Frequency: (157)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Serbian and Bosnian (Dedić): nickname from deda ‘grandfather’.
GIVEN NAMES: South Slavic 7%; Muslim 5%. Nenad, Ranko, Velimir; Emir, Ilyas, Ismet, Mehmed, Muhamed, Nermin, Suad.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
