Dražeta
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Dražeta in some English sources also Drazeta, is a Serbian
and Croatian
surname
and personal name
. This surname is fairly rare, and originally could be found in five places on the territory of former Yugoslavia
: Mošorin
(Serbia
), Stari Banovci
(Serbia), Ivoševci
(Croatia
), Hodilje
(Croatia), and Jajce
(Bosnia and Herzegovina
). People with this surname who live in Mošorin, Stari Banovci, and Ivoševci are Orthodox Serbs, while those who live in Hodilje and Jajce are Catholic Croats. The family slava
(patron saint
) of Orthodox Dražeta is Saint Stephen
. There is information claiming that some Muslims with this surname live in western Bosnia
near Prijedor
, but this story is not confirmed.
first name Dražeta, which was first recorded in the 12th century in Herzegovina
. First name Dražeta derived from its older variant Draže, which derived from Slavic
word "drag" ("dear" in English). It is not exactly clear where and when the surname Dražeta appeared since first reliable data about surname dating from the 18th century. There is also a record from 1521 about a person in the village of Desići in Montenegro
, whose name was Dražeta Radivoj, but it is not certain whether Dražeta was name or surname of this person.
Surname Dražeta was recorded in Mošorin
in 1783 and in Stari Banovci
in 1805. Dražeta families living in these two villages considered each other a cousins and in the past they often visited each other during family celebrations. According to the "Hronika Starih Banovaca" (Sremska Mitrovica, 1989), Dražeta family came to Stari Banovci from Croatia. In Mošorin, in the year 1783, documents recorded Marko Dražeta, who was a son of Grigorije "šijak". In that time, "šijak" was a designation for immigrants from Croatia. Since surname Dražeta could be found in the village Ivoševci
in Croatia (north Dalmatia
), it is assumed that Dražeta family moved from this village to Mošorin and Stari Banovci. Confirmation for this origin is the same patron saint of the family (Saint Stephen) that is celebrated by Dražeta families in all three villages. There is also an interesting quotation from Dr Dušan J. Popović (Srbi u Vojvodini, knjiga druga, Novi Sad, 1990) that in the villages of Mošorin and Vilovo
lived especially many "šijaks" originating from Dalmatia and Croatia.
In search for origin of Dražeta family in the village of Ivoševci
, it is important to mention cousin relations between this family and family Vujasinović, i.e. Dražeta and Vujasinović families that live in Ivoševci consider each other a cousins and there are two different stories about relations between these two families: according to one story, Vujasinović was a former surname of the Dražeta family, while Dražeta was a nickname of this family that later became distinct surname. Confirmation for this could be the fact that both families, Dražeta and Vujasinović, celebrating the same patron saint of the family (Saint Stephen) because there was old practice among Serbs that families could change a surname, but not patron saint.
According to another story, Vujasinović was not a former surname of the Dražeta family, but both families, Dražeta and Vujasinović, came to Ivoševci from village Lužci near Sanski Most
in western Bosnia, and cousin relations between these two families derived from the fact that wife of the ancestor of Vujasinović family was from the Dražeta family. According to stories that were not confirmed, there was surname Dražeta in western Bosnia near Prijedor
, and this Dražeta family was of Muslim
faith, which could confirm the story that Dražeta family from Ivoševci originating from this area. In the book "Prezimena Srba u Bosni" (Đorđe Janjatović, Sombor, 1993) we found data that near Prijedor and Sanski Most there are families with surnames Vujasinović and Vujasin, and both families celebrating Saint Stephen as patron saint of the family. This confirm that Vujasinović family from Ivoševci originating from this area.
According to the book "Antroponimija Bukovice" (Živko Bjelanović, Split, 1988), population of eastern part of Dalmatian Bukovica
(which include Ivoševci
) moved to this area from western Bosnia in the end of the 17th century. This confirm that Dražeta family originating from western Bosnia, no matter of the question whether family had surname Dražeta or surname Vujasinović in the time when it settled in Ivoševci. According to the book "Prezimena Srba u Bosni", largest number of surnames among Serbs and Croats was created in the 16th and 17th century, and that is a time when ancestors of the Dražeta family probably lived in western Bosnia. Thus, this would be approximate time and place when and where surname Dražeta first appeared.
According to the "Antroponimija Bukovice", the population of west Bosnia, Lika
and Dalmatia (i.e. the population that was settled in these areas in the 16th and 17th century) originating from Montenegro and Herzegovina, especially from the area between Piva
, Tara
, Lim
, and upper Neretva
. Exactly in the territory of Montenegro we found data that in 1521 in the village Desići there was a person with name Dražeta Radivoj, but we cannot say for sure whether Dražeta was a name or a surname of this person. Possible confirmation for Montenegrin origin of the Dražeta family could be also an uncorfimed story that surname Dražeta existed in Boka Kotorska in Montenegro. According to the story, this Dražeta family from Boka Kotorska was of Orthodox faith.
