Dalibor

Dalibor (Cyrillic script: Далибор) is primarily a male given name of Slavic origin, mostly in Czech Republic. The name is popular in some West Slavic and South Slavic countries, such as the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Serbia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. It means: fighting far away and it is derived from Slavic elements daleko 'far away' and boriti 'to fight'. The first part can be also derived from oddalovat 'to delay', hence it can be also interpreted as 'someone who delays/avoids fighting'. There is a Bedřich Smetana's eponymous opera, based on Slavonic mythology. People with this given name Dalibor Andonov (born 1973), Serbian musician Dalibor Bagarić (born 1980), Croatian basketball player Dalibor Brazda (1921–2005), Czech-Swiss composer and conductor Dalibor Brozović (1927–2009), Croatian linguist Dalibor Gatarić (born 1986), footballer Dalibor Dragić (born 1972), Bosnian Serb footballer (born 1979), Austrian national trainer of Taekwon-Do Dalibor Milenković (born 1987), Serbian football goalkeeper Dalibor Pauletić (born 1978), Croatian football defender Dalibor Pešterac (born 1976), Serbian footballer Dalibor Stevanovič (born 1984), Slovenian football player Dalibor Stojanović (born 1989), Slovenian footballer Dalibor Cyril Vačkář (1906–1984), Czech composer Dalibor Veselinović (born 1987), Serbian footballer Dalibor Vesely (1934–2015), Czech architect Dalibor Višković (born 1977), Croatian footballer Dalibor Šamšal (born 1985), Croatian alpine ski racer (died 1498), 15th century Czech knight, on whom Smetana based his 1868 opera Dalibor (1929–2018), Czech opera singer Dalibor Janda (born 1953), Czech pop music singer People with this surname Jan and Vlasta Dalibor, Czech immigrants to the UK, puppeteers who made the original Pinky and Perky