Pronunciation | ʋukǎʃin |
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Gender | Male |
Language(s) | Serbian, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Russian, Ukrainian, Slovene |
Word/name | |
Meaning | Son of wolf |
Region of origin | Eastern Europe |
Nickname(s) | Vule, Vuko, Vuksa, Vuki |
Derived | Vuk (meaning wolf) and sin (meaning son) |
Related names | , Vukota, |
Vukašin (Cyrillic script: Вукашин) is an old Slavic name of Serbian origin. It is composed from two words: Vuk (wolf) and sin (son), so it means sin vuka (son of wolf). In some places in Croatia and Bosnia it can be found as a surname.
The name Vukašin can be found in Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Republika Srpska and Croatia (used by Serbs of Croatia). During sound change phoneme S became š.