Mandušić

Mandušić (Serbian Cyrillic: Мандушић) is a Serbo-Croatian surname, a matronymic derived from Manduša, an augmentative from Manda (a diminutive of Mandalena), hence Mandušić.[1] It is found in Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro.

Mandušić
Origin
Language(s)Serbo-Croatian
Meaningmatronymic from Manduša
Other names
Variant form(s)Mandić

In Sredska, Kosovo, the Mandušić family belonged to a Serbian brotherhood called Pejčić, which hailed from Tetovo, which they left after murdering Turk oppressors; a part of the Mandušići settled in Montenegro.[2] At least 14 individuals with the surname died during World War II.[3]

It may refer to:

  • Vuk Mandušić (d. 1648), Morlach leader
  • Aleksa Mandušić (1887–1959), American soldier in World War I and Medal of Honor recipient
  • Ljubica Mandušić-Gazikalović, Serbian Righteous Among the Nations
  • Gornji Mandušići, hamlet in Katuni, Šestanovac[4]

References
  1. Istorijski zapisi. 1. 1948. pp. 42–43. Женска имена Манда лена и М а н- л а ни]'есу ридетка код нашега народа,43) а употребл>авала су се и на територи^и Црне Горе. Име Мандуша уе аугмен- татив од М а н д а,45я) па као што се по Манди потомци про- зиваду М а н д у ш и ћ [...] Женска имена Манда и М а г д а такође се често помињу и у књизи манастира Острога.
  2. Татомир Вукановић (May 5, 2012) [1947]. Александар Аксић Шарко (ed.). "Презимена, село Средска (Призрен)". poreklo.rs.
  3. Jasenovac Research Institute. "Victim Search: Mandušić".
  4. "Gornji Mandušići". geoview.info.
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