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Dušan

“spirit”

Language contexts for this entry: Czech, Croatian, Serbo-Croatian and 4 more

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masculineLatin script

[ˈduʃan] · Czech

Origin: Serbo-Croatian
7 language contexts: Czech Croatian Serbo-Croatian +4 more
Follow the evidence: 8 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Dušan

Dušan is a masculine given name documented in Czech, Croatian, Serbo-Croatian and 4 other languages. English Wiktionary traces it to Serbian (Latin) Dušan. English Wikipedia gives the meaning “spirit”.

2 source accounts

Serbo-Croatian origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “spirit”

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Dušan.

Sources for this account (7)

Wiktionary: DušanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: DušanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: DušanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: DušanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: DušanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: DušanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia: DušanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Explore 1 more accountHide additional accountsSource accounts may describe the same origin.

English Wiktionary accountSource-reportedFor duša (“soul”) + -an.

For duša (“soul”) + -an.

Sources for this account (1)

Wiktionary: DušanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Documented usage

View usage notes (7)

Masculine usage · Wikidata Q168280
Masculine usage in Czech · Wiktionary: Dušan
Masculine usage in Serbo-Croatian · Wiktionary: Dušan
Masculine usage in Slovak · Wiktionary: Dušan
Masculine usage in Slovene · Wiktionary: Dušan
Masculine usage in Old Czech · Wiktionary: Dušan
Masculine usage in Serbian · Russian Wiktionary: Dušan

Explore all 7 language contexts

Linguistic usage labels come from name dictionaries. They are separate from the sex categories recorded in statistical files.

Spelling and script

Written form “Dušan” in the Latin script. Wikidata item Q168280.

All pronunciation details (7)

[ˈduʃan] — Czech
/dǔʃan/ — Serbo-Croatian
[ˈduʃan] — Slovak
/duʃan/ — Slovak
/dúːʃan/ — Slovene
/ˈduʃan/ — Old Czech (13ᵗʰ CE)
/ˈduʃan/ — Old Czech (15ᵗʰ CE)

02 / Across borders

Where Dušan is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Dušan’s connections around the world.

2 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

Germany

Published statistics

Berlin, 2021: 2 boys (rank 989).

Explore Germany

2 of 2 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

Switzerland

2000–2025 Spelling: Dušan

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2025: 4; births; Rank #1,287
Peak year: 2023; 11 births

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: Federal Statistical Office · Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025

Published integer counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Dušan in Switzerland, boys: births and rank by year
Year	Births	Rank	Status
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	no value	no value	not covered
2004	no value	no value	not covered
2005	no value	no value	not covered
2006	no value	no value	not covered
2007	no value	no value	not covered
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	no value	no value	not covered
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	no value	no value	not covered
2013	no value	no value	not covered
2014	no value	no value	not covered
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	no value	no value	not covered
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	1	1,887	observed
2020	6	980	observed
2021	6	1,063	observed
2022	5	1,116	observed
2023	11	619	observed
2024	8	780	observed
2025	4	1,287	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Dušan” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: Annual first given names of newborns, BEVNAT live-birth statistics, national geography 8100 only. Infostar civil-register data. Regional rows are not added to national totals.
Rounding: Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names and cells published in the FSO flows are covered. Literal zero cells are not emitted; absence in NameStoria must not be treated as a complete national zero-frequency claim.
Ranking: FSO RANK observations retained unchanged; zero rank/count pairs omitted.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution)

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Stefan Dušan
1308–1355
emperor of Serbia 1331–1355
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Dušan Tadić
born 1988
Serbian association football player (born 1988)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Dušan Petković
born 1974
Serbian association football player
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Dušan Bajević
born 1948
Bosnian footballer and manager
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Dušan Makavejev
1932–2019
Serbian film director (1932-2019)
Wikipedia Wikidata source

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Dušan with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms8

Wikidata Q168280CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: DušanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Russian Wiktionary: DušanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Greek Wiktionary: DušanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: DušanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: DušanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: DušanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia: DušanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates2

Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Switzerland · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution) · retrieved 2026-10-15
Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023
BerlinOnline GmbH, based on Berlin LABO civil-registry data · CC-BY-3.0-DE · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

Opening name…

About Dušan

2 source accounts

Serbo-Croatian origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “spirit”

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Dušan.

