Goran
[ˈɡɔːrən]Meaning
South Slavic name derived from gora, meaning "mountain"
Background Story
Goran comes from the South Slavic word gora, "mountain". It was popularized by the Croatian poet Ivan Goran Kovačić (1913-1943), who received his middle name from the mountain town where he was born. The feminine forms are Goranka and Gorica, and the surnames Goranov and Goranova derive from it.
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