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Jovanović

Jovanović is the most common Serbian surname. It derives from Jovan, which is comparable to John in English. The part ov designates possession: Jovanov means John's. The suffix ić is a diminutive designation, or descendant designation. So, the last name can be translated as John's son leading to the English equivalent last name of Johnson.

Notable people with the surname include:

  • Ana Jovanović (born 1984), Serbian tennis player
  • Anastas Jovanović (1817–1899), Serbian photographer
  • Arso Jovanović (1907–1948), Montenegrin soldier and Partisan
  • Boris Jovanović, Serbian footballer
  • Borislav Jovanović (writer), a Montenegrin writer
  • Borislav Jovanović (footballer), a Serbian footballer
  • Borivoje Jovanović-Brana (1883–1905), Serbian guerrilla
  • Boro Jovanović (born 1939), a former Yugoslav tennis player
  • Boyan Jovanovic (born 1951), a Serbian-American economist
  • Čedomir Jovanović, (born 1971), Serbian politician
  • Đorđe Jovanović (1861–1953), Serbian sculptor
  • Dragutin Jovanović-Lune (1892–1932), Serbian guerrilla
  • Ilija Jovanović-Pčinjski (1878–1913), Serbian guerrilla
  • Jovan Jovanović Zmaj (1833–1904), Serbian poet
  • Ljubomir Jovanović (1865–1928), Serbian politician and historian
  • Ljubomir S. Jovanović (1877–1913), Serbian guerrilla
  • Marko Jovanović (footballer born 1978), Serbian footballer
  • Marko Jovanović (footballer born 1988), Serbian footballer
  • Mihailo Jovanović (born 1975), Serbian footballer
  • Milan Jovanović (photographer), Serbian photographer
  • Milan Jovanović (footballer born 1981), Serbian footballer
  • Milan Jovanović (born 1983), Montenegrin footballer
  • Milan Jovanović (Powerlifting), Serbian powerlifter
  • Nemanja Jovanović (born 1984), Serbian footballer
  • Nikola Jovanović (footballer) (born 1952), Montenegrin footballer
  • Paja Jovanović (1859–1957), Serbian realist painter
  • Sanja Jovanović (born 1986), Croatian swimmer
  • Slobodan Jovanović (1869–1958), Serbian prime minister
  • Suzana Jovanović, a popular Serbian pop-folk singer
  • Toša Jovanović (1846–1893), Serbian actor
  • Vesna Jovanovic (born 1976), Serbian-American artist
  • Vasa Jovanović (1874–1970), lawyer, politician, founder of the Chetnik movement
  • Vladimir Jovanović (1833–1922), Serbian political theorist and politician
  • Željko Jovanović (born 1965), Croatian politician of Serbian ethnicity