Famous People with Name Neda

Neda Ukraden            Origin/Culture/Country: Slavic

Neda Ukraden: a famous Serbian pop-folk singer across all of the former Yugoslavia, whose professional career stretches back over 30 years.Her surname Ukraden, roughly translated in Croatian/Serbian means Stolen (masculine adjective), but her ancestors were originally from Montenegro and the original surname was Pavlovic. According to an interview she gave to Glas javnosti in 2005, her surname was changed as a result of her male ancestors who had spent time in the army serving in Herzegovina, defending ancient homelands. The majority of southern Slavic surnames ending in ic were converted in Bosnia or Serbian lands which were part of Austro-Hungarian Empire if those citizens did not want to be converted from Orthodox to Catholic or Islam.

Neda Parmac            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Neda Parmac: is a Croatian singer, best known as a member of Feminnem girl band.In 2004 she joined the Hrvatski Idol (Croatian version of Pop Idol) competition. She won the audience over with her self-confident approach and ability to improvise, best seen in her rendition of Michael Jackson's Beat It, when she continued to perform despite forgetting the lyrics. She finished third, much to the displeasure of large sections of the Croatian public, which considered her superior to the show's winner Žanamari Lalic.

Yuri Yuryevich Nedashkovskiy            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Yuri Yuryevich Nedashkovskiy: is a Russian professional football player. As of September 2009, he plays in the Russian Second Division for FC Okean Nakhodka.