Primož

Primož is a male given name, the South Slavic form of the Latin "Primus", meaning "first" or "best". Sequential birth-order numerical names were a Roman custom; a male firstborn might be named "Primus", a third-born tertia "Tertia", a fifth-born son "Quintus", etc. The name Primož has Slavified eqivalents in "Prvan", "Prvin" and "Prvoslav".

Slovene variants

Primo are Primoš both archaic or obsolete variants.

List of people named Primož

* Primož Benko, Slovene guitarist
* Primož Brezec, Slovene basketballer
* Primož Jakopin, Slovene computer scientist
* Primož Kozmus, Slovene athlete and Olympian
* Primož Kuret, Slovene musicologist
* Primož Lorenz, Slovene pianist
* Primož Parovel, Slovene harmonica player
* Primož Peterka, Slovene ski-jumper
* Primož Trubar, Slovene protestant reformer and priest

References

* "Leksikon imen" ("Lexicon of Names") by Janez Keber COBISS|ID=57356032