As for the origin of the Dražeta families of Catholic
faith from Hodilje
and Jajce
, we cannot say for sure whether these two Dražeta families are related one to another or to other Dražeta families that are adherents of the Orthodox Christianity
. According to the Dr. Nikola Zvonimir Bjelovučić ("Poluostrvo Rat (Pelješac)", Naselja i poreklo stanovništva, knjiga 11, Beograd, 1922), Dražeta family from Hodilje settled in this village "100 years ago" (i.e. approximatelly in 1822) and they came "from unknown place". There are several different stories that speak about places from which this Dražeta family could came, and such places include Herzegovina, north Dalmatia, Vojvodina
, Croatian Zagorje
, etc. There are also stories that ancestors of the Dražeta family from Hodilje were in the past either Orthodox Christians or Muslims. This story certainly have a similarity with the story that Dražeta family of Muslim faith lived in western Bosnia. There is also story that old surname of the Dražeta family from Hodilje was either Delo
or Ruda
. As for the Dražeta family from Jajce, it is not known from where this family originating and when exactly they settled in Jajce; according to one story they originating from south Dalmatia (Hodilje), while according to another story, they originating from Vojvodina. The story that this family originating from south Dalmatia could be more accurate because Dražeta family that live in south Dalmatia is also of Catholic faith like Dražeta family from Jajce, while Dražeta families that live in Vojvodina are of Orthodox faith.
, while a person with name Dražeta Dražetić was author of an article in the Croatian magazine "Mljekarstvo" (number 03, from 2003).
According to the registry books in the village Mošorin
, surname Dražeta is found in the records in four different variants: Dražeta (Дражета), Dražetin (Дражетин), Dražetić (Дражетић), and Dražetič (Дражетич), but there is no doubt that Dražeta was the original variant of the surname. Today, among Dražeta family from Mošorin, only two variants of the surname (Dražeta and Dražetin) are still in use, while another two (Dražetić and Dražetič) are no longer used.
Surname Dražetić also exist in the villages Türbe
and Imljani
in central Bosnia, as well as in the several places in Croatia, mostly near Petrinja
, Slavonska Požega, Sisak
, Velika Gorica
, and Zagreb
. This surname was first time in history recorded in Šibenik
in 1386. In 1416, there is a record about prince Grgur Dražetić, who was a neighbour of the Ragusans and who ruled over part of Dalmatia that included Omiš
. Surname Dražetić is also recorded in Velika Pisanica
in Slavonia
in 1783.
There is no doubt that surname Dražetić derived from root Dražeta, but we cannot say for sure whether this root was a name or a surname in this case. If surname Dražetić derived from surname Dražeta (which indeed happened among Dražeta family in Mošorin
), we would have to raise a question of the possible cousin relations between families with surname Dražetić and families with surname Dražeta, especially those from Hodilje
and Jajce
because Dražeta families from these two places are of Catholic faith like most members of the families with surname Dražetić. There was also a record about Dražetić family of Orthodox faith in the village of Golubinjak near Daruvar
in Slavonia.
Surname Dražetič that exist in Slovenia
is probably only a variant of the surname Dražetić because Slovene alphabet do not use Serbo-Croatian
letter "ć
".
In 1882 in Sarajevo
, there was a record about surname Dražetović (Дражетовић). Family with this surname was of Orthodox faith and patron saint of this family was Saint Sava
. This surname did not derived from root Dražeta, but from the root Draže, which was also a root for name Dražeta.
In "Srpski Rječnik" (written by Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Vienna, 1852), there is a record of the word "dražetina", which was used as augmentative of the word "draga" ("dear" in English).
, Čičevo
near Trebinje
. It was made between 1177 and 1200 AD and says: "Poleta, Drusan (Družan) and Dražeta buried their mother in the days of glorious Duke Hramko
(Hranko, Sranko)".
"The statement of Bilino Polje" is a document in which leaders of Bosnian Bogomil Church, in front of the emissary of the Pope, declared that they deny their heresy. The statement was signed on April 8, 1203 in Bilino Polje near Zenica, and one of the Bogomil leaders that signed the document had name Dražeta. Names of other Bogomil leaders were: Dragič, Ljubin, Pribiš, Ljuben, Radoš and Vladoš. In this time, Dragič was the supreme priest ("did"), while Ljubin and Dražeta were his deputies ("gosti"), but both of them will later become the supreme priests. After the statement was signed, Ljubin and Dražeta went to Hungarian king Emerik and, in front of him, they sweared that they will fulfil decisions from the statement. However, this statement had only formal character since Bosnian Bogomils, despite the signed statement, continued to practice their faith.
Other source that speak about Bogomil leader named Dražeta is "The list of Bogomil rulers", which is found in the "Bible of Bosnian tepačija Batal" from 1393. The list mention names of all supreme priests of Bosnian Bogomil church, from the middle of the 11th century to 1393. This list show that, after Dragič, the supreme priest of the Bogomils was Ljuben and after Ljuben it was Dražeta. Thus, Dražeta was the supreme priest ("did") of the Bosnian Bogomil Church. It is assumed that Dražeta administered Bosnian Church from 1215 to 1220.
This is the inscription:
Name Dražeta is found in the "Second hrisovulja of Dečani", and it was recorded in the village Dobra Reka, which was located in the territory of present-day Andrijevica municipality in Montenegro.
This is the inscription:
Name or surname Dražetin is found in the "Third hrisovulja of Dečani", and it was recorded in the village Vlasi Sremljane, which was located in the territory of present-day Đakovica municipality in Metohija.
