Tomislav (, ) is a Slavic masculine given name, that is widespread among South Slavs.
The name is considered to be a compound of Proto-Slavic ' ('to torment') and ' ('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 TomisÃ
Âaw, and among Hungarians it is Tomiszláv.
People with the name
Arts and entertainment
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Royalty
Science and academia
Sports
- Tomislav AÃ
¡koviÃÂ, Serbian long-distance runner
- Tomislav BrkiÃÂ, Bosnian tennis player
- Tomislav Butina, Croatian footballer
- Tomislav ÃÂirakoviÃÂ, Montenegrin footballer
- Tomislav ColiÃÂ, Serbian footballer
- Tomislav DokiÃÂ, Serbian volleyball player
- Tomislav Draganja, Croatian tennis player
- Tomislav IviÃÂ, Croatian football manager
- Tomislav IvkoviÃÂ, Croatian footballer
- Tomislav Jagurinovski, Macedonian handball player
- Tomislav Jotovski, Macedonian tennis player
- Tomislav JuriÃÂ, Croatian footballer
- Tomislav KaloperoviÃÂ, Serbian footballer & manager
- Tomislav Karlo, Croatian swimmer
- Tomislav Kelava, Serbian boxer
- Tomislav Knez, Bosnian footballer
- Tomi Kostadinov, Bulgarian footballer
- Tomislav MariÃÂ, Croatian footballer
- Tomislav MikuliÃÂ, Croatian footballer
- Tomislav MiliÃÂeviÃÂ, Serbian footballer
- Tomislav MiÃ
¡ura, Slovenian footballer
- Tomislav MrÃÂela, Australian footballer
- Tomislav Papazov, Bulgarian footballer
- Tomislav Pavlov, Bulgarian footballer
- Tomislav PajoviÃÂ, Serbian footballer
- Tomislav Pondeljak, Australian footballer
- Tomislav Prosen, Croatian footballer
- Tomislav Pucar, Croatian table tennis player
- Tomislav SiviÃÂ, Serbian footballer
- Tomislav SmoljanoviÃÂ, Croatian rower
- Tomislav Ã
 okota, Croatian footballer
- Tomislav Ternar, Slovenian tennis player
- Tomislav TomiÃÂ, Bosnian footballer
- Tomislav ViÃ
¡eviÃÂ, Bosnian-Croat footballer
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