Mesić (surname)
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Mesić is a Croatian surname.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Jasen Mesić (born 1972), Croatian politician
- Marko Mesić (priest) (1640–1713), Croatian priest and soldier
- Marko Mesić (soldier) (1901–1982), Croatian soldier
- Matija Mesić (1826–1878), Croatian historian, the first rector of the University of Zagreb
- Milka Mesić (1939–2024), Croatian public person
- Stjepan Mesić (born 1934), 2nd President of the Republic of Croatia
- Zlatko Mesić (1946–2020), Croatian footballer
Possible origins
The surname Mesić, although relatively common amongst Christian people in Croatia,[1] may have Islamic origins from the time of Turkish (Ottoman) occupation of the Balkans.[2] Mesić is a patronymic from the Bosniak (Muslim Bosnian) personal name Meso, pet form of Mehmed (Muhammad) which is of Turkish and ultimately Arabic origin.
Mesić is also known to be a nickname of someone who eats a lot of meat, deriving from the word "meso" (Croatian for "meat').[2][3]
It has also been theorized that the surname Mesić possibly originates from the Albanian surname Meksi, and the members of the family which migrated towards Croatia. [4]
