Vuksan Explained

Vuksan (Serbian: Вуксан) is a Slavic masculine given name, derived from Slavic noun vuk, "wolf". It is a hypocoristic, possibly of the name Vukoslav. It is attested in the Middle Ages, and Serbian epic poetry.^[1] It is also used as a surname. The patronymic surname Vuksanović is derived from the name. It may refer to:

As given name:

• Vuksan Bilanović, Serbian pop lyrics writer (Kraj i tačka)
• Vuksan (1477), Rovca knez^[2] and epic character (Vuksan od Rovaca)
• Vuksan (fl. 1616/17), donator to the Morača monastery^[3]
• Vuksan Gela (or Gelja), legendary founder of the northern Albanian Gruda tribe

As surname:

• Dušan Vuksan (1881–1944), Yugoslav historian and educator
• Dušan Vuksan, Serbian industrial designer and educator
• Radoje M. Vuksan (fl. 1898), Austro-Hungarian Serb educator and writer^[4]

See also

• Serbian names

Sources

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Vuk Stefanović Karadžić. Narodne srpske pjesme: Različne junačke pjesme. 1833. U štampariji Brejtkopfa i Eršla. 283.
2. Book: др Слободан Зечевић. Гласник Етнографског музеја у Београду књ. 45: Bulletin of the Ethnographic Museum in Belgrade. Etnografski muzej u Beogradu. 196. GGKEY:FWHZ5Y2J8NF.
3. Book: Академик Петар Влаховић. Гласник Етнографског музеја у Београду, књ. 60. Etnografski muzej u Beogradu. 160. GGKEY:U7N129X9368.
4. Book: Bosanska vila. 1898. Nikola T. Kašiković. 128.