Most Popular Baby Names in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2020)

So, I have no idea whether this or something similar was written here for my country. I enjoy exploring names from other cultures, so I thought it would be fun to share our top 10s. I would love to hear your thoughts on these.

GIRL NAMES

  1. [name_f]Sara[/name_f] (Sah-rah)
  2. Merjem (Mehr-yehm)
  3. [name_f]Amina[/name_f] (Ah-mee-nah)
  4. [name_f]Asja[/name_f] (Ah-syah)
  5. [name_f]Ema[/name_f] (same as Emma)
  6. [name_f]Esma[/name_f] (Eh-smah)
  7. [name_f]Hana[/name_f] (Hah-nah)
    8 [name_f]Lejla[/name_f] (same as Leyla)
  8. Lamija (Lah-mee-yah)
  9. [name_f]Ajla[/name_f] (same as Ayla/Isla)

BOY NAMES

  1. [name_m]Ahmed[/name_m] (h is not silent)
  2. Davud (like [name_m]Dawud[/name_m] I guess)
  3. [name_u]Amar[/name_u] (Ah-mahr)
  4. [name_m]Hamza[/name_m] (Ham-zuh)
  5. [name_m]Daris[/name_m] (Dah-rees)
  6. [name_u]Adin[/name_u] (Ah-deen)
  7. [name_u]Eman[/name_u] (Eh-mahn)
  8. [name_m]Harun[/name_m] (Hah-roon)
  9. [name_u]Ali[/name_u] (I guess you are familiar with this one)
  10. Džan (Jahn, kind of, “DŽ” sound is pronounced like J in Jennifer)
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How stunning!! Lamija is new to me, and absolutely gorgeous :smiling_face_with_three_hearts: I love all of them, but some of my other favorites are [name_f]Sara[/name_f], Merjem, [name_f]Amina[/name_f], [name_m]Ahmed[/name_m], and [name_m]Hamza[/name_m].

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[name_f]Esma[/name_f] is such a lovely name, [name_f]Amina[/name_f] as well!
[name_u]Amar[/name_u] is also beautiful :sunny:

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My favorite of those 20 is Adin! I also like Ali, Ajla, and Asja.

I also like Luka, Arslan, Petar, Isa, Nikola, Aldin, Kan, Kaan, Ajlan, Elmin, Almin, Arian, Jasmin (b), Ajsa, Alina, Ajlin / Aylin, Aisa, Iva, Azra, Naida, Alejna, Asija, Rita, Eva, Katja, Iris

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[name_f]My[/name_f] favorites are [name_m]Hamza[/name_m] and [name_u]Ali[/name_u], I also love [name_f]Sara[/name_f], Merjem, [name_f]Amina[/name_f], [name_f]Asja[/name_f], [name_f]Esma[/name_f], Lamija, [name_m]Ahmed[/name_m], Davud, [name_u]Amar[/name_u], [name_m]Daris[/name_m], [name_m]Harun[/name_m], and Džan.

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I love [name_f]Amina[/name_f] and [name_f]Asja[/name_f]. For boys my favorites are [name_u]Adin[/name_u] and [name_u]Eman[/name_u].

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Thank you for sharing - quite a few names are completely new to me, which is always exciting! I especially love Merjem and [name_m]Daris[/name_m].

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What a fun list! I know Bosnian brothers named H@ris and Ad!s (symbols for privacy)

I love [name_f]Asja[/name_f], [name_f]Esma[/name_f], and [name_f]Ajla[/name_f]!

@KaiLun I really appreciate the fact that you did your research and I also love a lot of those names
@SparkleNinja18 yes, those two names are also very popular around here
Thank you all for commenting!

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[name_u]Love[/name_u] [name_f]Esma[/name_f], [name_f]Amina[/name_f], [name_m]Daris[/name_m] and Hamza!!

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