Željko

Željko or Zeljko (Cyrillic script: Жељко) is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Željko Čajkovski (born 1925), Croatian football (soccer) player and coach
• Željko Đokić (born 1982), Serbian footballer
• Željko Šašić (born 1969), Serbian pop-folk singer
• Željko Šturanović (born 1960), former Prime Minister of Montenegro who served from 2006 to 2008
• Željko Adžić (born 1965), former Croatian footballer
• Željko Bebek (born 1945), popular Bosnian singer, lead vocalist of Bijelo dugme from 1974 to 1984
• Željko Blagojević, Bosnian Serb runner who ran over 900 km from Banja Luka, Bosnia to Kosovo as a protest
• Željko Božić (born 1974), famous Serbian stuntman and actor
• Željko Bogut (born 1969), Bosnian chess player and two time national champion
• Željko Brkić (born 1986), Serbian football goalkeeper
• Željko Cicović (born 1971), Serbian football goalkeeper
• Željko Đurđić (born 1961), Serbian handball goalkeeper
• Željko Filipović (born 1988), Slovenian footballer
• Željko Franulović (born 1947), former Croatian tennis player
• Željko Ivanek (born 1957), Emmy-award winning Slovenian American actor
• Željko Ivanković (born 1954), Croatian writer from Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Željko Janjetović, Bosnian diplomat, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Russian Federation
• Željko Joksimović (born 1972), popular Serbian singer, songwriter and producer
• Željko Kalac (born 1972), Australian goalkeeper currently playing for Greek club Kavala
• Željko Kalajdžić (born 1978), Serbian professional football midfielder
• Željko Kerum (born 1960), Croatian entrepreneur and politician
• Željko Komšić (born 1964), Bosnian-Herzegovinian politician
• Željko Kopanja (born 1954), Bosnian Serb newspaper editor and director of Nezavisne Novine
• Željko Kovačević (born 1981), Serbian footballer
• Željko Krajan (born 1979), Croatian tennis coach and former professional tennis player
• Željko Kuzmić (born 1984), Serbian professional football goalkeeper
• Željko Lelek (born 1962), Bosnian Serb indicted for mass rape crimes in Višegrad during the Bosnian War
• Željko Ljubenović (born 1981), Serbian football midfielder
• (born 1948), Croatian cartoonist, animator and illustrator
• Željko Malnar (1944–2013), writer and TV presenter
• Željko Matuš (born 1935), former Croatian footballer
• Željko Mavrović (born 1969), retired male boxer from Croatia turned entrepreneur
• Željko Mijač (born 1954), Croatian football manager and former player
• Željko Milinovič (born 1969), former Slovenian footballer
• Željko Milošević (born 1976), Serbian footballer
• Željko Mitrakovič (born 1972), Slovenian football midfielder
• Željko Mrvaljević (born 1981), Montenegrin football defenderer
• Željko Nimš (born 1950), Croatian handball player
• Željko Obradović (born 1960), professional basketball coach and former professional basketball player
• Željko Pavlović (born 1971), Croatian football goalkeeper
• Željko Perušić (born 1936), former Croatian footballer
• Željko Pervan (born 1962), Croatian comedian
• Željko Petrović (born 1965), retired footballer from Montenegro, technical coach of Feyenoord Rotterdam
• Željko Polak (born 1976), retired Bosnian Serb football player
• Zeljko Ranogajec, professional gambler from Australia.
• Željko Ražnatović (1952–2000), Serbian career criminal and later a paramilitary leader
• Željko Rebrača (born 1972), retired Serbian professional basketball player
• Željko Rohatinski (born 1951), current Governor of the Croatian National Bank
• Željko Samardžić (born 1955), Bosnian Serb pop-folk singer
• Željko Senečić (born 1933), Croatian film and television production designer, film director and screenwriter
• Željko Sošić (born 1980), young Montenegrin director
• Željko Sopić (born 1974), Croatian football midfielder
• Željko Srdić (1977), Serbian contemporary hyperrealist artist and comic book artist
• Željko Stinčić (born 1950), former Croatian footballer
• Željko Tadić (born 1974), former Montenegrin footballer
• Željko Tanasković (born 1967), Serbian volleyball player
• Željko Turk (born 1962), the current mayor of Zaprešić, a town in Zagreb County, Croatia
• Željko Vincek (born 1986), Croatian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres
• Željko Vuković (born 1962), retired international Croatian and Austrian football player
• Željko Zagorac (born 1981), professional basketball player

• Zeljko Babic (born 1976), former association football player in the now defunct National Soccer League in Australia
• Zeljko Bilecki (born 1950), retired Canadian soccer player
• Zeljko Gavrilović (born 1971), veteran Serbian footballer
• Zeljko Loparić (born 1939), Croatian philosopher, historian of the philosophy and university teacher
• Zeljko Marasovich, Croatian American composer of classical and film music
• Zeljko Radovic (Austrian footballer) (born 1974), Austrian football player

Željko ist ein slawischer männlicher Vorname. Die Bedeutung des Namens kommt vom slawischen Wort für "Wunsch" želja. Die Bedeutung ist daher "Gewünschter". Die weibliche Form des Namens ist Zeljka.

Željko (in cirillico: Жељко) è un nome proprio di persona serbo, croato e sloveno maschile.