Mladen (Cyrillic: Младен) is a South Slavic masculine given name, derived from the Slavic root mlad (*moldъ, mladъ), meaning "young". It is present in Bosnian, Slovenian, Montenegrin, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Serbian, and Croatian society since the Middle Ages.
Notable people with the name include:
- Mladen (vojvoda) (fl. 1323–26), Serbian magnate
- Mladen I Šubić (d. 1304), Croatian nobleman, member of the Šubić family of Bribir
- Mladen II Šubić (1270–1343), Croatian nobleman, member of the Šubić family of Bribir
- Mladen III Šubić (c. 1315–1348), Croatian nobleman, member of the Šubić family of Bribir
- Mladen Bartolović, Bosnian footballer
- Mladen Dolar, Slovenian philosopher
- Mladen Erjavec, Croatian basketball coach
- Mladen Krstajić, Serbian footballer
- Mladen Milicevic, composer of music
- Mladen Petrić, Croatian footballer
- Mladen Plakalović, Bosnian cross-country skier
- Mladen Rudonja, Slovenian footballer
- Mladen Šekularac, Montenegrin basketball player
- Mladen George Sekulovich, American actor best known as Karl Malden
- Mladen Solomun, Bosnian-born German DJ and producer best known as Solomun
- Mladen Stanev, Bulgarian conductor and chorus master
- Mladen Stojanović, Bosnian Serb leader of Yugoslav Partisans
- Mladen Vasilev, Bulgarian footballer
- Mladen Vladojević (fl. 1330–48), Serbian magnate
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Mladen
- Mladenov
- Mladenović
- Slavic names
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