Slobodan (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан) is a Serbian male given name which means "free" (Serbian: Sloboda / Слобода means Freedom, Liberty) used among other South Slavs as well. It was coined by Serbian liberal politician Vladimir Jovanović who, inspired by John Stuart Mill's essay On Liberty baptised his son as Slobodan in 1869 and his daughter Pravda (Justice) in 1871. It became popular in both Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1945) and communist Yugoslavia (1945–1991) among other Yugoslav peoples and therefore today there are also Slobodans among Croats, Slovenes and other Yugoslav peoples.
Common derived nicknames are Sloba. Slobo, Boban, Boba, Bobi or Cobi.
Feminine counterpart is Slobodanka.
It may refer to:
Slobodan Aligrudić (1934–1985), Serbian actorSlobo Ilijevski (1949-2008), Macedonian-American goalkeeper in the North American Soccer and Major Indoor Soccer LeaguesSlobodan Jovanović (1869–1958), Serbian politician during World War IISlobodan Kačar (born 1957), retired Serbian boxerSlobodan Komljenović (born 1971), retired German-born Yugoslav footballerSlobodan Lalović (born 1954), Serbian politicianSlobodan Milošević (1941–2006), former president of Yugoslavia and SerbiaSlobodan Novak (born 1924), Croatian writerSlobodan Obradov (born 1919), Serbian physicianSlobodan Praljak (born 1945), Croatian writer, director and one of the leaders of Herzeg-Bosnia during the War in Bosnia and HerzegovinaSlobodan Prosperov Novak (born 1951), Croatian writerSlobodan Rajković (born 1989), Serbian football playerSlobodan Rakitić (born 1940), Serbian writer and politicianSlobodan Santrač (born 1946), Serbian football managerSlobodan Šijan (born 1946), Serbian film directorSlobodan Šnajder (born 1948), Croatian writerSlobodan Subotić (born 1956), Montenegro-born Slovenian basketball playerSlobodan Uzelac (born 1947), Croatian politician representing Serbs of Croatia, member of Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor's cabinetSlobodan Vuksanović (born 1965), Serbian poet, essayist, translator and politicianSlobodan Živojinović (born 1963), former Serbian tennis player