Miletić

Miletić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милетић; plural: Miletići, Милетићи) is a Serbian, Bosnian and Croatian surname, and is one of the common surnames in Serbia, Bosnia and Croatia. It derives from personal name Mileta (Милета), cognate of the English name Milius. The suffix ić is a diminutive designation, or descendant designation. Thus the last name can be translated as Mileta's son or Mileta's daughter.

There are several families in Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina who carry this last name. The most numerous and the most prominent of the Miletići are found in Republika Srpska, and in Croatia.

People with last name Miletić:

• Svetozar Miletić, an advocate, politician, mayor of Novi Sad, and the political leader of Serbs in Vojvodina.
• Lyubomir Miletich, a leading Bulgarian linguist, ethnographer, dialectologist and historian, brother of Svetozar Miletić
• Slavomir Miletić, a Yugoslav sculptor from Bosnia and Herzegovina, now living in the Netherlands.
• Predrag Miletić, famous Serbian actor.
• Oktavijan Miletić, a Croatian cinematographer and Film director.
• Miroslav Miletić, a Croatian composer and viola player.
• Miloje Miletić, Lt. General, Chief-of-staff of the Serbian Armed Forces.
• Marinko Miletić, a German football player of Croatian origin currently playing for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen.
• Pat Miletić, a mixed martial artist (MMA), known as Patrick Jay Miletich.

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