Mladen () is a South Slavic masculine given name, derived from the Slavic root mlad (, ), meaning "young". It is present in Bosnian, Slovenian, Montenegrin, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Serbian, and Croatian society since the Middle Ages.

Notable people with the name

• Mladen (vojvoda), Serbian magnate

• Mladen I Šubić (died 1304), Croatian nobleman

• Mladen II Šubić (1270–1341), Croatian nobleman

• Mladen III Šubić (1315–1348), Croatian nobleman

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• Mladen Bajić (born 1950), Croatian lawyer

• Mladen Banović, Croatian electrotechnics scientist

• Mladen Bartolović (1977–2026), Bosnian footballer

• Mladen Bartulović (born 1986), Croatian football player and manager

• Mladen Bašić (1917–2012), Croatian pianist and conductor

• Mladen Bestvina (born 1959), Croatian-American mathematician

• Mladen Bodalec (born 1959), Croatian rock musician

• Mladen Bogdanović (1960–2003), Yugoslav footballer

• Mladen Bojanić (born 1962), Montenegrin economist and politician

• Mladen Bojinović (born 1977), Serbian handball player

• Mladen Bosić (born 1961), Bosnian Serb politician

• Mladen Bošković (born 1987), Serbian politician

• Mladen Božović (born 1984), Montenegrin footballer

• Mladen Bratić (1933–1991), Yugoslav military general

• Mladen Brestovac (born 1983), Croatian kickboxer

• Mladen Brkić (born 1980), Serbian footballer

• Mladen Budiščak (1947–2003), Croatian actor

• Mladen Čolić (born 1982), Serbian pianist

• Mladen Čučić (born 1983), Croatian footballer

• Mladen Cukon (born 1946), Croatian footballer

• Mladen Dabanovič (born 1971), Slovenian footballer

• Mladen Delić (1919–2005), Croatian sports commentator

• Mladen Devetak (born 1999), Serbian footballer

• Mladen Dodić (born 1969), Serbian football player and manager

• Mladen Dolar (born 1951), Slovenian philosopher

• Mladen Dražetin (1951–2015), Serbian writer, poet and philosopher

• Mladen Đurić, Serbian politician

• Mladen Erjavec (born 1970), Croatian basketball player and coach

• Mladen Frančić (1955–2022), Croatian football manager

• Mladen Furtula (born 1950), Bosnian footballer

• Mladen Galić (born 1987), Serbian footballe

• Mladen Georgiev (1940–2003), Bulgarian wrestler

• Mladen Grdović (born 1958), Croatian pop singer

• Mladen Grujić (born 1966), Serbian politician and entrepreneur

• Mladen Grujić (biathlete) (born 1969), Yugoslav biathlete

• Mladen Grujičić (born 1982), Bosnian Serb politician

• Mladen Guteša (1923–2015), Yugoslav orchestra conductor and composer

• Mladen Hren (born 1998), Croatian actor

• Mladen Ivanić (born 1958), Bosnian Serb politician

• Mladen Ivanković-Lijanović (born 1960), Bosnian politician and businessman

• Mladen Ivančić (film promoter) (born 1955), New Zealand film official of Croatian descent

• Mladen Ivančić (footballer) (born 1970), Croatian footballer

• Mladen Iveković (1903–1970), Croatian politician and diplomat

• Mladen Janković (1831–1885), Serbian physician

• Mladen Jeremić (born 1988), Serbian basketball player

• Mladen Josić (1897–1972), Serbian painter

• Mladen Juran (born 1942), Croatian film director and actor

• Mladen Jurčević (born 1983), Bosnian footballer

• Mladen Jutrić (born 1996), Austrian footballer

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• Mladen Kalpic (born 1977), Serbian journalist and filmmaker

• Mladen Kapor (born 1966), Yugoslav swimmer

• Mladen Karoglan (born 1964), Croatian footballer

• Mladen Kašćelan (born 1983), Montenegrin football player and coach

• Mladen Kašić (born 1958), Croatian volleyball player and coach

• Mladen Khristov (born 1946), Bulgarian water polo player

• Mladen Kiselov (1943–2012), Bulgarian stage director and professor

• Mladen Knežević (born 1979), Serbian actor

• Mladen Kocić (born 1988), Serbian futsal player

• Mladen Kolobarić (1933–2009), Bosnian painter and graphic designer

• Mladen Košćak (1936–1997), Croatian footballer

• Mladen Kovačević (born 1994), Serbian footballer

• Mladen Kovačevič (born 1980), Slovenian footballer

• Mladen Kranjc (1945–1988), Croatian-Slovenian footballer

• Mladen Križanović (born 1977), Croatian footballer

• Mladen Krstajić (born 1974), Serbian footballer

• Mladen Kuchev (born 1947), Bulgarian weightlifter

• Mladen Kujundžić (born 1989), Croatian kickboxer and mixed martial artist

• Mladen Kukrika (born 1991), Bosnian footballer

• Mladen Lambulić (born 1972), Montenegrin football player and manager

• Mladen Lazarević (born 1984), Serbian footballer

• Mladen Lorković (1909–1945), Croatian politician and lawyer

• Mladen Lukić (born 1977), Serbian politician

• Mladen Marinov (born 1971), Bulgarian politician

• Mladen Markač (born 1955), Croatian military general

• Mladen Matković (born 1989), Croatian footballer

• Mladen Mićanović (born 1996), Serbian footballer

• Mladen Mihajlović (born 1985), Serbian basketball coach

• Mladen Milicevic (born 1958), Bosnian-American composer and university professor

