Mirko (Cyrillic script: Мирко) is a masculine given name of South Slavic origin.
By Slavic etymology, the name is composed of the root mir (meaning peace) and hypocoristic suffix -ko usual in South Slavic languages, which together means "the peaceful one". Mirko is sometimes used as a short, hypocoristic form of Miroslav in some Slavic languages.
Another etymology, attested by churches venerating sv. Mirko / sv. Emerik as two variants of the same, is a slavicized form of the name of saint prince Emeric (Imre in Hungarian), a name which is itself coming from Emeric's German cousins, therefore from the Germanic name Heinrich/Henry.
The name is widely popular in Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Italy and Germany. The alternative spelling in Italian and German is Mirco. The nationality of those men with the forename Mirko who are from outside the Slavic region is listed next to the name.
Notable men with the forename Mirko:
Prince Mirko of MontenegroMirko AlbertsMirko AleksićMirko AlilovićMirko BašićMirko BellodiMirko BogovićMirko BolandMirko BolesanMirko BortolottiMirko Bröder, HungarianMirko BunjevčevićMirko Casper, GermanMirko Castillo, PeruvianMirko Celestino, ItalianMirko Corsano, ItalianMirko CvetkovićMirko DamjanovićMirko DerenčinMirko Dickhaut, GermanMirko Dorner, GermanMirko EichhornMirko EllisMirko Englich, GermanMirko EramoMirko Fait, ItalianMirko FilipovićMirko Gashi, AlbanianMirko Giacomo NenziMirko Giansanti, ItalianMirko GoriMirko GrabovacMirko GrmekMirko Guadalupi, ItalianMirko HöfflinMirko HrgovićMirko IlićMirko IvanićMirko IvanovskiMirko JeličićMirko JovićMirko JozićMirko JurkovicMirko KokotovićMirko KoršičMirko Kovač (basketball)Mirko Kovač (writer)Mirko KramarićMirko Lamantia, ItalianMirko Lang, GermanMirko MarićMirko MarjanovićMirko MartucciMirko MihićMirko MikićMirko MilaševićMirko MladenovićMirko MulalićMirko MurovicMirko Müller, GermanMirko NišovićMirko Norac KevoMirko NovoselMirko OremušMirko Paetzold, GermanMirko PalazziMirko Petrović (athlete)Mirko Petrović (politician)Mirko Petrović-NjegošMirko Pieri, ItalianMirko PigliacelliMirko PlantićMirko PuzovićMirko RačkiMirko RadovanovićMirko RadovićMirko RaičevićMirko SalviMirko SandićMirko Savini, ItalianMirko Savone, ItalianMirko SchusterMirko SelakMirko and Stjepan SeljanMirko SelvaggiMirko SerranoMirko Slomka, GermanMirko StojanovićMirko SzewczukMirko ŠarovićMirko Spada, SwissMirko StangalinoMirko Taccola, ItalianMirko Tedeschi (cyclist, born 1987)Mirko Tedeschi (cyclist, born 1989)Mirko TeodorovićMirko Tomassoni, San MarineseMirko TremagliaMirko TrosinoMirko Turri, ItalianMirko Uhlig, GermanMirko Valdifiori, ItalianMirko VičevićMirko VidakovićMirko VindišMirko ViriusMirko VučinićMirko VuillerminMirko Wolter, German