Blagoje Explained

Blagoje (Serbian: Благоје, pronounced as /blâɡoje/) is a masculine Slavic name derived from the roots blag ("gentle, mild") and -oje. It is recorded in Serbia since the Middle Ages. It may refer to:

• Blagoje Adžić (1932–2012), the acting minister of defence in the Yugoslav government
• Blagoje Bersa (1873–1934), Croatian musical composer
• Blagoje Bratić (1946–2008), Bosnian Serb former football player
• Blagoje Marjanović (1907–1984), Serbian football forward
• Blagoje Parović (1903–1937), politician
• Blagoje Paunović (1947–2014), former Serbian football defender
• Blagoje Simić (born 1960), Serbian war criminal sentenced by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
• Blagoje Vidinić (1934–2006), footballer and football coach

See also

• Blagojević, Serbo-Croatian surname
• Blagoy, Bulgarian name
• Blagoj, Macedonian name
• Blagoev, Bulgarian surname

Sources

• Book: Grković, Milica. Rečnik ličnih imena kod Srba. 1977. Vuk Karadžić. Belgrade.