• Mladen Milinković (born 1968), Serbian football player and coach

• Mladen Milovanović (1760–1823), Serbian merchant and politician

• Mladen Mitić, Bosnian guitarist

• Mladen Mladenov (wrestler) (born 1957), Bulgarian wrestler

• Mladen Mladenov (diplomat) (1921–1996), Bulgarian diplomat

• Mladen Mladenović (born 1964), Croatian football manager and player

• Mladen Munjaković (born 1961), Croatian footballer

• Mladen Muše (born 1963), German-Croatian chess grandmaster

• Mladen Naletilić Tuta (1946–2021), Bosnian Croat paramilitary commander

• Mladen Ninić (born 1950), Croatian rower

• Mladen Palac (born 1971), Croatian chess player

• Mladen Pantić (born 1982), Serbian basketball player

• Mladen Pelaić (born 1983), Croatian footballer

• Mladen Petrić (born 1981), Croatian footballer

• Mladen Petrov Chervenyakov (born 1954), Bulgarian politician

• Mladen Plakalović (born 1991), Bosnian cross-country skier

• Mladen Popović (born 1988), Serbian footballer

• Mladen Posavec (born 1971), Croatian football player and manager

• Mladen Pralija (born 1959), Croatian footballer

• Mladen Prskalo (born 1968), Croatian handball player

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• Mladen Rakčević (born 1982), Montenegrin handball player

• Mladen Ramljak (1945–1978), Croatian footballer

• Mladen Ristić (born 1982), Serbian footballer

• Mladen Romić (1962–2006), Croatian footballer

• Mladen Rudonja (born 1971), Slovenian footballer

• Mladen Sarajlin (born 1995), Serbian footballer

• Mladen Šarčević (born 1957), Serbian politician

• Mladen Sarić (1911–1997), Serbian footballer

• Mladen Šekularac (born 1981), Montenegrin basketball player

• Mladen Sekulovich (1912–2009), known as Karl Malden, American actor

• Mlađen Šljivančanin (born 1985), Serbian basketball player

• Mladen Solomun (born 1975), known as Solomun, Bosnian-German DJ and music producer

• Mladen Srbinović (1925–2009), Serbian painter

• Mladen Stanev (born 1974), Bulgarian conductor and chorus master

• Mladen Stefanov (born 1977), Bulgarian gymnast

• Mladen Stegić (born 1980), Serbian rower

• Mladen Stilinović (1947–2016), Croatian conceptual artist

• Mladen Stipić (1929–2013), Bosnian footballer

• Mladen Stoev (born 1984), Bulgarian footballer

• Mladen Stojanović (1896–1942), Bosnian Serb leader of Yugoslav Partisans

• Mladen Stojanović (died 1885), known as Čakr-paša, Serbian brigand and rebel leader

• Mladen Šubarić (1908–1991), Croatian chess player

• Mladen Tarbuk (born 1962), Croatian conductor and composer

• Mladen Urem (born 1964), Croatian writer and literary critic

• Mladen Vasilev (born 1947), Bulgarian footballer

• Mladen Velimirović, Yugoslav film director and photographer

• Mladen Veselinović (Bosnian footballer) (born 1993)

• Mladen Veselinović (Serbian footballer) (born 1992)

• Mladen Veža (1916–2010), Croatian painter

• Mladen Vilotijević (born 1935), Serbian academic and author

• Mladen Vitković (born 1990), Serbian basketball player

• Mladen Vladojević, Serbian nobleman

• Mladen Vojičić Tifa (born 1960), Bosnian rock vocalist

• Mladen Vranic (1930–2019), Croatian-Canadian diabetes researcher

• Mladen Vranković (1937–2021), Croatian footballer

• Mladen Vujić (born 1998), Serbian basketball player

• Mladen Vukasović (born 1992), Montenegrin footballer

• Mladen Vulić (born 1969), Croatian actor

• Mladen Wacha (born 1942), Croatian footballer

• Mladen Zeljković (born 1987), Serbian footballer

• Mladen Žganjer (born 1966), Croatian football player and coach

• Mladen Živković (born 1989), Serbian footballer

• Mladen Žižović (1980–2025), Bosnian football player and manager

• Mladen Zrilić (born 1986), Serbian volleyball player

• Mladen Žujović (1895–1969), Serbian attorney and professor of law

See also

• Sebastian Mladen (born 1991), Romanian footballer

• Mladenov

• Mladenović

• Slavic names

References