Mladen (Cyrillic: Младен) is a South Slavic masculine given name, derived from the Slavic root mlad (*moldъ, mladъ), meaning "young". It is present in Bosnian, Slovenian, Montenegrin, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Serbian, and Croatian society since the Middle Ages.
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Notable people with the name
Mladen (vojvoda), Serbian magnate
Mladen I Šubić (died 1304), Croatian nobleman
Mladen II Šubić (1270–1341), Croatian nobleman
Mladen III Šubić (1315–1348), Croatian nobleman
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Mladen Bajić (born 1950), Croatian lawyer
Mladen Banović, Croatian electrotechnics scientist
Mladen Bartolović (1977–2026), Bosnian footballer
Mladen Bartulović (born 1986), Croatian football player and manager
Mladen Bašić (1917–2012), Croatian pianist and conductor
Mladen Bestvina (born 1959), Croatian-American mathematician
Mladen Bodalec (born 1959), Croatian rock musician
Mladen Bogdanović (1960–2003), Yugoslav footballer
Mladen Bojanić (born 1962), Montenegrin economist and politician
Mladen Bojinović (born 1977), Serbian handball player
Mladen Bosić (born 1961), Bosnian Serb politician
Mladen Bošković (born 1987), Serbian politician
Mladen Božović (born 1984), Montenegrin footballer
Mladen Bratić (1933–1991), Yugoslav military general
Mladen Brestovac (born 1983), Croatian kickboxer
Mladen Brkić (born 1980), Serbian footballer
Mladen Budiščak (1947–2003), Croatian actor
Mladen Čolić (born 1982), Serbian pianist
Mladen Čučić (born 1983), Croatian footballer
Mladen Cukon (born 1946), Croatian footballer
Mladen Dabanovič (born 1971), Slovenian footballer
Mladen Delić (1919–2005), Croatian sports commentator
Mladen Devetak (born 1999), Serbian footballer
Mladen Dodić (born 1969), Serbian football player and manager
Mladen Dolar (born 1951), Slovenian philosopher
Mladen Dražetin (1951–2015), Serbian writer, poet and philosopher
Mladen Đurić, Serbian politician
Mladen Erjavec (born 1970), Croatian basketball player and coach
Mladen Frančić (1955–2022), Croatian football manager
Mladen Furtula (born 1950), Bosnian footballer
Mladen Galić (born 1987), Serbian footballe
Mladen Georgiev (1940–2003), Bulgarian wrestler
Mladen Grdović (born 1958), Croatian pop singer
Mladen Grujić (born 1966), Serbian politician and entrepreneur
Mladen Grujić (biathlete) (born 1969), Yugoslav biathlete
Mladen Grujičić (born 1982), Bosnian Serb politician
Mladen Guteša (1923–2015), Yugoslav orchestra conductor and composer
Mladen Hren (born 1998), Croatian actor
Mladen Ivanić (born 1958), Bosnian Serb politician
Mladen Ivanković-Lijanović (born 1960), Bosnian politician and businessman
Mladen Ivančić (film promoter) (born 1955), New Zealand film official of Croatian descent
Mladen Ivančić (footballer) (born 1970), Croatian footballer
Mladen Iveković (1903–1970), Croatian politician and diplomat
Mladen Janković (1831–1885), Serbian physician
Mladen Jeremić (born 1988), Serbian basketball player
Mladen Josić (1897–1972), Serbian painter
Mladen Juran (born 1942), Croatian film director and actor
Mladen Jurčević (born 1983), Bosnian footballer
Mladen Jutrić (born 1996), Austrian footballer
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Mladen Kalpic (born 1977), Serbian journalist and filmmaker
Mladen Kapor (born 1966), Yugoslav swimmer
Mladen Karoglan (born 1964), Croatian footballer
Mladen Kašćelan (born 1983), Montenegrin football player and coach
Mladen Kašić (born 1958), Croatian volleyball player and coach
Mladen Khristov (born 1946), Bulgarian water polo player
Mladen Kiselov (1943–2012), Bulgarian stage director and professor
Mladen Knežević (born 1979), Serbian actor
Mladen Kocić (born 1988), Serbian futsal player
Mladen Kolobarić (1933–2009), Bosnian painter and graphic designer
Mladen Košćak (1936–1997), Croatian footballer
Mladen Kovačević (born 1994), Serbian footballer
Mladen Kovačevič (born 1980), Slovenian footballer
Mladen Kranjc (1945–1988), Croatian-Slovenian footballer
Mladen Križanović (born 1977), Croatian footballer
Mladen Krstajić (born 1974), Serbian footballer
Mladen Kuchev (born 1947), Bulgarian weightlifter
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Mladen Rakčević (born 1982), Montenegrin handball player
Mladen Ramljak (1945–1978), Croatian footballer
Mladen Ristić (born 1982), Serbian footballer
Mladen Romić (1962–2006), Croatian footballer
Mladen Rudonja (born 1971), Slovenian footballer
Mladen Sarajlin (born 1995), Serbian footballer
Mladen Šarčević (born 1957), Serbian politician
Mladen Sarić (1911–1997), Serbian footballer
Mladen Šekularac (born 1981), Montenegrin basketball player
Mladen Sekulovich (1912–2009), known as Karl Malden, American actor
Mlađen Šljivančanin (born 1985), Serbian basketball player
Mladen Solomun (born 1975), known as Solomun, Bosnian-German DJ and music producer
Mladen Srbinović (1925–2009), Serbian painter
Mladen Stanev (born 1974), Bulgarian conductor and chorus master
Mladen Stefanov (born 1977), Bulgarian gymnast
Mladen Stegić (born 1980), Serbian rower
Mladen Stilinović (1947–2016), Croatian conceptual artist