Branimir is a South Slavic male given name. It is a combination of the (Slavic

Slavic languages

The Slavic languages , a group of closely related languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup of Indo-European languages, have speakers in most of Eastern Europe, in much of the Balkans, in parts of Central Europe, and in the northern part of Asia.-Branches:Scholars traditionally divide Slavic...

) verb braniti ("to defend") and the noun mir ("the world" or "peace" in Old Slavic

Old Slavic

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), and hence means "the one who defends the world/peace". It is especially common among Croats and Serbs. The female version is Branimira and Branimirka. The Polish version is Bronimir.

People named Branimir

• Branimir of Croatia
  Branimir of Croatia
  Branimir was a ruler of Dalmatian Croatia who reigned as Knez from 879 to 892. He was recognized by Pope John VIII as the Duke of the Croats...
  
  , medieval Croatian noble
• Branimir Bajić
  Branimir Bajic
  Branimir Bajić is a Bosnian football player, who currently plays for MSV Duisburg.- Career :...
  
  , Bosnian footballer
• Branimir Glavaš
  Branimir Glavaš
  Branimir Glavaš is a controversial Croatian right-wing politician and a convicted war criminal.Glavaš came to prominence in his home city of Osijek during the Croatian war of independence, when he led its defense and became a major general in the Croatian Army...
  
  , Croatian politician
• Branimir Jelić
  Branimir Jelić
  Branimir "Branko" Jelić was a Croatian nationalist exile and doctor of medicine.-Political Activities in Croatia:...
  
  , Croatian politician
• Branimir Kostadinov
  Branimir Kostadinov
  Branimir Kostadinov is a football forward from Bulgaria currently playing for Botev Vratsa in the A PFG.-Career:Branimir's first club was Slavia Sofia, them moved to the youth squads of Austrian LASK Linz. In 2006 Kostadinov joined Heart of Midlothian as an amateur player...
  
  , Bulgarian footballer
• Branimir Makanec
  Branimir Makanec
  Branimir Makanec , was a pioneer of computer popularization in Croatia.In 1968, Makanec established the Multimedia Center of the Zagreb University Referral Center . The MMC was an open type computer center intended to be used for non-numerical purposes...
  
  , Croatian engineer
• Branimir Petrović
  Branimir Petrovic
  Branimir Petrović is a Serbian football midfielder who plays for FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast....
  
  , Serbian footballer
• Branimir Poljac
  Branimir Poljac
  Branimir Poljac is a former Norwegian football striker who was playing for Konyaspor in Turkey before he had a car-accident. He has Croatian parents.-Career:...
  
  , Norwegian footballer of Croatian descent
• Branimir Subašić
  Branimir Subašic
  Branimir Subašić is a Serbian born Azerbaijani international footballer who plays as a striker for FK Khazar Lankaran and Azerbaijan National Football Team.- Career :...
  
  , Azerbaijani footballer of Serbian descent
• Branimir "Johnny" Štulić
  Branimir Štulic
  Branimir "Johnny" Štulić is a Yugoslav singer, songwriter, poet and a leader of the popular former Yugoslav rock group Azra...
  
  , Croatian musician
• Branimir Vujević
  Branimir Vujevic
  Branimir Vujević is a Croatian rower who won a bronze medal in the eights competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. His teammates were Igor Boraska, Nikša Skelin, Siniša Skelin, Krešimir Čuljak, Tomislav Smoljanović, Tihomir Franković and Igor Francetić.-External links:*...
  
  , Croatian Olympic rower