Kosta (given name) explained

Kosta is a given name and nickname, often a short form of Konstantine or Konstantin. Bearers of the name include:

Given name

Kosta Abrašević (1879–1898), Serbian poet
Kosta Aleksić (born 1998), Serbian footballer
Kosta Bjedov (born 1986), Serbian footballer
Kosta Čavoški (born 1941), Serbian law professor
Kosta Dzugaev (born 1956), South Ossetian politician
Kosta Hristić (1852–1927), Serbian lawyer, diplomat and Minister of Justice
Kosta Josipović (1887–1919), Serbian Impressionist painter
Kosta Koça (born 1934), Albanian footballer and coach
Kosta Miličević (1877–1920), Serbian Impressionist painter
Kosta Nedeljković (born 2005), Serbian footballer
Kosta Novaković (1886–1939), Serbian and Yugoslav socialist politician, journalist and professor
Kosta Papić (born 1960), Serbian football coach
Kosta Perović (born 1985), Serbian basketball player
Kosta Petratos (born 1998), Australian soccer player
Kosta Protić (1831–1892), first Serbian general and a Chief of the Serbian General Staff
Kosta Runjaić (born 1971), German football manager
Kosta Apostolov Solev (1908–1943), pen name Kočo Racin, Macedonian author and socialist activist considered a founder of modern Macedonian literature
Kosta Taušanović (1854–1902), Serbian politician, government minister and banker
Kosta Tomašević (1923–1976), Serbian footballer
Kosta Trifković (1843–1875), Serbian playwright
Kosta Vojinović (1891–1917), Serbian officer, one of the leaders of the Toplica Uprising against Bulgarian occupiers of Serbia

Kostantin Kosta Alkovic (1834–1909), Serbian physicist, state advisor and minister of construction
Konstantinos Kosta Barbarouses (born 1990), New Zealand footballer
Kostandinos Kosta Grozos (born 2000), Australian soccer player
Kostadinos Kosta Karageorge (1992–2014), American football player and collegiate wrestler whose suicide raised issues about chronic traumatic encephalopathy in athletes
Konstantin Kosta Khetagurov (1859–1906), national poet who is generally regarded as the founder of Ossetian literature
Konstantine Kosta Koufos (born 1989), Greek-American basketball player
Konstantin Kosta Magazinović (1819–1891), Serbian politician and diplomat
Kostantin Kosta Milovanović (1847–1905), Serbian general and rifle designer
Konstantin Kosta Mušicki (1897–1946), Yugoslav brigadier general who commanded the collaborationist Serbian Volunteer Corps during World War II
Konstantin Kosta Nađ (1911–1986), Yugoslav World War II Partisan Army general
Konstantin Kosta Pećanac (1879–1944), Serbian and Yugoslav Chetnik commander during the Balkan Wars, World War I and World War II
Konstantin Kosta Vojnović (1832–1903), Croatian Serb politician, university professor and rector