Borojević (Serbian Cyrillic: Боројевић; pl. Borojevići, Боројевићи) is a Serbian and Croatian surname. It derives from personal name Boroje (Бороје), derived from the word bor meaning "pine", with the possessive suffix -ev (Boroje's). The suffix ić is a diminutive designation, or descendant designation. Thus the last name can be translated as Boroje's son.
People with last name Borojević:
- Svetozar Borojević von Bojna, Austro-Hungarian field marshal described as one of the finest defensive strategists of the First World War
- Igor Borojević, Serbian musician
- Petar Borojević (1916—1982), National Hero of Yugoslavia
- Nikola Borojević (1795-1872), Serbian poet
- Slavko Borojević (1919-1999), Yugoslav academician and plant geneticist
See also
edit- All pages with titles containing Borojevic
- Bogojević
- Borojevići, Croatia
- Borojevići, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bor, Serbia
This page lists people with the surname Borojević.
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.