This is the inscription:
According to "Srpski prezimenik" (Dr Velimir Mihajlović, Novi Sad, 2002), Dražetin was a surname in this case, while Milica Grković (Imena u Dečanskim hrisovuljama, Novi Sad, 1983) think that it was a name.
defter of Montenegro" (Ottoman tax record) from 1521 mention a person with name Dražeta Radivoj in the village Desići in Montenegro. The same person is also mentioned in "Imperial defter for Montenegro and nahije of Grbalj" from 1523, although with aslight difference: the person is mentioned as Dražeta Radonja and the village is mentioned as Lešnji Desići, but it is sure that it is the same village and the same person. However, it cannot be said for sure whether Dražeta is a given name or a surname of this person.
We can see that one of the prefects of the village ("kmets") was named Dražeta, and, according to the size of the alms that he gave, we can assume that he was the wealthiest inhabitant of the village.
Serbs
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and Croatian
Croats
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surname
Surname
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and personal name
Personal name
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. This surname is fairly rare, and originally could be found in five places on the territory of former Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
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: Mošorin
Mošorin
Mošorin is a village in Serbia. It is located in the Titel municipality, South Bačka District. Mošorin is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, in the south-eastern part of Bačka, known as Šajkaška. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 2,763 people...
(Serbia
Serbia
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), Stari Banovci
Stari Banovci
Stari Banovci is a village in Serbia. It is located in the Stara Pazova municipality, in the region of Srem , Vojvodina province. The population of the village is 5,488 people , including 5,034 ethnic Serbs.-History:...
(Serbia), Ivoševci
Ivoševci
Ivoševci is a village located in the municipality of Kistanje, in the Šibenik-Knin County, Croatia. The village is situated in northern Dalmatia, in the region known as Bukovica...
(Croatia
Croatia
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), Hodilje
Hodilje
Hodilje is a village located in the municipality of Ston, in the Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Croatia. The village is situated on the Pelješac peninsula.-Geography:...
(Croatia), and Jajce
Jajce
Jajce is a city and municipality located in the central part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is part of the Central Bosnia Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity...
(Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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). People with this surname who live in Mošorin, Stari Banovci, and Ivoševci are Orthodox Serbs, while those who live in Hodilje and Jajce are Catholic Croats. The family slava
Slava
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(patron saint
Patron saint
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) of Orthodox Dražeta is Saint Stephen
Saint Stephen
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. There is information claiming that some Muslims with this surname live in western Bosnia
Bosnia (region)
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near Prijedor
Prijedor
Prijedor is a city and municipality in the north-western part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the Bosanska Krajina region....
, but this story is not confirmed.
Origin
Surname Dražeta derived from the South SlavicSouth Slavs
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first name Dražeta, which was first recorded in the 12th century in Herzegovina
Herzegovina
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. First name Dražeta derived from its older variant Draže, which derived from Slavic
Slavic languages
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word "drag" ("dear" in English). It is not exactly clear where and when the surname Dražeta appeared since first reliable data about surname dating from the 18th century. There is also a record from 1521 about a person in the village of Desići in Montenegro
Montenegro
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, whose name was Dražeta Radivoj, but it is not certain whether Dražeta was name or surname of this person.
Surname history
Mošorin
Mošorin is a village in Serbia. It is located in the Titel municipality, South Bačka District. Mošorin is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, in the south-eastern part of Bačka, known as Šajkaška. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 2,763 people...
in 1783 and in Stari Banovci
Stari Banovci
Stari Banovci is a village in Serbia. It is located in the Stara Pazova municipality, in the region of Srem , Vojvodina province. The population of the village is 5,488 people , including 5,034 ethnic Serbs.-History:...
in 1805. Dražeta families living in these two villages considered each other a cousins and in the past they often visited each other during family celebrations. According to the "Hronika Starih Banovaca" (Sremska Mitrovica, 1989), Dražeta family came to Stari Banovci from Croatia. In Mošorin, in the year 1783, documents recorded Marko Dražeta, who was a son of Grigorije "šijak". In that time, "šijak" was a designation for immigrants from Croatia. Since surname Dražeta could be found in the village Ivoševci
Ivoševci
Ivoševci is a village located in the municipality of Kistanje, in the Šibenik-Knin County, Croatia. The village is situated in northern Dalmatia, in the region known as Bukovica...
in Croatia (north Dalmatia
Dalmatia
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), it is assumed that Dražeta family moved from this village to Mošorin and Stari Banovci. Confirmation for this origin is the same patron saint of the family (Saint Stephen) that is celebrated by Dražeta families in all three villages. There is also an interesting quotation from Dr Dušan J. Popović (Srbi u Vojvodini, knjiga druga, Novi Sad, 1990) that in the villages of Mošorin and Vilovo
Vilovo
Vilovo is a village located in the Titel municipality, in the South Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 1,103 people ....
lived especially many "šijaks" originating from Dalmatia and Croatia.
In search for origin of Dražeta family in the village of Ivoševci
Ivoševci
Ivoševci is a village located in the municipality of Kistanje, in the Šibenik-Knin County, Croatia. The village is situated in northern Dalmatia, in the region known as Bukovica...
, it is important to mention cousin relations between this family and family Vujasinović, i.e. Dražeta and Vujasinović families that live in Ivoševci consider each other a cousins and there are two different stories about relations between these two families: according to one story, Vujasinović was a former surname of the Dražeta family, while Dražeta was a nickname of this family that later became distinct surname. Confirmation for this could be the fact that both families, Dražeta and Vujasinović, celebrating the same patron saint of the family (Saint Stephen) because there was old practice among Serbs that families could change a surname, but not patron saint.
