Editing Serbs (section)

===Names===
{{Main article|Serbian naming customs}} <!-- Popular names -->
[[File:Front view of a resting Canis lupus ssp.jpg|thumb|200x200px|Many Serb names/surnames are derived from the word [[gray wolf|wolf]], which is the [[List of national animals|national animal]] and an important part of the national mythology.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nationalgeographic.rs/istorija-i-kultura/tradicija-i-obicaji/a38792/Vuk-u-mitologiji-kod-Srba.html|title=O poreklu obožavanja i straha od VUKA: Prema predanju on je mitološki predstavnik srpskog naroda|website=National Geographic|language=sr|access-date=2022-07-12|archive-date=14 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714203757/https://nationalgeographic.rs/istorija-i-kultura/tradicija-i-obicaji/a38792/Vuk-u-mitologiji-kod-Srba.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Loma|first=Aleksandar|date=2021|title=Srbi i vuci u istraživanjima Veselina Čajkanovića|journal=Književna istorija|volume=174|pages=13–44}}</ref>]]
There are several different layers of Serbian names. Serbian given names largely originate from [[Slavic names|Slavic roots]]:
e.g., [[Vuk (name)|Vuk]], [[Bojan]], [[Goran (Slavic name)|Goran]], [[Zoran]], [[Dragan]], [[Milan (given name)|Milan]], [[Miroslav (given name)|Miroslav]], [[Vladimir (name)|Vladimir]], [[Slobodan]], [[Dušan]], [[Milica]], [[Nevena]], [[Vesna (name)|Vesna]], [[Radmila]]. Other names are of [[Christianity|Christian]] origin, originating from the [[Bible]] ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]], through [[Greek language|Greek]]), such as [[Lazar (name)|Lazar]], [[Mihailo]], [[Ivan (name)|Ivan]], [[Jovan (given name)|Jovan]], [[Ilija (given name)|Ilija]], [[Marija]], [[Ana (given name)|Ana]], [[Ivana]]. Along similar lines of non-Slavic Christian names are [[Greeks|Greek]] ones such as: [[Stefan (given name)|Stefan]], [[Nikola]], [[Aleksandar]], [[Filip]], [[Đorđe]], [[Andrej]], [[Jelena (disambiguation)|Jelena]], [[Katarina (given name)|Katarina]], [[Vasilije]], [[Todor]], while those of [[Latin]] origin include: [[Marko (given name)|Marko]], [[Antonije]], [[Srđan]], [[Marina (given name)|Marina]], [[Petar]], [[Pavle]], [[Natalia (given name)|Natalija]], [[Igor (given name)|Igor]] (through Russian).

Most Serbian surnames are paternal, maternal, occupational or derived from personal traits. It is estimated that over two thirds of all Serbian surnames have the suffix ''[[-ić]]'' (-ић) ({{IPA|sh|itɕ|}}), a Slavic [[diminutive]], originally functioning to create [[Patronymic|patronymics]]. Thus the surname [[Petrović]] means the "son of Petar" (from a male progenitor, the root is extended with possessive ''-ov'' or ''-ev''). Due to limited use of international typewriters and unicode computer encoding, the suffix may be simplified to ''-ic'', historically transcribed with a phonetic ending, ''-ich'' or ''-itch'' in foreign languages. Other common surname suffixes found among Serbian surnames are ''-<u>ov</u>'', ''-<u>ev</u>'', ''-<u>in</u>'' and ''-<u>ski</u>'' (without ''-ić'') which is the Slavic [[genitive case|possessive case]] suffix, thus Nikola's son becomes Nikolin, Petar's son Petrov, and Jovan's son Jovanov.  Other, less common suffices are ''-alj/olj/elj'', ''-ija'', ''-ica'', ''-ar/ac/an''. The ten most common surnames in Serbia, in order, are [[Jovanović]], [[Petrović]], [[Nikolić]], [[Marković]], [[Đorđević]], [[Stojanović]], [[Ilić]], [[Stanković]], [[Pavlović]] and [[Milošević]].<ref name=Politika>{{cite web |author=Tanjug |url=http://www.politika.rs/rubrike/Drustvo/U-Srbiji-najvise-Jovanovica-Petrovica-i-Nikolica.lt.html |title=Srbija, zemlja Milice i Dragana : Društvo : POLITIKA |work=Politika |access-date=17 April 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140616001236/http://www.politika.rs/rubrike/Drustvo/U-Srbiji-najvise-Jovanovica-Petrovica-i-Nikolica.lt.html |archive-date=16 June 2014  }}</ref>