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What does Goran mean?
Goran 
as a boys' name is of Slavic and Swedish origin, and the meaning of Goran is "mountain; farmer". Made famous by Croatian poet Ivan Goran Kovacic (20th century), who was born in Lukovdol, in a mountainous (gora) region of western Croatia, from which his middle name was derived. Göran or Jöran (see Joran) is also the Swedish form of George.
STARTS WITH Go-
ASSOCIATED WITH mountain, farmer, famous, 20th century (modern)
Variations
OTHER FORMS VIA GEORGE, JORAN Georas, Geordi, Georg, Georgi, Georgy, Giorgi, Gyorgy, Joran, Jorck, Jordi, Jorg, Jorgan, Jorge, Jorgen, Jorian, Joris, Jorn, Joron, Jory, Jurian, Orjan, Seoras, Yorik
CREATIVE FORMS(male) Goral, ..
(female) Gorne, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Goran Jaxyn (G.J.), ..
How popular is Goran?
Goran is a rare given name for males but a very popular last name for both adults and children (#70679 out of 150436, Top 47%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Which version is better?
George (#127 FROM RECENT DATA), Jorge (#261), Jordi (#1400) and Jory are the popular alternative forms of Goran (NOT RANKED) appearing in the Top 2000. Usage of these forms of Goran was common in the 1880s (MEDIAN #1501) and is now much reduced (#947, DOWN 94.2%). (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Similar Names
Goran is pronounced similarly to Garan, Garen, Garin, Garion, Garon, Garran, Garren, Garrin, Garron, Garwen, Garwin, Garwyn, Goren, Gorin, Gorren, Gorrin, Gurion and Guryon. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Aaran, Aran, Arran, Colan, Conan, Cowan, Coyan, Cyran, Doan, Dolan, Doran, Dorian▲, Dorran, Dowan, Duran, Eran, Fran, Gahan, Garvan, Gavan, Gawan, Gehan, Geron, Gian, Gjorn, Gobban, Godin, Gopal, Gorav, Gordan, Gorham, Gorman, Gorten, Gourav, Gram, Grant, Hogan, Jordan▼, Jovan, Kiran, Kyran, Logan▲, Loran, Lorcan, Morgan▼, Norman▼, Odran, Oran▼, Orran, Rogan, Roman▲, Ronan▲, Rowan▲, Royan, Teran, Toran and Torean. These names tend to be more frequently used than Goran.
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