Predrag
A Slavic name meaning "very dear". In Poland it barely registers: about 52 men carry it, all male, and no boy has been recorded with it since 2000, so most Poles have never met one.
Predrag Pronunciation
Predrag is pronounced PRED-rahk (/ˈprɛdrak/).
What Predrag means
Where Predrag comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Predrag grows from Slavic soil. The prefix pre- works as an intensifier, something like very or exceedingly, and the root drag means dear or beloved. Read together, the name says very dear, very beloved. Polish renders that sense as bardzo drogi, with the older and more literal przeddrogi standing close behind.
That root drag surfaces across South Slavic naming, in Dragan, in Dragomir, in the plain word for a person held precious. Among Poles the full form Predrag stays rare, better known from Serbian and Montenegrin bearers. One is Predrag Mijatović, the footballer who scored the goal that won Real Madrid the 1998 Champions League final against Juventus.
Picture the name read from a class register. It sits a few letters longer than the others, and a teacher slows down. The meaning stays simple. Predrag is the one held very dear.
How many people are named Predrag
1 in 410504 men in Poland is named Predrag. 52 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #5221 among male names.