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 Montenegro
Mirko Alberts
Mirko Aleksić
Mirko Alilović
Mirko Bašić
Mirko Bellodi
Mirko Bogović
Mirko Boland
Mirko Bolesan
Mirko Bortolotti
Mirko Bröder, Hungarian
Mirko Bunjevčević
Mirko Casper, German
Mirko Castillo, Peruvian
Mirko Celestino, Italian
Mirko Corsano, Italian
Mirko Cvetković
Mirko Damjanović
Mirko Derenčin
Mirko Dickhaut, German
Mirko Dorner, German
Mirko Eichhorn
Mirko Ellis
Mirko Englich, German
Mirko Eramo
Mirko Fait, Italian
Mirko Filipović
Mirko Gashi, Albanian
Mirko Giacomo Nenzi
Mirko Giansanti, Italian
Mirko Gori
Mirko Grabovac
Mirko Grmek
Mirko Guadalupi, Italian
Mirko Höfflin
Mirko Hrgović
Mirko Ilić
Mirko Ivanić
Mirko Ivanovski
Mirko Jeličić
Mirko Jović
Mirko Jozić
Mirko Jurkovic
Mirko Kokotović
Mirko Koršič
Mirko Kovač (basketball)
Mirko Kovač (writer)
Mirko Kramarić
Mirko Lamantia, Italian
Mirko Lang, German
Mirko Marić
Mirko Marjanović
Mirko Martucci
Mirko Mihić
Mirko Mikić
Mirko Milašević
Mirko Mladenović
Mirko Mulalić
Mirko Murovic
Mirko Müller, German
Mirko Nišović
Mirko Norac Kevo
Mirko Novosel
Mirko Oremuš
Mirko Paetzold, German
Mirko Palazzi
Mirko Petrović (athlete)
Mirko Petrović (politician)
Mirko Petrović-Njegoš
Mirko Pieri, Italian
Mirko Pigliacelli
Mirko Plantić
Mirko Puzović
Mirko Rački
Mirko Radovanović
Mirko Radović
Mirko Raičević
Mirko Salvi
Mirko Sandić
Mirko Savini, Italian
Mirko Savone, Italian
Mirko Schuster
Mirko Selak
Mirko and Stjepan Seljan
Mirko Selvaggi
Mirko Serrano
Mirko Slomka, German
Mirko Stojanović
Mirko Szewczuk
Mirko Šarović
Mirko Spada, Swiss
Mirko Stangalino
Mirko Taccola, Italian
Mirko Tedeschi (cyclist, born 1987)
Mirko Tedeschi (cyclist, born 1989)
Mirko Teodorović
Mirko Tomassoni, San Marinese
Mirko Tremaglia
Mirko Trosino
Mirko Turri, Italian
Mirko Uhlig, German
Mirko Valdifiori, Italian
Mirko Vičević
Mirko Vidaković
Mirko Vindiš
Mirko Virius
Mirko Vučinić
Mirko Vuillermin
Mirko Wolter, German