Vukašin

Vukašin () is an old Slavic name of Serbian origin. It is composed from two words: Vuk (wolf) and sin (son), so it means sin vuka (son of wolf). In some places in Croatia and Bosnia it can be found as a surname.

The name Vukašin can be found in Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Republika Srpska and Croatia (used by Serbs of Croatia). During sound change phoneme S became š.

Famous people

Nobility

• VukaÅ¡in Mrnjavčević, a medieval Serbian king.

Music

• VukaÅ¡in Brajić, a Bosnian Serb pop-rock singer.

Sport

• VukaÅ¡in Tomić, a Serbian football player.
• VukaÅ¡in Aleksić, a Serbian professional basketball player.
• VukaÅ¡in Dević, a Serbian football player.
• VukaÅ¡in ViÅ¡njevac, a Serbian footballer and football manager.
• VukaÅ¡in "Vule" Trivunović, a Serbian football player.
• VukaÅ¡in Poleksić, a Montenegrin football goalkeeper.
• VukaÅ¡in Petranović, former Yugoslav football player.

Other

• VukaÅ¡in Å oÅ¡koćanin, Serbian war commander
• VukaÅ¡in Mandrapa, Serbian Orthodox saint and martyr, one of the Martyrs of Jasenovac

Places

• VukaÅ¡inovac, Serbian village near Aleksinac.

See also

• VukaÅ¡inović
• Vuk (name)
• Vukota
• Vukan