Dalibor (name)
| Dalibor | |
|---|---|
| Gender | male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Slavic |
| Meaning | dali ("far away") + bor ("fight") |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Sambor |
| http://www.behindthename.com/name/dalibor | |
Dalibor (Cyrillic script: Далибор) is primarily a male given name of Slavic origin, but also a surname specifically in Czech Republic. The name is popular in some Western Slavic and Southern Slavic countries, such as: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia. It means: fighting far away and it's derived from Slavic elements daleko meaning "far away" and boriti meaning "to fight".
There is a Bedřich Smetana's eponymous opera, based on Slavonic mythology.
People with this given name
- Dalibor Bagarić (born 1980), Croatian basketball player
- Dalibor Brazda (1921–2005), Czech-Swiss composer and conductor
- Dalibor Brozović (born 1927), Croatian linguist
- Dalibor Gatarić (born 1986), footballer
- Dalibor Dragić (born 1972), Bosnian Serb footballer
- Dalibor Medic (born 1979), Austrian national trainer of Taekwon-Do
- Dalibor Milenković (born 1987), Serbian football goalkeeper
- Dalibor Pauletić (born 1978), Croatian football defender
- Dalibor Pešterac (born 1976), Serbian footballer
- Dalibor Stevanovič (born 1984), Slovenian football player
- Dalibor Stojanović (born 1989), Slovenian footballer
- Dalibor Cyril Vačkář (1906–1984), Czech composer
- Dalibor Veselinović (born 1987), Serbian footballer
- Dalibor Vesely (born 1934), Czech architect
- Dalibor Višković (born 1977), Croatian footballer
- Dalibor Šamšal (born 1985), Croatian alpine ski racer
- Dalibor z Kozojed (died 1498), 15th century Czech knight, on whom Smetana based his 1868 opera Dalibor
- Dalibor Jedlička, Czech opera singer[1]
- Dalibor Janda (born 1953), Czech pop music singer
People with this surname
- Jan and Vlasta Dalibor, Czech immigrants to the UK, puppeteers who made the original Pinky and Perky
See also
References
- ↑ "Dalibor Jedlicka". Národní divadlo (in Czech). Retrieved 7 March 2016.
External links
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