According to another story, Vujasinović was not a former surname of the Dražeta family, but both families, Dražeta and Vujasinović, came to Ivoševci from village Lužci near Sanski Most
Sanski Most
Sanski Most is a town and municipality in northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located on the Sana River in Bosanska Krajina, between Prijedor and Ključ. Administratively it is part of the Una-Sana Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina....
in western Bosnia, and cousin relations between these two families derived from the fact that wife of the ancestor of Vujasinović family was from the Dražeta family. According to stories that were not confirmed, there was surname Dražeta in western Bosnia near Prijedor
Prijedor
Prijedor is a city and municipality in the north-western part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is situated in the Bosanska Krajina region....
, and this Dražeta family was of Muslim
Muslim
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faith, which could confirm the story that Dražeta family from Ivoševci originating from this area. In the book "Prezimena Srba u Bosni" (Đorđe Janjatović, Sombor, 1993) we found data that near Prijedor and Sanski Most there are families with surnames Vujasinović and Vujasin, and both families celebrating Saint Stephen as patron saint of the family. This confirm that Vujasinović family from Ivoševci originating from this area.
According to the book "Antroponimija Bukovice" (Živko Bjelanović, Split, 1988), population of eastern part of Dalmatian Bukovica
Bukovica
Bukovica is a geographical region in Croatia. It is situated in northern Dalmatia, between Lika in the north, Kninska Krajina in the east, and Ravni Kotari in the south-west. Prior to the war, it encompassed the western half of the Knin municipality, the eastern half of the Benkovac municipality...
(which include Ivoševci
Ivoševci
Ivoševci is a village located in the municipality of Kistanje, in the Šibenik-Knin County, Croatia. The village is situated in northern Dalmatia, in the region known as Bukovica...
) moved to this area from western Bosnia in the end of the 17th century. This confirm that Dražeta family originating from western Bosnia, no matter of the question whether family had surname Dražeta or surname Vujasinović in the time when it settled in Ivoševci. According to the book "Prezimena Srba u Bosni", largest number of surnames among Serbs and Croats was created in the 16th and 17th century, and that is a time when ancestors of the Dražeta family probably lived in western Bosnia. Thus, this would be approximate time and place when and where surname Dražeta first appeared.
According to the "Antroponimija Bukovice", the population of west Bosnia, Lika
Lika
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and Dalmatia (i.e. the population that was settled in these areas in the 16th and 17th century) originating from Montenegro and Herzegovina, especially from the area between Piva
Piva River
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, Tara
Tara River (Montenegro)
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, Lim
Lim River
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, and upper Neretva
Neretva
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. Exactly in the territory of Montenegro we found data that in 1521 in the village Desići there was a person with name Dražeta Radivoj, but we cannot say for sure whether Dražeta was a name or a surname of this person. Possible confirmation for Montenegrin origin of the Dražeta family could be also an uncorfimed story that surname Dražeta existed in Boka Kotorska in Montenegro. According to the story, this Dražeta family from Boka Kotorska was of Orthodox faith.
As for the origin of the Dražeta families of Catholic
Roman Catholic Church
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faith from Hodilje
Hodilje
Hodilje is a village located in the municipality of Ston, in the Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Croatia. The village is situated on the Pelješac peninsula.-Geography:...
and Jajce
Jajce
Jajce is a city and municipality located in the central part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is part of the Central Bosnia Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity...
, we cannot say for sure whether these two Dražeta families are related one to another or to other Dražeta families that are adherents of the Orthodox Christianity
Orthodox Christianity
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. According to the Dr. Nikola Zvonimir Bjelovučić ("Poluostrvo Rat (Pelješac)", Naselja i poreklo stanovništva, knjiga 11, Beograd, 1922), Dražeta family from Hodilje settled in this village "100 years ago" (i.e. approximatelly in 1822) and they came "from unknown place". There are several different stories that speak about places from which this Dražeta family could came, and such places include Herzegovina, north Dalmatia, Vojvodina
Vojvodina
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, Croatian Zagorje
Zagorje
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, etc. There are also stories that ancestors of the Dražeta family from Hodilje were in the past either Orthodox Christians or Muslims. This story certainly have a similarity with the story that Dražeta family of Muslim faith lived in western Bosnia. There is also story that old surname of the Dražeta family from Hodilje was either Delo
Delo
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or Ruda
Ruda
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. As for the Dražeta family from Jajce, it is not known from where this family originating and when exactly they settled in Jajce; according to one story they originating from south Dalmatia (Hodilje), while according to another story, they originating from Vojvodina. The story that this family originating from south Dalmatia could be more accurate because Dražeta family that live in south Dalmatia is also of Catholic faith like Dražeta family from Jajce, while Dražeta families that live in Vojvodina are of Orthodox faith.
Similar names and surnames
The existence of the personal name Dražeta was confirmed in the historical documents from the 12th century, while the existence of the personal name or surname Dražetin, which derived from name Dražeta, was confirmed in the historical document from the 14th century. Today, personal name Dražeta is still used, but rarely: according to the telephone directory of Croatia from 2004, there was a person with name Dražeta Davidović that lived in KninKnin
Knin is a historical town in the Šibenik-Knin county of Croatia, located near the source of the river Krka at , in the Dalmatian hinterland, on the railroad Zagreb–Split. Knin rose to prominence twice in history, as a one-time capital of both the Kingdom of Croatia and briefly of the...
