Slobodan is a given name that means “free” in Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian or BCS. Apparently, it was introduced by Vladimir Jovanović, a Serbian liberal politician who was inspired by John Stuart Mill’s essay “On Liberty.” He baptized his son Slobodan in 1869. The name became popular in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918-1945) and communist Yugoslavia (1945-1991). People of that name can now be found among all the South Slavs—that is, Serbs, Croats, Slovenes, and others from former Yugoslavia. Reading about the origin of the name, I cannot but think of all the Slavs and their sorry past (“The Slavs,” November 18, 2010). And thinking about the Slavs, I cannot but think of the Slavic complex (“The Slavic Complex: A Letter to The Economist,” November 14, 2011). For who would call his children “free” if not a former slave?!