Miletić
Miletić 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, 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.
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.
It is one of the most common surnames in two counties of Croatia.
People with last name Miletić:
- Boris Miletić, Croatian politician and mayor of Pula
- Branko Miletić, Yugoslav linguist, professor of University of Belgrade
- Ljubica Miletić, Serbian poet, translator and essayist
- Lyubomir Miletich, Bulgarian linguist, ethnographer, dialectologist and historian, brother of Svetozar Miletić
- Marinko Miletić, German football player of Croatian origin currently playing for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
- Miloje Miletić, Lt. General, Chief-of-staff of the Serbian Armed Forces
- Minja Miletić, Serbian journalist and television presenter
- Miroslav Miletić, Croatian composer and viola player
- Nemanja Miletić (footballer, born January 1991), Serbian footballer
- Nemanja Miletić (footballer, born July 1991), Serbian footballer
- Oktavijan Miletić, Croatian cinematographer and Film director
- Pat Miletić, Croatian mixed martial artist (MMA), known as The Croatian Sensation
- Predrag Miletić, Serbian film, television, and theatre actor
- Predrag Miletić (basketball), Serbian basketball player
- Slavomir Miletić, Yugoslav sculptor from Bosnia and Herzegovina, now living in the Netherlands
- Slobodan Miletić, Serbian footballer
- Stjepan Miletić, Croatian playwright, director, critic, and writer
- Svetozar Miletić, an advocate, politician, mayor of Novi Sad, and the political leader of Serbs in Vojvodina
- Miletići in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Srpski Miletić in Serbia
- Miletićevo in Serbia