Sources for this account (7)

Wiktionary: DušanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: DušanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: DušanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: DušanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: DušanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: DušanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia: DušanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Explore 1 more accountHide additional accountsSource accounts may describe the same origin.

English Wiktionary accountSource-reportedFor duša (“soul”) + -an.

For duša (“soul”) + -an.

Sources for this account (1)

Wiktionary: DušanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Documented usage

View usage notes (7)

Masculine usage · Wikidata Q168280
Masculine usage in Czech · Wiktionary: Dušan
Masculine usage in Serbo-Croatian · Wiktionary: Dušan
Masculine usage in Slovak · Wiktionary: Dušan
Masculine usage in Slovene · Wiktionary: Dušan
Masculine usage in Old Czech · Wiktionary: Dušan
Masculine usage in Serbian · Russian Wiktionary: Dušan

Explore all 7 language contexts

Linguistic usage labels come from name dictionaries. They are separate from the sex categories recorded in statistical files.

Spelling and script

Written form “Dušan” in the Latin script. Wikidata item Q168280.

All pronunciation details (7)

[ˈduʃan] — Czech
/dǔʃan/ — Serbo-Croatian
[ˈduʃan] — Slovak
/duʃan/ — Slovak
/dúːʃan/ — Slovene
/ˈduʃan/ — Old Czech (13ᵗʰ CE)
/ˈduʃan/ — Old Czech (15ᵗʰ CE)

Where Dušan is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Dušan’s connections around the world.

2 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

Germany

Published statistics

Berlin, 2021: 2 boys (rank 989).

Explore Germany

2 of 2 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

Switzerland

2000–2025 Spelling: Dušan

Region and dataset

Recorded category boys

Latest · 2025: 4; births; Rank #1,287
Peak year: 2023; 11 births

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: Federal Statistical Office · Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025

Published integer counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Dušan in Switzerland, boys: births and rank by year
Year	Births	Rank	Status
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	no value	no value	not covered
2004	no value	no value	not covered
2005	no value	no value	not covered
2006	no value	no value	not covered
2007	no value	no value	not covered
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	no value	no value	not covered
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	no value	no value	not covered
2013	no value	no value	not covered
2014	no value	no value	not covered
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	no value	no value	not covered
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	1	1,887	observed
2020	6	980	observed
2021	6	1,063	observed
2022	5	1,116	observed
2023	11	619	observed
2024	8	780	observed
2025	4	1,287	observed

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: Annual first given names of newborns, BEVNAT live-birth statistics, national geography 8100 only. Infostar civil-register data. Regional rows are not added to national totals.
Rounding: Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names and cells published in the FSO flows are covered. Literal zero cells are not emitted; absence in NameStoria must not be treated as a complete national zero-frequency claim.
Ranking: FSO RANK observations retained unchanged; zero rank/count pairs omitted.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution)

Read our methodology

History

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Stefan Dušan
1308–1355
emperor of Serbia 1331–1355
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Dušan Tadić
born 1988
Serbian association football player (born 1988)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Dušan Petković
born 1974
Serbian association football player
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Dušan Bajević
born 1948
Bosnian footballer and manager
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Dušan Makavejev
1932–2019
Serbian film director (1932-2019)
Wikipedia Wikidata source

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms8

Wikidata Q168280CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: DušanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Russian Wiktionary: DušanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Greek Wiktionary: DušanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: DušanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: DušanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Chinese Wiktionary: DušanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikipedia: DušanCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates2

Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Switzerland · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution) · retrieved 2026-10-15
Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023
BerlinOnline GmbH, based on Berlin LABO civil-registry data · CC-BY-3.0-DE · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

A story to pass on.

About Dušan

Serbo-Croatian origin

Where Dušan is used

Across borders

Germany

Popularity over time

Switzerland

History

Notable bearers

Stefan Dušan

Dušan Tadić

Dušan Petković

Dušan Bajević

Dušan Makavejev

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Dušan

Serbo-Croatian origin

Where Dušan is used

Across borders

Germany

Popularity over time

Switzerland

History

Notable bearers

Stefan Dušan

Dušan Tadić

Dušan Petković

Dušan Bajević

Dušan Makavejev

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page