Mladen

Mladen (Cyrillic: Младен) is a South Slavic masculine given name, derived from the Slavic root mlad (*moldъ, mladъ), meaning "young".¹² It is present in Bosnian, Slovenian, Montenegrin, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Serbian, and Croatian society since the Middle Ages.

• 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

• 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

• 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
• Mladen Kujundžić (born 1989), Croatian kickboxer and mixed martial artist
• Mladen Kukrika (born 1991), Bosnian footballer
• Mladen Lambulić (born 1972), Montenegrin football player and manager
• Mladen Lazarević (born 1984), Serbian footballer
• Mladen Lorković (1909–1945), Croatian politician and lawyer
• Mladen Lukić (born 1977), Serbian politician
• Mladen Marinov (born 1971), Bulgarian politician
• Mladen Markač (born 1955), Croatian military general
• Mladen Matković (born 1989), Croatian footballer
• Mladen Mićanović (born 1996), Serbian footballer
• Mladen Mihajlović (born 1985), Serbian basketball coach
• Mladen Milicevic (born 1958), Bosnian-American composer and university professor
• Mladen Milinković (born 1968), Serbian football player and coach
• Mladen Milovanović (1760–1823), Serbian merchant and politician
• Mladen Mitić, Bosnian guitarist
• Mladen Mladenov (wrestler) (born 1957), Bulgarian wrestler
• Mladen Mladenov (diplomat) (1921–1996), Bulgarian diplomat
• Mladen Mladenović (born 1964), Croatian football manager and player
• Mladen Munjaković (born 1961), Croatian footballer
• Mladen Muše (born 1963), German-Croatian chess grandmaster
• Mladen Naletilić Tuta (1946–2021), Bosnian Croat paramilitary commander
• Mladen Ninić (born 1950), Croatian rower
• Mladen Palac (born 1971), Croatian chess player
• Mladen Pantić (born 1982), Serbian basketball player
• Mladen Pelaić (born 1983), Croatian footballer
• Mladen Petrić (born 1981), Croatian footballer
• Mladen Petrov Chervenyakov (born 1954), Bulgarian politician
• Mladen Plakalović (born 1991), Bosnian cross-country skier
• Mladen Popović (born 1988), Serbian footballer
• Mladen Posavec (born 1971), Croatian football player and manager
• Mladen Pralija (born 1959), Croatian footballer
• Mladen Prskalo (born 1968), Croatian handball player

• 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
• Mladen Stipić (1929–2013), Bosnian footballer
• Mladen Stoev (born 1984), Bulgarian footballer
• Mladen Stojanović (1896–1942), Bosnian Serb leader of Yugoslav Partisans
• Mladen Stojanović (died 1885), known as Čakr-paša, Serbian brigand and rebel leader
• Mladen Šubarić (1908–1991), Croatian chess player
• Mladen Tarbuk (born 1962), Croatian conductor and composer
• Mladen Urem (born 1964), Croatian writer and literary critic
• Mladen Vasilev (born 1947), Bulgarian footballer
• Mladen Velimirović, Yugoslav film director and photographer
• Mladen Veselinović (Bosnian footballer) (born 1993)
• Mladen Veselinović (Serbian footballer) (born 1992)
• Mladen Veža (1916–2010), Croatian painter
• Mladen Vilotijević (born 1935), Serbian academic and author
• Mladen Vitković (born 1990), Serbian basketball player
• Mladen Vladojević, Serbian nobleman
• Mladen Vojičić Tifa (born 1960), Bosnian rock vocalist
• Mladen Vranic (1930–2019), Croatian-Canadian diabetes researcher
• Mladen Vranković (1937–2021), Croatian footballer
• Mladen Vujić (born 1998), Serbian basketball player
• Mladen Vukasović (born 1992), Montenegrin footballer
• Mladen Vulić (born 1969), Croatian actor
• Mladen Wacha (born 1942), Croatian footballer
• Mladen Zeljković (born 1987), Serbian footballer
• Mladen Žganjer (born 1966), Croatian football player and coach
• Mladen Živković (born 1989), Serbian footballer
• Mladen Žižović (1980–2025), Bosnian football player and manager
• Mladen Zrilić (born 1986), Serbian volleyball player
• Mladen Žujović (1895–1969), Serbian attorney and professor of law