Velimir Explained

Velimir
Gender:	male
Meaning:	vele ("great, more") + mir ("peace, prestige")
Origin:	Slavic
Variant Forms:	Wielimir
Name Day:	October 28
Footnotes:	http://www.behindthename.com/name/velimir

Velimir (Serbian: Велимир) is a Serbo-Croatian masculine given name and sometimes a surname, a Slavic name derived from elements vele "great" and mir "peace, prestige". It may refer to:

• Velimir Ilić (born 1951), politician
• Velimir Ivanović, (born 1978), Serbian footballer
• Velimir Jovanović, (born 1987), Serbian footballer
• Velimir Khlebnikov (1885–1922), Russian poet and playwright
• Velimir Milošević (1937–2004), Montenegrin writer, poet, and editor
• Velimir Naumović (1936–2011), Serbian footballer
• Velimir Perasović (born 1965), Croatian basketball player
• Velimir Radinović, (born 1981), Canadian-Serbian basketball player
• Velimir Radman, (born 1983), Croatian footballer
• Velimir Sombolac, (1939–2016), Serbian-Yugoslav footballer
• Velimir Stjepanović, (born 1993), Serbian swimmer
• Velimir Škorpik (1919–1943), Croatian-Yugoslav Partisan commander
• Velimir Valenta (1929–2004), Croatian-Yugoslav rower
• Velimir Vukićević (1871–1930), Serbian-Yugoslav politician
• Velimir Zajec (born 1956), Croatian footballer and manager
• Velimir Živojinović (disambiguation), several people

Other

• 3112 Velimir

See also

• Wielimir, Polish equivalent
• Velimirović, surname

External links

• http://www.behindthename.com/name/velimir