A Contribution to the Study of the Reflection of the Saint’s Name Ivan in Croatian Anthroponimy

This paper tries to give an overview of the many various reflections of he saint’s name John in the Croatian anthroponimic system. The authorfocuses on the area of south Dalmatia (including Boka kotorska) and Donja Hercegovina. In the introductory part of the paper the reflections of the Hebrew personal name Jehochánán in different Indo-European andnon-Indo-European languages are given. The origin of the Croatian saint’sname Ivan and its various reflections in the Croatian anthroponimic systemare explained. Special emphasis is placed on the similarities with anddifferences from the anthroponimic systems of other closely related SouthSlavic languages