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Tomislav
Tomislav ( , ) is a Slavic masculine given name, that is widespread among South Slavs. The name is considered to be a compound of Proto-Slavic *tomiti ('to torment') and *slava ('glory'). The first recorded bearer of the name was the 10th-century King Tomislav of Croatia, for this reason it has become popular among Croats. In Croatia, the name Tomislav was among the top ten most common masculine given name in the decades between 1970 and 1999. The name is also widespread amongst Serbs, reaching popularity during the 1930s and 40s. King Alexander I of Yugoslavia gave his second child the name as a symbolic gesture of unity for his subjects. 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.
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Tomislav ( , ) is a Slavic masculine given name, that is widespread among South Slavs. The name is considered to be a compound of Proto-Slavic *tomiti ('to torment') and *slava ('glory'). The first recorded bearer of the name was the 10th-century King Tomislav of Croatia, for this reason it has become popular among Croats. In Croatia, the name Tomislav was among the top ten most common masculine given name in the decades between 1970 and 1999. The name is also widespread amongst Serbs, reaching popularity during the 1930s and 40s. King Alexander I of Yugoslavia gave his second child the name as a symbolic gesture of unity for his subjects. 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.
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