, while a person with name Dražeta Dražetić was author of an article in the Croatian magazine "Mljekarstvo" (number 03, from 2003).
According to the registry books in the village Mošorin
Mošorin
Mošorin is a village in Serbia. It is located in the Titel municipality, South Bačka District. Mošorin is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, in the south-eastern part of Bačka, known as Šajkaška. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 2,763 people...
, surname Dražeta is found in the records in four different variants: Dražeta (Дражета), Dražetin (Дражетин), Dražetić (Дражетић), and Dražetič (Дражетич), but there is no doubt that Dražeta was the original variant of the surname. Today, among Dražeta family from Mošorin, only two variants of the surname (Dražeta and Dražetin) are still in use, while another two (Dražetić and Dražetič) are no longer used.
Surname Dražetić also exist in the villages Türbe
Turbe
Türbe is the Turkish word for "tomb", and for the characteristic mausoleums, often relatively small, of Ottoman royalty and notables. It is related to the Arabic turba, which can also mean a mausoleum, but more often a funerary complex, or a plot in a cemetery.-Characteristics:A typical türbe...
and Imljani
Imljani
Imljani , is a village in Kneževo municipality, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-Ethnic composition, 1991 census:- References :...
in central Bosnia, as well as in the several places in Croatia, mostly near Petrinja
Petrinja
Petrinja is a city in central Croatia near Sisak in the historic region of Banovina. The city belongs to Sisak-Moslavina County .- History :The name of Petrinja has its roots in Latin petrus, meaning "stone"...
, Slavonska Požega, Sisak
Sisak
Sisak is a city in central Croatia. The city's population in 2011 was 33,049, with a total of 49,699 in the administrative region and it is also the administrative centre of the Sisak-Moslavina county...
, Velika Gorica
Velika Gorica
Velika Gorica is the largest and most populous city in Zagreb County, Croatia. The city itself has a population of 31,341, while the municipality has a population of 63,511 inhabitants .Velika Gorica is the centre of the historical Turopolje region....
, and Zagreb
Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
. This surname was first time in history recorded in Šibenik
Šibenik
Šibenik is a historic town in Croatia, with population of 51,553 . It is located in central Dalmatia where the river Krka flows into the Adriatic Sea...
in 1386. In 1416, there is a record about prince Grgur Dražetić, who was a neighbour of the Ragusans and who ruled over part of Dalmatia that included Omiš
Omiš
Omiš is a town and port in the Dalmatia region of Croatia, and is a municipality in the Split-Dalmatia County. The town is situated approximately south-east of Croatia's second largest city, Split. Its location is where the emerald-green Cetina River meets the Adriatic Sea...
. Surname Dražetić is also recorded in Velika Pisanica
Velika Pisanica
Velika Pisanica is a village and municipality in Bjelovar-Bilogora County, Croatia. There are 2,155 inhabitants, which 69% are Croats, and 14% Serbs....
in Slavonia
Slavonia
Slavonia is a geographical and historical region in eastern Croatia...
in 1783.
There is no doubt that surname Dražetić derived from root Dražeta, but we cannot say for sure whether this root was a name or a surname in this case. If surname Dražetić derived from surname Dražeta (which indeed happened among Dražeta family in Mošorin
Mošorin
Mošorin is a village in Serbia. It is located in the Titel municipality, South Bačka District. Mošorin is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, in the south-eastern part of Bačka, known as Šajkaška. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 2,763 people...
), we would have to raise a question of the possible cousin relations between families with surname Dražetić and families with surname Dražeta, especially those from Hodilje
Hodilje
Hodilje is a village located in the municipality of Ston, in the Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Croatia. The village is situated on the Pelješac peninsula.-Geography:...
and Jajce
Jajce
Jajce is a city and municipality located in the central part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is part of the Central Bosnia Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina entity...
because Dražeta families from these two places are of Catholic faith like most members of the families with surname Dražetić. There was also a record about Dražetić family of Orthodox faith in the village of Golubinjak near Daruvar
Daruvar
Daruvar is a town in central Croatia, population 9,815 , total municipality population 13,243 ....
in Slavonia.
Surname Dražetič that exist in Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
is probably only a variant of the surname Dražetić because Slovene alphabet do not use Serbo-Croatian
Serbo-Croatian
Serbo-Croatian or Serbo-Croat, less commonly Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian , is a South Slavic language with multiple standards and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro...
letter "ć
C
Ĉ or ĉ is a consonant in Esperanto orthography, representing the sound .Esperanto orthography uses a diacritic for all four of its postalveolar consonants, as do the Latin-based Slavic alphabets...
".
In 1882 in Sarajevo
Sarajevo
Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....
, there was a record about surname Dražetović (Дражетовић). Family with this surname was of Orthodox faith and patron saint of this family was Saint Sava
Saint Sava
Saint Sava was a Serbian Prince and Orthodox monk, the first Archbishop of the autocephalous Serbian Church, the founder of Serbian law and literature, and a diplomat. Sava was born Rastko Nemanjić , the youngest son of Serbian Grand Župan Stefan Nemanja , and ruled the appanage of Hum briefly in...
