Ljubica
Genderfemale
Language(s)Slavic
Origin
Meaningl'ub (love)
Region of originSlavic
Other names
Nickname(s)Ljuba
Related namesLjubomir

Ljubica (Serbian Cyrillic: Љубица and Macedonian: Љубица) is a Slavic feminine given name meaning "love" or "kiss", where -ica is a diminutive suffix. Also, ljubica means violet, while the actual flower is ljubičica, a superdiminutive. It is Serbo-Croatian in origin, used throughout the former Yugoslavia.

Variants

  • Bulgarian: Lyubitsa, Любица
  • Slovak: Ľubica

Notable people

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