Name Zeljko - meaning, origin, numerology

Željko or Zeljko (Cyrillic script: Жељко) is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Željko Čajkovski (born 1925), Croatian football (soccer) player and coach
• Željko Đokić (born 1982), Serbian footballer
• Željko Šašić (born 1969), Serbian pop-folk singer
• Željko Šturanović (born 1960), former Prime Minister of Montenegro who served from 2006 to 2008
• Željko Adžić (born 1965), former Croatian footballer
• Željko Bebek (born 1945), popular Bosnian singer, lead vocalist of Bijelo dugme from 1974 to 1984
• Željko Blagojević, Bosnian Serb runner who ran over 900 km from Banja Luka, Bosnia to Kosovo as a protest
• Željko Božić (born 1974), famous Serbian stuntman and actor
• Željko Bogut (born 1969), Bosnian chess player and two time national champion
• Željko Brkić (born 1986), Serbian football goalkeeper
• Željko Cicović (born 1971), Serbian football goalkeeper
• Željko Đurđić (born 1961), Serbian handball goalkeeper
• Željko Filipović (born 1988), Slovenian footballer
• Željko Franulović (born 1947), former Croatian tennis player
• Željko Ivanek (born 1957), Emmy-award winning Slovenian American actor
• Željko Ivanković (born 1954), Croatian writer from Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Željko Janjetović, Bosnian diplomat, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Russian Federation
• Željko Joksimović (born 1972), popular Serbian singer, songwriter and producer
• Željko Jurić (born 1976), popular Bosnian Croat singer, songwriter and producer
• Željko Kalac (born 1972), Australian goalkeeper currently playing for Greek club Kavala
• Željko Kalajdžić (born 1978), Serbian professional football midfielder
• Željko Kerum (born 1960), Croatian entrepreneur and politician
• Željko Komšić (born 1964), Bosnian-Herzegovinian politician
• Željko Kopanja (born 1954), Bosnian Serb newspaper editor and director of Nezavisne Novine
• Željko Kovačević (born 1981), Serbian footballer
• Željko Krajan (born 1979), Croatian tennis coach and former professional tennis player
• Željko Kuzmić (born 1984), Serbian professional football goalkeeper
• Željko Lelek (born 1962), indicted for mass rape crimes in Višegrad during the Bosnian War
• Željko Ljubenović (born 1981), Serbian football midfielder
• Željko Lordanić (hr) (born 1948), Croatian cartoonist, animator and illustrator
• Željko Malnar (born 1944), writer and TV presenter
• Željko Matuš (born 1935), former Croatian footballer
• Željko Mavrović (born 1969), retired male boxer from Croatia turned entrepreneur
• Željko Mijač (born 1954), Croatian football manager and former player
• Željko Milinovič (born 1969), former Slovenian footballer
• Željko Milošević (born 1976), Serbian footballer
• Željko Mitrakovič (born 1972), Slovenian football midfielder
• Željko Mrvaljević (born 1981), Montenegrin football defenderer
• Željko Nimš (born 1950), Croatian handball player
• Željko Obradović (born 1960), professional basketball coach and former professional basketball player
• Željko Pavlović (born 1971), Croatian football goalkeeper
• Željko Perušić (born 1936), former Croatian footballer
• Željko Petrović (born 1965), retired footballer from Montenegro, technical coach of Feyenoord Rotterdam
• Željko Polak (born 1976), retired Bosnian Serb football player
• Zeljko Ranogajec, professional gambler from Australia.
• Željko Ražnatović (1952–2000), Serbian career criminal and later a paramilitary leader
• Željko Rebrača (born 1972), retired Serbian professional basketball player
• Željko Rohatinski (born 1951), current Governor of the Croatian National Bank
• Željko Samardžić (born 1955), Bosnian Serb pop-folk singer
• Željko Senečić (born 1933), Croatian film and television production designer, film director and screenwriter
• Željko Sošić (born 1980), young Montenegrin director
• Željko Sopić (born 1974), Croatian football midfielder
• Željko Stinčić (born 1950), former Croatian footballer
• Željko Tadić (born 1974), former Montenegrin footballer
• Željko Tanasković (born 1967), Serbian volleyball player
• Željko Turk (born 1962), the current mayor of Zaprešić, a town in Zagreb County, Croatia
• Željko Vincek (born 1986), Croatian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres
• Željko Vuković (born 1962), retired international Croatian and Austrian football player
• Željko Zagorac (born 1981), professional basketball player

• Zeljko Babic (born 1976), former association football player in the now defunct National Soccer League in Australia
• Zeljko Bilecki (born 1950), retired Canadian soccer player
• Zeljko Gavrilović (born 1971), veteran Serbian footballer
• Zeljko Loparić (born 1939), Croatian philosopher, historian of the philosophy and university teacher
• Zeljko Marasovich, Croatian American composer of classical and film music
• Zeljko Radovic (Austrian footballer) (born 1974), Austrian football player
• Zeljko Srdic (1977), contemporary hyperrealist artist and comic book artist
• Zeljko Susa (born 1978), retired Croatian-Australian football (soccer) player

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