. This surname did not derived from root Dražeta, but from the root Draže, which was also a root for name Dražeta.
In "Srpski Rječnik" (written by Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Vienna, 1852), there is a record of the word "dražetina", which was used as augmentative of the word "draga" ("dear" in English).
Inscription from Čičevo
The oldest recorded data about the personal name Dražeta is found in a stone inscription in Saint Peter's church in CrnčeCrnce
Crnce is a village in Kosovo , 2 km south of the town of Istok.-Geography:This village of approximately 300 households is located in north-west Kosovo on the border with Serbia.-Economy:...
, Čičevo
Čičevo
Čičevo is a village in the municipality of Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina.-References:...
near Trebinje
Trebinje
Trebinje is the southernmost municipality and town in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is administratively part of the Republika Srpska entity and is located in southeastern Herzegovina, some from the Adriatic Sea....
. It was made between 1177 and 1200 AD and says: "Poleta, Drusan (Družan) and Dražeta buried their mother in the days of glorious Duke Hramko
Hramko
Hramko was a 12th-century Serbian noble that supposedly held parts of Zahumlje under the House of Nemanjic, according to Chronicles of Priest Dukljan....
(Hranko, Sranko)".
Bogomil supreme priest
In the beginning of the 13th century, one of the religious leaders of Bosnian Bogomils had name Dražeta. There are two history sources that mention this person: "Bilinopoljska izjava" ("The statement of Bilino Polje") and "Popis bogomilskih vladara" ("The list of Bogomil rulers")."The statement of Bilino Polje" is a document in which leaders of Bosnian Bogomil Church, in front of the emissary of the Pope, declared that they deny their heresy. The statement was signed on April 8, 1203 in Bilino Polje near Zenica, and one of the Bogomil leaders that signed the document had name Dražeta. Names of other Bogomil leaders were: Dragič, Ljubin, Pribiš, Ljuben, Radoš and Vladoš. In this time, Dragič was the supreme priest ("did"), while Ljubin and Dražeta were his deputies ("gosti"), but both of them will later become the supreme priests. After the statement was signed, Ljubin and Dražeta went to Hungarian king Emerik and, in front of him, they sweared that they will fulfil decisions from the statement. However, this statement had only formal character since Bosnian Bogomils, despite the signed statement, continued to practice their faith.
Other source that speak about Bogomil leader named Dražeta is "The list of Bogomil rulers", which is found in the "Bible of Bosnian tepačija Batal" from 1393. The list mention names of all supreme priests of Bosnian Bogomil church, from the middle of the 11th century to 1393. This list show that, after Dragič, the supreme priest of the Bogomils was Ljuben and after Ljuben it was Dražeta. Thus, Dražeta was the supreme priest ("did") of the Bosnian Bogomil Church. It is assumed that Dražeta administered Bosnian Church from 1215 to 1220.
Inscription on stećak
There is one inscription from 1258 written on stećak (Bosnian medieval tombstone), which mention stonecarver who had name Dražeta. The tombstone was found in Gornje Hrasno near Stolac.This is the inscription:
- "A se leži Ljubljen u Vrhbosni rožden u Vrhbosni zakopan na svojini na plemenitoj."
("Here lies Ljubljen, born and buried in Vrhbosna, on his noble property.") - "Ja bjeh onaj tkoji cijel život na raskrsnicam stajah, razmišljah, oklijevah."
("I was the one who stood on the crossroads during my whole life, the one who thought and the one who hesitated.") - "Bjeh onaj tkoji se pitah kak to da nebo ne stari a iz njeg se stalno raždaju nova i nova godišnja doba."
("I was the one who asked myself how it can be that sky does not grow old and new seasons are born from it over and over again.") - "I u sobi gde bjeh bješe prozor, a iza prozora beskraj. Al ja uporno gledah u pod."
("And in the room where I dwell there was a window, and behind the window there was the infinity, but I persistently watched the floor.") - "I mišljah mojom smerti sve će to konačno stati. Al nije i moja smert sve starša i sve tješnja je."
("And I thought, when I die, all of this will finally stop. But it didn't, and my death is too old and too close.") - "Kam mi usječe Dražeta a zapis upisa Husan ne da pokažu da bjeh već da me višlje neima. Ljeta Gospodnjeg 1258."
("My stone was carved by Dražeta and inscription was engraved by Husan, not to show that I existed, but that I do not exist any more. Anno Domini 1258.")
Hrisovulje of Dečani
Name Dražeta and name or surname Dražetin are mentioned in the "Hrisovulje of Dečani" ("Dečanske hrisovulje"), which are medieval Serbian documents written in the time when Dečani monastery was built, in the first half of the 14th century. These documents contain census that recorded inhabitants of the Dečani manor, and among the inhabitants, there were persons that had mentioned names. The "Hrisovulje of Dečani" were written around 1330/1331.Name Dražeta is found in the "Second hrisovulja of Dečani", and it was recorded in the village Dobra Reka, which was located in the territory of present-day Andrijevica municipality in Montenegro.
This is the inscription:
- "Dragoje Hlapović a brat mu Dražeta"
("Dragoje Hlapović and his brother Dražeta")
Name or surname Dražetin is found in the "Third hrisovulja of Dečani", and it was recorded in the village Vlasi Sremljane, which was located in the territory of present-day Đakovica municipality in Metohija.
