Dedić Explained

Dedić, also spelled Dedic, Dedić, Dědič, Dedič or Dedich is a surname of Slavic origin, which is a common surname in most of the South Slav^{[1] [2]} nations, but it is also found in the United States,^[3] Austria,^[4] Germany^[5] and Switzerland. The first record of the surname Dedić dates back to 1569 where it was recorded in the "Book of the Baptized of the city of Rab", thus belonging to the group of the oldest surnames in the city of Rab, Croatia.^[6] The meaning of the surname is successor, duke, or tribal leader.

People with the surname Dedić:

A

• Amar Dedić (born 2002), Bosnian footballer
• Amira Medunjanin née Dedić (born 1972), Bosnian singer
• Anel Dedić (born 1991), Bosnian footballer
• Arnel Dedić (born 1976), Croatian basketball player
• Arsen Dedić (1938-2015), Croatian singer-songwriter

F

• Faruk Dedić (born 1971), Bosnian football manager

H

• Haris Dedić (born 2010),

Bosnian wushu-sanda fighter

J

• Josef Dědič (1924-1992), Czechoslovak figure skater and sport official

N

• Nenad Dedić (born 1990), Croatian footballer who plays for Zavrč in the Slovenian PrvaLiga

M

• – Croatian jazz pianist and composer
• – Serbian academic painter
• Mirela Dedic (born 1991), Austrian handballer who plays for the national team
• Mirsad Dedić (born 1968), Bosnian footballer

R

• René Dedič (born 1993), Slovak footballer
• Rusmin Dedić (born 1982), former Slovenian footballer who played as a defender

S

• Slavko Dedić (born 1979), Montenegrin chess player

W

• - former German football player

Z

• Zlatko Dedič (born 1984), Slovenian football forward who currently plays for the Slovenia national football team.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Napaka 404. www.stat.si. 24 October 2017.
2. Web site: DEDIĆ - hrvatsko prezime: podrijetlo i čestoća u populaciji. 26 October 2013. 24 October 2017.
3. David L. Word, Charles D. Coleman, Robert Nunziata and Robert Kominski (2008). "Demographic Aspects of Surnames from Census 2000". U.S. Census Bureau
4. Web site: Gratis Stammbaum, Genealogie, Familiengeschichte und DNA-Test.
5. Web site: Verteilung des Namens "Dedic" in Deutschland - verwandt.de. www.verwandt.de. 24 October 2017.
6. Frankulin Travaš, Davor. "Prezimena stanovnika grada i otoka Raba od XV. do XX. stoljeća." Radovi Zavoda za povijesne znanosti HAZU u Zadru, vol., br. 45, 2003, str. 97-127. https://hrcak.srce.hr/12127.