Dragoș (given name)

Dragoș or Dragoš (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгош) is a Romanian/Serbian given name of Slavic origin but can also appear as a surname.[1] It derives from Slavic word root -drag, meaning "dear, beloved". It may refer to:

Dragoș
GenderMale
Language(s)Romanian
Origin
Word/nameSlavic
Other names
Variant form(s)Drago

In Czech the equivalent Drahoš is used as a surname as in the case of former presidential candidate Jiří Drahoš. It is common in North Slavic languages such as Czech to turn the 'g' into 'h'.[2]

See also

References

  1. Oliviu Felecan (15 March 2012). Name and Naming: Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 407–. ISBN 978-1-4438-3807-8.
  2. Language evolution g to h in Slavic languages.
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