Miletić

Miletić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милетић; plural: Miletići, Милетићи) is a Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian surname, and is one of the common surnames in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia. It derives from personal name Mileta (Милета), cognate of the English name Milius. The suffix ić is a diminutive designation, or descendant designation. Thus the last name can be translated as Mileta's son.^[1] There are several families in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia who carry this last name. The most numerous and the most prominent of the Miletići are found in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and in Croatia.

People with last name Miletić:

• Svetozar Miletić (1826–1901), an advocate, politician, mayor of Novi Sad, and the political leader of Serbs in Vojvodina.
• Lyubomir Miletich (1863–1937), Bulgarian linguist, ethnographer, dialectologist and historian, brother of Svetozar Miletić
• Slavomir Miletić (1930), a Yugoslav sculptor from Bosnia and Herzegovina, now living in the Netherlands
• Predrag Miletić (1952), Serbian film, television, and theatre actor .
• Oktavijan Miletić (1902–1987), a Croatian cinematographer and Film director
• Miroslav Miletić (1925), a Croatian composer and viola player
• Miloje Miletić (1953), Lt. General, Chief-of-staff of the Serbian Armed Forces
• Marinko Miletić (1980), a German football player of Croatian origin currently playing for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen.
• Boris Miletić (1975), the mayor of Pula.
• Pat Miletić (1966), a mixed martial artist (MMA), known as The Croatian Sensation

Places named Miletić:

• Miletići in Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Srpski Miletić in Serbia
• Miletićevo in Serbia

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