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Goran - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Goran

[ syll. go-ran, gor-an ] The boy name Goran is pronounced as GAORahN KEY. Goran is largely used in the Scandinavian and Slavic languages. Its origin is Old Greek and Slavonic. Old Greek and Slavonic origin, Slavic use: Derived literally from the word 'goran'.

In addition, Goran is a Scandinavian variant of the name George (English).

Goran is not frequently used as a baby boy name. It is not listed in the top 1000. In 2008, within the family of boy names directly linked to Goran, George (English) was the most widely used.

Baby names that sound like Goran include Göran (Scandinavian), Garan (English), Garen (English), Garin (English), Garon (English), Garron (English), Gerome (English), Gerwin (German), Gorman, Graham (English and Scottish), Grahame (English), Guirmo (Spanish), Garion (English), Garrion (English), Gigermo (Spanish), Gijermo (Spanish), Graeham (English), Graeme (English), Gram (English), and Gramm (English).

A famous person named Goran is Tennis Player, Goran Ivanisevic, born 13 September 1971, Split, Croatia.

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Goran: G as in "green (G.R.IY.N)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


 
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