Jovanović
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Jovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Јовановић) is a common Serbian last name. Jova in Serbian means willow. It derives from Jovan, which is comparable to John in English. The part ov designates possession: Jovanov means John's. The suffix ić is a diminutive designation, or descendant designation. So, the last name can be translated as John's son leading to the English equivalent last name of Johnson.
[edit] People with last name Jovanović
- Vladimir Jovanović (1833-1922), Serbian political theorist and politician
- Jovan Jovanović Zmaj (1833-1904), Serbian poet
- Slobodan Jovanović (1869-1958), Serbian prime minister
- Arso Jovanović (1907-1948), Serbian soldier and Partisan
- Čedomir Jovanović (born 1971), Serbian politician
- Boyan Jovanovic, a Serbian-American economist at New York University