This is the inscription:
- "Bogoje i Dražetin"
("Bogoje and Dražetin")
According to "Srpski prezimenik" (Dr Velimir Mihajlović, Novi Sad, 2002), Dražetin was a surname in this case, while Milica Grković (Imena u Dečanskim hrisovuljama, Novi Sad, 1983) think that it was a name.
Montenegrin defters
The "HaračHaraç
The Haraç, or Harač, was a poll-tax in the Ottoman empire.It developed from an earlier form of land taxation and was, in principle, only payable by non-Muslims; it was seen as a counterpart to zakat paid by Muslims...
defter of Montenegro" (Ottoman tax record) from 1521 mention a person with name Dražeta Radivoj in the village Desići in Montenegro. The same person is also mentioned in "Imperial defter for Montenegro and nahije of Grbalj" from 1523, although with aslight difference: the person is mentioned as Dražeta Radonja and the village is mentioned as Lešnji Desići, but it is sure that it is the same village and the same person. However, it cannot be said for sure whether Dražeta is a given name or a surname of this person.
Katastig of Patriarchate of Peć
Name Dražeta is mentioned in the place Berčul in Banat, in 1660. It was recorded in the "Holly katastig of monasteries of the Holly and Great Church of the Patriarchate of Peć". "Katastig" is a list which contains records who donated what to the Patriarchate of Peć. When mandataries of the patriarch visited Berčul in 1660, this inscription was written:- "Pridoše k nam kmetovi Dražeta, Toma i Radoica i prinesoše ot sela milostinju 1.000 aspri. Paki Dražeta pisa sebe pros, dade 110 aspri; Toma pisa sebe pros, dade 83 aspre; Radoica pisa sebe pros, - osta, - reče vola. Radovan Ćurčija prinese lisicu na blagoslov. Blagoje pisa škopca, osta."
(Prefects of the village Dražeta, Toma and Radoica came to us and gave us alms of the village - 1,000 aspri. Dražeta gave 110 aspri, Toma gave 83 aspri, and Radoica gave a bullock. Radovan Ćurčija bring us fox for blessing. Blagoje reported the emasculated one.")
We can see that one of the prefects of the village ("kmets") was named Dražeta, and, according to the size of the alms that he gave, we can assume that he was the wealthiest inhabitant of the village.
Notable people with this name or surname/surnames
- Dražeta, prior (supreme priest) of the Bosnian Bogomil ChurchBosnian ChurchThe Bosnian Church is historically thought to be an indigenous branch of the Bogomils that existed in Bosnia during the Middle Ages. Adherents of the church called themselves simply Krstjani...
in the 13th century. - Grgur Dražetić, prince that ruled over part of Dalmatia in the 15th century.
- Dr. Mladen Dražetin, doctor of social sciences, economist, university professor, theatrical creator, actor, poet and literate.
- Milivoj Dražetin (1952–1970), poet.
- Darko Dražeta, mayor of StonStonSton is a village and municipality in the Dubrovnik-Neretva County of Croatia, located at the south of isthmus of the Pelješac peninsula. The town of Ston is the center of the Ston municipality.- Demographics :...
municipality, Croatia. - Lazar Dražeta, a biologist.
- Lucas Drazeta, a basketball player in ArgentinaArgentinaArgentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
.
Place names similar to this name/surname
- Dražetice, a place in the Czech RepublicCzech RepublicThe Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
. A very interesting thing about this place is the fact that one of its neighbouring places is called Novy KninNový KnínNový Knín is a town in the Czech Republic.-External links:*...
("New KninKninKnin is a historical town in the Šibenik-Knin county of Croatia, located near the source of the river Krka at , in the Dalmatian hinterland, on the railroad Zagreb–Split. Knin rose to prominence twice in history, as a one-time capital of both the Kingdom of Croatia and briefly of the...
"), which imply possible connection of these two places with northern Dalmatia since both names could be found in northern Dalmatia in similar forms (town of KninKninKnin is a historical town in the Šibenik-Knin county of Croatia, located near the source of the river Krka at , in the Dalmatian hinterland, on the railroad Zagreb–Split. Knin rose to prominence twice in history, as a one-time capital of both the Kingdom of Croatia and briefly of the...
and surname Dražeta).
Further reading
- Dr Velimir Mihajlović, Srpski prezimenik, Novi SadNovi SadNovi Sad is the capital of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, and the administrative centre of the South Bačka District. The city is located in the southern part of Pannonian Plain on the Danube river....
, 2002 - Milica Grković, Rečnik imena Banjskog, Dečanskog i Prizrenskog vlastelinstva u 14. veku, Beograd, 1986
- Milica Grković, Imena u dečanskim hrisovuljama, Novi Sad, 1983
- Gordana Vuković - Ljiljana Nedeljkov, Rečnik prezimena Šajkaške (18. i 19. vek), Novi Sad, 1983
- Branislav Đurđev i Lamija Hadžiosmanović, Dva deftera Crne Gore iz vremena Skender-bega Crnojevića, druga sveska, SarajevoSarajevoSarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....
, 1973 - Milica Grković, Rečnik ličnih imena kod Srba, Beograd, 1977
- Vuk Stefanović KaradžićVuk Stefanovic KaradžicVuk Stefanović Karadžić was a Serbian philolog and linguist, the major reformer of the Serbian language, and deserves, perhaps, for his collections of songs, fairy tales, and riddles to be called the father of the study of Serbian folklore. He was the author of the first Serbian dictionary...
