Slowly but surely, Croatians are moving away from traditional names and turning to names that are ‘more modern’ for their children. Also, the trend of choosing shorter names is stagnating, although they are still popular in Croatia. Last week, the Croatian Ministry of Justice and Administration revealed the most common names given to newborn boys and girls in Croatia in 2020. Among the 15 most common girls names were; Mia, Lucija, Sara, Ema, Nika, Marta, Rita, Mila, Petra, Ana, Dora, Eva, Elena, Iva and Lana. Luka, David, Jakov, Ivan, Petar, Roko, Matej, Noa, Filip, Mateo, Mihael, Fran, Karlo, Leon and Marko. Luka was again the most popular boys name last year with 870 baby boys given the name in Croatia, whilst 531 girls were named Mia in 2020.