Dalibor (Cyrillic script: ÃÂðûøñþÃÂ) is primarily a male given name of Slavic origin, mostly in the Czech Republic. The name is popular in some West Slavic and South Slavic countries, such as Slovakia, Serbia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Its literal meaning is "fighting far away", and it is derived from the elements daleko ("far away") and boriti ("to fight"). The first part can also be derived from oddalovat ("to delay"), hence it can be also interpreted as "someone who delays/avoids fighting".
There is an eponymous opera by BedÃ
Âich Smetana, based on Slavonic mythology.
People with this given name
- Dalibor Andonov (born 1973), a Serbian musician
- Dalibor BagariÃÂ (born 1980), a Croatian basketball player
- Dalibor Brazda (1921âÂÂ2005), a Czech-Swiss composer and conductor
- Dalibor Brozovià(1927âÂÂ2009), a Croatian linguist
- Dalibor DragiÃÂ (born 1972), a Bosnian Serb footballer
- Dalibor GatariÃÂ (born 1986), a Bosnian-Herzegovinian footballer
- Dalibor Janda (born 1953), a Czech pop singer
- (1929âÂÂ2018), a Czech opera singer
- Dalibor Karvay (born 1985), a Slovak violinist and pedagogue
- (born 1979), an Austrian national trainer of Taekwon-Do
- Dalibor MilenkoviÃÂ (born 1987), a Serbian football goalkeeper
- Dalibor PauletiÃÂ (born 1978), a Croatian football defender
- Dalibor PeÃ
¡terac (born 1976), a Serbian footballer
- Dalibor Ã
 amÃ
¡al (born 1985), a Croatian alpine ski racer
- Dalibor StevanoviÃÂ (born 1984), a Slovenian footballer
- Dalibor StojanoviÃÂ (born 1989), a Slovenian footballer
- Dalibor SvrÃÂina (born 2002), a Czech tennis player
- Dalibor Cyril VaÃÂkáÃ
 (1906âÂÂ1984), a Czech composer
- Dalibor VeselinoviÃÂ (born 1987), a Serbian footballer
- Dalibor Vesely (1934âÂÂ2015), a Czech architect
- Dalibor ViÃ
¡kovià(born 1977), a Croatian footballer
- (died 1498), a 15th-century Czech knight, on whom Smetana based his 1868 opera Dalibor
People with this surname
See also
References
External links
- http://www.behindthename.com/name/dalibor