Göran

Gender	Male
Language(s)	Slavic
Word/name	Slavic
Meaning	Woodsman Man from the mountains Highlander
Related names	Gordana, Goranka, Gorana

Goran (pronounced [ɡǒran]; Cyrillic: Горан) is a Slavic male first name, mostly used in Slavic countries such as Croatia, Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Russia, and Ukraine. The name also has Kurdish origins and has the same meaning in the Kurdish language.

Goran is a Slavic, Pre-Christian name, meaning "highlander" or a mountain-man, someone who lives in the mountains. Hence, Goran in Slavic tradition would mean someone who enjoys and values life in the mountains.

In Former Yugoslavia, Mladi Gorani was a Yugoslav Youth Organization tasked with re-foresting Yugoslav highlands.

Nicknames and cognomen include Gogi [ɡoɡi], Gogo [ɡoːɡo].

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