Ivica
Encyclopedia
Ivica is one of the most frequent Croatia
n male given name
s. It is also present, though rare, in Serbia
. Ivica is a diminutive form of Ivan
. The direct English equivalent of the name is John or Johnny, while the equivalent of its augmentative Ivan is John. Ivica is also a common character in Croatian jokes, like Perica
.
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
n male given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
s. It is also present, though rare, in Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
. Ivica is a diminutive form of Ivan
Ivan (name)
Ivan is a Christian male given name that is primarily associated with Slavic languages.-Etymology:Ivan is the common Slavic Latin spelling, while Cyrillic spelling is two-fold: in Bulgarian, Russian, Macedonian, Serbian it is Иван, while in Belarusian and Ukrainian it is Iван.It is the Slavic...
. The direct English equivalent of the name is John or Johnny, while the equivalent of its augmentative Ivan is John. Ivica is also a common character in Croatian jokes, like Perica
Perica
Perica is a Croat and Serb male given name; it is also prevalent as a surname. Perica is a diminutive of Petar, translating to Pete and Peter in English, respectively....
.
Notable people named Ivica
- Ivica AvramovićIvica AvramovicIvica Avramović is a Serbian former football forward.-External sources:* at Playerhistory.* at Srbijafudbal.* at Dekisa.Tripod....
, Serbian footballer - Ivica DžidićIvica DžidicIvica Džidić is a Croatian football player who plays for NK Široki Brijeg.Džidić has played for Croatian under-20 national team.He played for Dinamo Zagreb's junior team before returning to Zrinjski as their captain....
, Croatian footballer - Ivica GrlićIvica GrlicIvica Grlić is a Bosnian former football midfielder.Grlić is a free kick specialist and has scored several goals like this both for his club and for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team....
, Bosnian Croat footballer - Ivica KraljIvica KraljIvica Kralj is a former Montenegrin football goalkeeper.-Club career:He played for Partizan, Arsenal Tivat, Jastrebac Niš, Porto, Radnički Kragujevac, PSV Eindhoven, Rostov and Spartak Trnava....
, Montenegrin footballer - Ivica MornarIvica MornarIvica Mornar is a retired Croatian footballer. He was born in Split.Mornar began his career with Hajduk Split before going on to play for Eintracht Frankfurt, Sevilla, CD Ourense, Standard Liège, Anderlecht and Portsmouth....
, Croatian soccer player - Ivica OlićIvica OlicIvica Olić is a Croatian professional footballer who plays for Bayern Munich in Germany and internationally for the Croatian national team.- Early career :Olić was born and raised in the village of Davor near Nova Gradiška, Croatia, Yugoslavia...
, Croatian soccer player - Ivica DragutinovićIvica DragutinovicIvica Dragutinović , sometimes just Drago, is a Serbian footballer.Mainly a central defender, he can also operate as a defensive left back...
, Serbian soccer player - Ivica OsimIvica OsimIvan "Ivica" Osim is a Bosnian former football player and manager. He was most recently head coach of Japan, before he suffered a stroke in November 2007 and left the post...
, Bosnian footballer and coach - Ivica RačanIvica RacanIvica Račan was a Croatian career politician, leader of the League of Communists of Croatia and later Social Democratic Party from 1989 to 2007...
, Croatian politician - Ivica RajićIvica RajicIvica Rajić was a commander in the Croatian Defence Council during the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina....
, Croatian soldier - Ivica ŠerfeziIvica ŠerfeziIvica Šerfezi was a Croatian pop singer from Zagreb.Šerfezi started singing in dance halls, and his first real success was a duet with Domenico Modugno on the Maksimir stadium...
, Croatian singer - Ivica KostelićIvica KostelicIvica Kostelić is an alpine ski racer from Zagreb, Croatia. He won the world championship in slalom in 2003 and three Olympic silver medals in slalom and combined , along with the overall World Cup title in 2011 and 18 World Cup races during his career...
, Croatian alpine skier