Jovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Јовановић) is the most common Serbian surname. It derives from Jovan, which is comparable to John in English. The part ov designates possession: Jovanov means John's. The suffix ić is a diminutive designation, or descendant designation. So, the last name can be translated as John's son leading to the English equivalent last name of Johnson.
Notable people with the surname include:
Ana Jovanović (born 1984), Serbian tennis playerAnastas Jovanović (1817–1899), Serbian photographerAnja Jovanović, Serbian gymnastArso Jovanović (1907–1948), Montenegrin soldier and PartisanBoris Jovanović, Serbian footballerBorislav Jovanović (writer), a Montenegrin writerBorislav Jovanović (footballer), a Serbian footballerBorivoje Jovanović-Brana (1883–1905), Serbian guerrillaBoro Jovanović (born 1939), a former Yugoslav tennis playerBoyan Jovanovic (born 1951), a Serbian-American economistČedomir Jovanović, (born 1971), Serbian politicianĐorđe Jovanović (1861–1953), Serbian sculptorDragutin Jovanović-Lune (1892–1932), Serbian guerrillaIlija Jovanović-Pčinjski (1878–1913), Serbian guerrillaJovan Jovanović Zmaj (1833–1904), Serbian poetLjiljana Jovanović (1930-2012), Serbian actressLjubomir Jovanović (1865–1928), Serbian politician and historianLjubomir S. Jovanović (1877–1913), Serbian guerrillaMarko Jovanović (footballer born 1978), Serbian footballerMarko Jovanović (footballer born 1988), Serbian footballerMihailo Jovanović (born 1975), Serbian footballerMilan Jovanović (photographer), Serbian photographerMilan Jovanović (footballer born 1981), Serbian footballerMilan Jovanović (born 1983), Montenegrin footballerMilan Jovanović (Powerlifting), Serbian powerlifterNemanja Jovanović (born 1984), Serbian footballerNikola Jovanović (footballer) (born 1952), Montenegrin footballerPaja Jovanović (1859–1957), Serbian realist painterSanja Jovanović (born 1986), Croatian swimmerSlobodan Jovanović (1869–1958), Serbian prime ministerSuzana Jovanović, a popular Serbian pop-folk singerToša Jovanović (1846–1893), Serbian actorVesna Jovanovic (born 1976), Serbian-American artistVasa Jovanović (1874–1970), lawyer, politician, founder of the Chetnik movementVladimir Jovanović (1833–1922), Serbian political theorist and politicianŽeljko Jovanović (born 1965), Croatian politician of Serbian ethnicity