, Srpski rječnik, u Beču, 1818 - Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, Srpski rječnik, u Beču, 1852
- Prof. dr Milan Bosanac, Prosvjetin imenoslov, ZagrebZagrebZagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
, 1984 - Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika, Jugoslavenska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti, u Zagrebu, 1884–1886
- Stojan Novaković, Srpski pomenici 15-18. veka, u Beogradu, 1875
- Milorad Babić - Petar Vukelić - Sretenije Zorkić, Hronika Starih Banovaca, Sremska MitrovicaSremska MitrovicaSremska Mitrovica is a city and municipality located in the Vojvodina province of Serbia, on the left bank of the Sava river. As of 2002 the town had a total population of 39,041, while Sremska Mitrovica municipality had a population of 85,605...
, 1989 - Dr Dušan J. Popović, Srbi u Vojvodini, knjiga druga, Novi Sad, 1990
- Dušan J. Popović, Srbi u Sremu do 1736/7, Beograd, 1950
- Sreta Pecinjački, Stari Banovci do kraja 18. veka, Matica Srpska, Zbornik za društvene nauke 36, Novi Sad, 1963
- Leksik prezimena Socijalističke Republike Hrvatske, Zagreb, 1976
- Đorđe Janjatović, Prezimena Srba u Bosni, SomborSomborSombor is a city and municipality located in northwest part of Serbian autonomous province of Vojvodina. The city has a total population of 48,749 , while the Sombor municipality has 87,815 inhabitants...
, 1993 - Dr Nikola Zvonimir Bjelovučić, Poluostrvo Rat (Pelješac), Naselja i poreklo stanovništva, knjiga 11, Beograd, 1922
- Živko Bjelanović, Antroponimija Bukovice, SplitSplit (city)Split is a Mediterranean city on the eastern shores of the Adriatic Sea, centered around the ancient Roman Palace of the Emperor Diocletian and its wide port bay. With a population of 178,192 citizens, and a metropolitan area numbering up to 467,899, Split is by far the largest Dalmatian city and...
, 1988 - Pavle Ivić i Milica Grković, Dečanske hrisovulje, Novi Sad, 1976
- Velibor Lazarević, Srpski imenoslov, ZemunZemunZemun is a historical town and one of the 17 municipalities which constitute the City of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia...
- Novi BeogradNovi BeogradNovi Beograd or New Belgrade is the most populous municipality that constitutes the City of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is a planned city, built in 1947 on the left bank of the Sava river which was previously an uninhabited area, opposite of the old Belgrade...
, 2001 - Đ. Daničić, Rječnik iz književnih starina srpskih, dio prvi, u Biogradu, 1863
- Knez Medo Pucić, Spomenici srbski od 1395. do 1423., u Beogradu, 1858
- Marko Vego, Zbornik srednjovjekovnih natpisa Bosne i Hercegovine, Sarajevo, 1964
- Brankica Čigoja, Najstariji srpski ćirilski natpisi, Beograd, 1998
- prof dr Milorad Pavić, Stari srpski zapisi i natpisi, Beograd, 1986
- Prof. dr Vasa Čubrilović, Popis bogomilskih vladara, "PolitikaPolitikaPolitika is a Serbian newspaper. It is considered the newspaper of record and is the oldest daily in the Balkans, having been founded on January 25, 1904 by Vladislav Ribnikar. It is currently being published by Politika Newspapers and Magazines , a joint venture between Politika AD and...
", February 21, 1965 - Ljub. Stojanović, Stari srpski zapisi i natpisi, knjiga 1, Beograd, 1902
- Nenad Azizin Tanović, Stećci ili oblici bosanskih duša, Sarajevo, 1994
- Dimitrije BogdanovićDimitrije BogdanovićDimitrije Bogdanović was a Serbian historian and member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts...
, Kosovo u poveljama srpskih vladara, Banja LukaBanja Luka-History:The name "Banja Luka" was first mentioned in a document dated February 6, 1494, but Banja Luka's history dates back to ancient times. There is a substantial evidence of the Roman presence in the region during the first few centuries A.D., including an old fort "Kastel" in the centre of...
- Beograd, 2000 - D. J. Popović i S. Matić, O Banatu i stanovništvu Banata u 17. veku, iz Glasnika istorijskog društva u Novom Sadu, sveska 9 i 10, Sremski KarlovciSremski KarlovciSremski Karlovci is a town and municipality in Serbia, in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, situated on the bank of the river Danube, 8 km from Novi Sad...
, Srpska manastirska štamparija, 1931 - 343 - Radojica Jovićević, O imenima, Beograd, 1995.
- Vjekoslav Klaić, Poviest Bosne, Sarajevo, 1990.
- Dr Vladimir Ćorović, Historija Bosne, Beograd, 1940.
- Dr Franjo Rački, Borba Južnih Slovena za državnu neodvisnost - bogomili i patareni, Beograd, 1931.
- Augustino Theiner, Vetera monumenta Slavorum meridionalium, Romae, 1863.
- Svetislav Davidović, Srpska pravoslavna crkva u Bosni i Hercegovini (od 960. do 1930. god.), Novi Sad, 1998.