Mirko

Mirko (Cyrillic script: Мирко) is a masculine given name of South Slavic origin.

By Slavic etymology, the name is composed of the root mir (meaning peace) and hypocoristic suffix -ko usual in South Slavic languages, which together means "the peaceful one". Mirko is sometimes used as a short, hypocoristic form of Miroslav in some Slavic languages.

Another etymology, attested by churches venerating sv. Mirko / sv. Emerik as two variants of the same, is a slavicized form of the name of saint prince Emeric (Imre in Hungarian), a name which is itself coming from Emeric's German cousins, therefore from the Germanic name /.

The name is widely popular in Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Italy and Germany. The alternative spelling in Italian and German is . The nationality of those men with the forename Mirko who are from outside the Slavic region is listed next to the name.

Notable men with the forename Mirko:

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