Dusan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DOO-shan
- Origin
- Slavic
Dusan is a boys' name of Slavic origin, meaning “soul, spirit”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Dusan mean?
Slavic: Dušan, from Slavic duša 'soul'
“soul, spirit”
From Slavic duša, 'soul'; Stefan Dušan (1308-1355) was a medieval Serbian emperor.
Is Dusan a girl's or a boy's name?
Dusan is a boys' name.
How popular is Dusan in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Dusan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dusan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,084 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
Names like Dusan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Musa, Zayaan, Zayan, Ahmed, Abdullah, Hamza, Ibrahim, Rayyan, Abdulrahman, Azaan, Faizan
More Slavic names
Mila, Milan, Vera, Mira, Nadia, Milana, Rayna, Zora, Milena, Raina, Damir, Lev, Siyana, Vlad, Lilyana, Yuri
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Dusan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dusan, updated 20 October 2026.