Mirko (Cyrillic script: ÃÂøÃÂúþ) 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 AliloviÃÂ, Croatian handball player
- Mirko BaÃ
¡iàCroatian handball player
- Mirko Bellodi, Italian footballer
- Mirko BogoviÃÂ, 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 BunjevÃÂeviÃÂ, Serbian footballer
- Mirko Casper, German footballer
- Mirko Castillo, Peruvian footballer
- Mirko Celestino, Italian racing cyclist
- Mirko Corsano, Italian volleyball player
- Mirko CvetkoviÃÂ Prime Minister of Serbia (2008-2012)
- Mirko DamjanoviÃÂ, Serbian football coach
- Mirko DerenÃÂin, Hungarian-Croatian nobleman and soldier
- Mirko Dickhaut, German association football player and former player
- Mirko Dorner, German-Hungarian cellist, composer and painter
- Mirko Eichhorn, German figure skater
- Mirko Ellis, Swiss-Italian actor
- Mirko Englich, German Greco-Roman wrestler
- Mirko Eramo, Italian footballer
- Mirko Fait, Italian saxophonist and composer
- Mirko FilipoviÃÂ, better known as Mirko Cro Cop, Croatian former professional mixed martial artist, kickboxer and amateur boxer
- Mirko Gashi, Albanian journalist
- Mirko Giansanti, Italian motorcycle road racer
- Mirko Gori, Italian footballer
- Mirko Grabovac, Singaporean footballer
- Mirko Grmek, Croatian and French historian of medicine, writer and scientist
- Mirko Guadalupi, Italian footballer
- Mirko Höfflin, German ice hockey player
- Mirko HrgoviÃÂ, Bosnian football coach and former player
- Mirko IliÃÂ, Bosnian-born comics artist and graphic designer
- Mirko IvaniÃÂ, Montenegrin footballer
- Mirko Ivanovski, Macedonian association footballer
- Mirko JeliÃÂiÃÂ, Australian soccer player
- Mirko JoviÃÂ, Serbian politician
- Mirko JoziÃÂ, Croatian football manager and player
- Mirko Jurkovic, American football player
- Mirko KokotoviÃÂ, Croatian footballer
- Mirko KorÃ
¡iÃÂ, Yugoslav fencer
- Mirko KovaÃÂ (basketball), Serbian basketball player
- Mirko KovaÃÂ (writer), Yugoslav writer
- Mirko KramariÃÂ, Croatian footballer
- Mirko Lamantia, Italian footballer
- Mirko Lang, German actor
- Mirko MariÃÂ Bosnian professional footballer
- Mirko MarjanoviÃÂ, Prime Minister of Serbia (1994âÂÂ2000)
- Mirko Martucci, Italian footballer
- Mirko Messner, Austrian slavicist and politician
- Mirko MihiÃÂ, Serbian football coach and retired player
- Mirko MikiÃÂ, Bosnian handball player
- Mirko MilaÃ
¡eviÃÂ, Montenegrin handball player
- Mirko MulaliÃÂ, Slovenian basketball player
- Mirko Müller, German figure skater
- Mirko Murovic, Canadian ice hockey player
- Mirko Giacomo Nenzi, Italian speed skater
- Mirko NiÃ
¡oviÃÂ, Serbian sprint canoeist
- Mirko Norac Kevo, Croatian general of the Croatian army
- Mirko Novosel, Croatian basketball player and coach
- Mirko OremuÃ
¡, Croatian footballer
- Mirko Paetzold, German bobsledder
- Mirko Palazzi, Sammarinese footballer
- Mirko PetroviÃÂ (athlete), Serbian athlete
- Mirko PetroviÃÂ (politician), Serbian politician
- Mirko PetroviÃÂ-NjegoÃ
¡, Montenegrin military commander, politician and poet
- Mirko Pieri, Italian footballer
- Mirko Pigliacelli, Italian footballer
- Mirko PlantiÃÂ, Croatian footballer
- Mirko PuzoviÃÂ, Yugoslav boxer
- Mirko RaÃÂki, Croatian painter
- Mirko RadovanoviÃÂ, Serbian footballer
- Mirko RadoviÃÂ, Montenegrin handball player
- Mirko RaiÃÂeviÃÂ, Montenegrin football player
- Mirko Salvi, Swiss association football player
- Mirko SandiÃÂ, Serbian water polo player
- Mirko Ã
 aroviàBosnian politician
- Mirko Savini, Italian footballer
- Mirko Savone, Italian voice-over actor
- Mirko Schuster, German association football player
- Mirko Selak, Croatian footballer
- Mirko and Stjepan Seljan, Croatian explorers
- Mirko Selvaggi, Italian road bicycle racer
- Mirko Serrano, Chilean footballer
- Mirko Slomka, German football manager
- Mirko Spada, Swiss decathlete
- Mirko Stangalino, Italian ski mountaineer
- Mirko StojanoviÃÂ, Croatian footballer
- Mirko Szewczuk, German cartoonist
- Mirko Taccola, Italian footballer
- Mirko Tedeschi (cyclist, born 1987), Italian cyclist
- Mirko Tedeschi (cyclist, born 1989), Italian cyclist
- Mirko TeodoroviÃÂ, Serbian footballer
- Mirko Tomassoni, Sammarinese politician
- Mirko Tomianovic, Bolivian footballer
- Mirko Tremaglia, Italian politician
- Mirko Trosino, Italian racing cyclist
- Mirko Turri, Italian bobsledder
- Mirko Valdifiori, Italian association football player
- Mirko ViÃÂeviÃÂ, Montenegrin water polo player
- Mirko VidakoviÃÂ, Croatian biologist
- Mirko VidoviÃÂ, Croatian writer
- Mirko VindiÃ
¡, Slovenian athletics competitor
- Mirko Virius, Croatian painter
- Mirko VuÃÂiniÃÂ, Montenegrin footballer
- Mirko Vuillermin, Italian short track speed skater
- Mirko Wolter, German speedway rider
See also