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Popovic

Updated: June 9, 2019
Updated: June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Serbian (Popović) : patronymic from pop ‘priest’. Compare Popov. Celibacy was not enjoined on priests of the Orthodox Church and so as a Serbian name it normally means literally ‘son of the priest’.

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