Dobrinovi

Dobrinovi is a South Slavic surname found among families in the western Balkans, including Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia. The name is believed to be derived from the given name Dobrin, itself from the Slavic root dobr- meaning good or honorable, with the suffix -ovi serving as a plural or patronymic marker used to form family names in many South Slavic languages.

In some contexts, Dobrinovi may function as a plural reference to the Dobrinović family, i.e., the lineage of people bearing the surname Dobrinović. The spelling without diacritics (Dobrinovi) appears in Latin-script documents and may vary with transliteration; Cyrillic forms are typically Dobриновић (Dobrinović).

Notable individuals with the surname Dobrinovi are not widely documented in major reference works; in many cases the more common form of the surname in the region is Dobrinović. The name reflects typical patterns of patronymic and plurale formation in South Slavic onomastics, and its usage may appear in historical records, parish registers, and regional genealogies.