Neda Ukraden ( Serbian Cyrillic: ???? ??????? ), was born on August 16, 1950, in Imotski, SFR of Yugoslavia and is a famous Serbian singer across all of the former Yugoslavia, whose professional career stretches back over 30 years. Her surname Ukraden, roughly translated in Serbian means Stolen (masculine adjective), but her ancestors were originally from Montenegro and the original surname was Pavlovi?. 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. Majority of Serbian surnames from i? were converted to some non i? in Bosnia or Serbian lands which were part of Austro-Hungarian Empire, if those Serbs didn't want to be converted from orthodox to Roman catholic or islam. Usually the new surnames had some funny or insulting meaning, but Serbs after kept them as a

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