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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Croatian and Serbian (Vranić), Slovenian (Vranič) : patronymic from the surname Vran, a nickname from vran ‘raven’, ‘male crow’, or ‘black horse’.
  • Croatian : also a dialect form of Franić, patronymic from the personal name Franjo, Latin Franciscus (see Francis).

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