Dragoș (given name) explained

Dragoș
Gender:	Male
Language:	Romanian
Origin:	Slavic
Variant Forms:	Drago

Dragoș or Dragoš (Serbian: Драгош) is a Romanian/Serbian given name of Slavic origin but can also appear as a surname.^[1] It derives from Slavic word root -drag, meaning "dear, beloved".It may refer to:

• Dragoș (died c. 1353), Moldavian ruler
• Dragoș Suks
• Dragoș Bucur, Romanian actor
• Dragos Chiriac, keyboardist of the Canadian indie pop band Men I Trust
• Dragoș Coman, Romanian swimmer
• Dragoș Grigore, Romanian football player
• Dragoș Mihalache, Romanian retired football player
• Dragoș Mihalcea
• Dragoș Protopopescu
• Dragoš Kalajić
• Dragoș Staicu

In Czech the equivalent Drahoš is used as a surname as in the case of former presidential candidate Jiří Drahoš. It is common in North Slavic languages such as Czech to turn the 'g' into 'h'.^[2]

See also

• Slavic influence on Romanian

Notes and References

1. Book: Oliviu Felecan. Name and Naming: Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives. 15 March 2012. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 978-1-4438-3807-8. 407–.
2. Book: Language evolution g to h in Slavic languages.