hypocoristic form of
Miroslav in some Slavic languages.
The name is widely popular in Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Slovenia, Italy and Germany. An alternative spelling in
Italian and
German is
Mirco. The nationality of those men with the forename Mirko who are from outside the Slavic region is listed next to the name.
This page or section lists people that share the same
given name. If an
internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.