Dalibor (name)

Dalibor (Cyrillic script: Далибор) is primarily a male given name of Slavic origin, mostly in Czech Republic. The name is popular in some Western Slavic and Southern Slavic countries, such as: Czech Republic, Slovakia, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It means: fighting far away and it is derived from Slavic elements daleko meaning "far away" and boriti meaning "to fight". The first part can be also derived from "oddalovat", meaning "to delay", hence it can be also interpreted as "someone, who delays/avoids fight".

Dalibor
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Origin
Word/nameSlavic
Meaningdali ("far away") + bor ("fight")
Other names
Related namesSambor
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There is a Bedřich Smetana's eponymous opera, based on Slavonic mythology.

People with this given name

People with this surname

See also

References

  1. "Dalibor Jedlicka". Národní divadlo (in Czech). Retrieved 7 March 2016.
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