Mirko

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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. Notable men with the forename Mirko: *Prince Mirko of Montenegro *Mirko Alilović, Croatian handball player *Mirko Bašić Croatian handball player *Mirko Bellodi, Italian footballer *Mirko Bogović, Croatian poet and politician *Mirko Boland, German footballer *Mirko Bolesan, Italian footballer *Mirko Bortolotti, Italian race car driver *Mirko Bröder, Hungarian-Serbian chess player *Mirko Bunjevčević, Serbian footballer *Mirko Casper, German footballer *Mirko Castillo, Peruvian footballer *Mirko Celestino, Italian racing cyclist *Mirko Corsano, Italian volleyball player *Mirko Cvetković Prime Minister of Serbia (2008-2012) *Mirko Damjanović, Serbian football coach *Mirko Derenčin, Hungarian-Croatian nobleman and soldier *Mirko Dickhaut, German as…

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1. date of birth: 1994 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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