Dalibor (Cyrillic script: Далибор) is primarily a male given name of Slavic origin, mostly in the Czech Republic. The name is popular in some West Slavic and South Slavic countries, such as Slovakia, Serbia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Its literal meaning is "fighting far away", and it is derived from the elements daleko ("far away") and boriti ("to fight"). The first part can also be derived from oddalovat ("to delay"), hence it can be also interpreted as "someone who delays/avoids fighting".
There is an eponymous opera by Bedřich Smetana, based on Slavonic mythology.
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People with this given name
Dalibor Andonov (born 1973), a Serbian musician
Dalibor Bagarić (born 1980), a Croatian basketball player
Dalibor Brazda (1921–2005), a Czech-Swiss composer and conductor
Dalibor Brozović (1927–2009), a Croatian linguist
Dalibor Dragić (born 1972), a Bosnian Serb footballer
Dalibor Gatarić (born 1986), a Bosnian-Herzegovinian footballer
Dalibor Janda (born 1953), a Czech pop singer
Dalibor Jedlička (1929–2018), a Czech opera singer
Dalibor Karvay (born 1985), a Slovak violinist and pedagogue
Dalibor Medic (born 1979), an Austrian national trainer of Taekwon-Do
Dalibor Milenković (born 1987), a Serbian football goalkeeper
Dalibor Pauletić (born 1978), a Croatian football defender
Dalibor Pešterac (born 1976), a Serbian footballer
Dalibor Šamšal (born 1985), a Croatian alpine ski racer
Dalibor Stevanovič (born 1984), a Slovenian footballer
Dalibor Stojanović (born 1989), a Slovenian footballer
Dalibor Svrčina (born 2002), a Czech tennis player
Dalibor Cyril Vačkář (1906–1984), a Czech composer
Dalibor Veselinović (born 1987), a Serbian footballer
Dalibor Vesely (1934–2015), a Czech architect
Dalibor Višković (born 1977), a Croatian footballer
Dalibor z Kozojed (died 1498), a 15th-century Czech knight, on whom Smetana based his 1868 opera Dalibor
People with this surname
Jan and Vlasta Dalibor, Czech immigrants to the UK, puppeteers who made the original Pinky and Perky