Posted by If you are unfamiliar with North-Macedonian language and culture, you might think that МАРЈАН is a female name, right? Well it’s not. It’s most likely a male name.
We’ve heard of the onomastic conflict with Greece, which resulted in Macedonia changing its name to North Macedonia in 2009. More recently, North Macedonia made the news when an Austrian-born man of Macedonian-Albanian descent carried out an attack in Vienna, killing four and wounding several others. Eight individuals suspected of links to the “Islamic State” terror group were arrested in North Macedonia in Skopje and Kumanovo after a month long investigation. But despite those events, North Macedonia remains a viable example of successful ethnic co-existence in the Balkans. Macedonians and Albanians represent respectively 66% and 25% of the population, but other ethnic groups include : Romani, Turks, Bosniaks, Serbs, Vlach (Aromanians). North Macedonia also has a significant diaspora.
Names given in North Macedonia
Those are some of the common names given in North Macedonia,
| rank | female name | female name (cyrillic) | male name | male name (cyrillic) |
| 1 | MARIA | МАРИЈА | ALEXANDER | АЛЕКСАНДАР |
| 2 | ELENA | ЕЛЕНА | ZORAN | ЗОРАН |
| 3 | BILJANA | БИЛЈАНА | NIKOLA | НИКОЛА |
| 4 | VESNA | ВЕСНА | GORAN | ГОРАН |
| 5 | ALEXANDRA | АЛЕКСАНДРА | DEJAN | ДЕЈАН |
| 6 | SNEZANA | СНЕЖАНА | IGOR | ИГОР |
| 7 | SUZANA | СУЗАНА | DRAGAN | ДРАГАН |
| 8 | VIOLET | ВИОЛЕТА | LJUPCHO | ЉУПЧО |
| 9 | KATERINA | КАТЕРИНА | TONY | ТОНИ |
| 10 | MAJA | МАЈА | DIMITAR | ДИМИТАР |
| 11 | NATASHA | НАТАША | JOVAN | ЈОВАН |
| 12 | DANIELA | ДАНИЕЛА | DARKO | ДАРКО |
| 13 | IVANA | ИВАНА | RISTO | РИСТО |
| 14 | VALENTINA | ВАЛЕНТИНА | IVAN | ИВАН |
| 15 | GORDANA | ГОРДАНА | PETAR | ПЕТАР |
| 16 | ELIZABETH | ЕЛИЗАБЕТА | SASO | САШО |
| 17 | SLAVICA | СЛАВИЦА | VLADIMIR | ВЛАДИМИР |
| 18 | ANA | АНА | ILIJA | ИЛИЈА |
| 19 | SONJA | СОЊА | GOCE | ГОЦЕ |
| 20 | LILJANA | ЛИЛЈАНА | MARJAN | МАРЈАН |
Family names
In some cases, the surname is gendered (ex. STOJANOVSKI, STOJANOVSKA),
| Surname | Surname (cyrillic) | Gendered |
| RAMADANI | РАМАДАНИ | |
| BAJRAMI | БАЈРАМИ | |
| REDZEPI | РЕЏЕПИ | |
| ADEMI | АДЕМИ | |
| SHABANI | ШАБАНИ | |
| OSMANI | ОСМАНИ | |
| ASANI | АСАНИ | |
| STOJANOVSKI | СТОЈАНОВСКИ | СТОЈАНОВСКА |
| SULEJMANI | СУЛЕЈМАНИ | |
| IBRAIMI | ИБРАИМИ | |
| ISMAILI | ИСМАИЛИ | |
| STOJANOV | СТОЈАНОВ | СТОЈАНОВА |
| NIKOLOVSKI | НИКОЛОВСКИ | НИКОЛОВСКА |
| JOVANOVSKI | ЈОВАНОВСКИ | ЈОВАНОВСКА |
| JUSUFI | ЈУСУФИ | |
| JASHARI | ЈАШАРИ | |
| IMERI | ИМЕРИ |
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