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.

The name is widely popular in Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Slovenia, Italy and Germany. An alternative spelling in Italian and German is Mirco. 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:

Prince Mirko of Montenegro
Mirko Alilović, Croatian handball player
Mirko Bašić Croatian handball player
Mirko Bellodi, Italian footballer
Mirko Bogović, Croatian poet and politician
Mirko Boland, German footballer
Mirko Bolesan, Italian footballer
Mirko Bortolotti, Italian race car driver
Mirko Bröder, Hungarian-Serbian chess player
Mirko Bunjevčević, Serbian footballer
Mirko Casper, German footballer
Mirko Castillo, Peruvian footballer
Mirko Celestino, Italian racing cyclist
Mirko Corsano, Italian volleyball player
Mirko Cvetković Prime Minister of Serbia (2008-2012)
Mirko Damjanović, Serbian football coach
Mirko Derenčin, Hungarian-Croatian nobleman and soldier
Mirko Dickhaut, German association football player and former player
Mirko Dorner, German-Hungarian cellist, composer and painter
Mirko Eichhorn, German figure skater
Mirko Ellis, Swiss-Italian actor
Mirko Englich, German Greco-Roman wrestler
Mirko Eramo, Italian footballer
Mirko Fait, Italian saxophonist and composer
Mirko Filipović, better known as Mirko Cro Cop, Croatian former professional mixed martial artist, kickboxer and amateur boxer
Mirko Gashi, Albanian journalist
Mirko Giansanti, Italian motorcycle road racer
Mirko Gori, Italian footballer
Mirko Grabovac, Singaporean footballer
Mirko Grmek, Croatian and French historian of medicine, writer and scientist
Mirko Guadalupi, Italian footballer
Mirko Höfflin, German ice hockey player
Mirko Hrgović, Bosnian football coach and former player
Mirko Ilić, Bosnian-born comics artist and graphic designer
Mirko Ivanić, Montenegrin footballer
Mirko Ivanovski, Macedonian association footballer
Mirko Jeličić, Australian soccer player
Mirko Jović, Serbian politician
Mirko Jozić, Croatian football manager and player
Mirko Jurkovic, American football player
Mirko Kokotović, Croatian footballer
Mirko Koršič, Yugoslav fencer
Mirko Kovač (basketball), Serbian basketball player
Mirko Kovač (writer), Yugoslav writer
Mirko Kramarić, Croatian footballer
Mirko Lamantia, Italian footballer
Mirko Lang, German actor
Mirko Marić Bosnian professional footballer
Mirko Marjanović, Prime Minister of Serbia (1994–2000)
Mirko Martucci, Italian footballer
Mirko Mihić, Serbian football coach and retired player
Mirko Mikić, Bosnian handball player
Mirko Milašević, Montenegrin handball player
Mirko Mulalić, Slovenian basketball player
Mirko Müller, German figure skater
Mirko Murovic, Canadian ice hockey player
Mirko Giacomo Nenzi, Italian speed skater
Mirko Nišović, Serbian sprint canoeist
Mirko Norac Kevo, Croatian general of the Croatian army
Mirko Novosel, Croatian basketball player and coach
Mirko Oremuš, Croatian footballer
Mirko Paetzold, German bobsledder
Mirko Palazzi, Sammarinese footballer
Mirko Petrović (athlete), Serbian athlete
Mirko Petrović (politician), Serbian politician
Mirko Petrović-Njegoš, Montenegrin military commander, politician and poet
Mirko Pieri, Italian footballer
Mirko Pigliacelli, Italian footballer
Mirko Plantić, Croatian footballer
Mirko Puzović, Yugoslav boxer
Mirko Rački, Croatian painter
Mirko Radovanović, Serbian footballer
Mirko Radović, Montenegrin handball player
Mirko Raičević, Montenegrin football player
Mirko Salvi, Swiss association football player
Mirko Sandić, Serbian water polo player
Mirko Šarović Bosnian politician
Mirko Savini, Italian footballer
Mirko Savone, Italian voice-over actor
Mirko Schuster, German association football player
Mirko Selak, Croatian footballer
Mirko and Stjepan Seljan, Croatian explorers
Mirko Selvaggi, Italian road bicycle racer
Mirko Serrano, Chilean footballer
Mirko Slomka, German football manager
Mirko Spada, Swiss decathlete
Mirko Stangalino, Italian ski mountaineer
Mirko Stojanović, Croatian footballer
Mirko Szewczuk, German cartoonist
Mirko Taccola, Italian footballer
Mirko Tedeschi (cyclist, born 1987), Italian cyclist
Mirko Tedeschi (cyclist, born 1989), Italian cyclist
Mirko Teodorović, Serbian footballer
Mirko Tomassoni, Sammarinese politician
Mirko Tomianovic, Bolivian footballer
Mirko Tremaglia, Italian politician
Mirko Trosino, Italian racing cyclist
Mirko Turri, Italian bobsledder
Mirko Valdifiori, Italian association football player
Mirko Vičević, Montenegrin water polo player
Mirko Vidaković, Croatian biologist
Mirko Vidović, Croatian writer
Mirko Vindiš, Slovenian athletics competitor
Mirko Virius, Croatian painter
Mirko Vučinić, Montenegrin footballer
Mirko Vuillermin, Italian short track speed skater
Mirko Wolter, German speedway rider

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