-ic/-ich in Serbo-Croat

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Group,
I have Serbian ancestors who lived in the northern region of Croatia. Their
names (in the US) were Radanovic and Savich. My question is how is -ic and
-ich pronounced in the Serbo-Croat language. Radanovic is pronounced
Ra-dan-o-vick now, but there are lots of people with the Radanovich (pronounced
-itch) surname in the US. Also, on an early birth certificate i have,
Radanovic is spelled Radanovitch.. Savich is pronounced as it looks with the
-itch sound by my family, but an early obituary has it mispelled as Savicke
while the same birth certificate has it spelled as Savitch, leaving me
completley confused about what the original spellings and pronunciations might
have been in Europe. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Mark Bugno - Youngstown, Ohio, USA
Researching the surnames: Serbian: RADANOVIC, SAVICH - Polish: OWCARZ, OSIAL,
BUS, VASKO, PAVLIK, CHETSKO, BEDNAR, VAJDA, PETRUSKA

Re the ich on the end of surnames; firstly the h is latinised, added to the ic end of surnames by immigration officers in Latin language based countries. The ev or ov preceding ic is diminutive or small, so by removing the ev or ov and ich from say my surname reveals the real surname Alfir, being a standard bearer in Italian. the origin of the evic originates from ancient formal documents where people are always referred to as say, Jure the son of milan as an example, thence shortened to evic.

Edward ivan Alfirevich.

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Group,
I have Serbian ancestors who lived in the northern region of Croatia. Their
names (in the US) were Radanovic and Savich. My question is how is -ic and
-ich pronounced in the Serbo-Croat language. Radanovic is pronounced
Ra-dan-o-vick now, but there are lots of people with the Radanovich (pronounced
-itch) surname in the US. Also, on an early birth certificate i have,
Radanovic is spelled Radanovitch.. Savich is pronounced as it looks with the
-itch sound by my family, but an early obituary has it mispelled as Savicke
while the same birth certificate has it spelled as Savitch, leaving me
completley confused about what the original spellings and pronunciations might
have been in Europe. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Mark Bugno - Youngstown, Ohio, USA
Researching the surnames: Serbian: RADANOVIC, SAVICH - Polish: OWCARZ, OSIAL,
BUS, VASKO, PAVLIK, CHETSKO, BEDNAR, VAJDA, PETRUSKA

[Flo Austin]

I have a friend whose last name is Pavlovich. His ancestor added the h to the end so it would be pronounced correctly as did many Serbian and Croatian immigrants.
He is legally changing his first name and is considering changing his last name to how it originally was: Pavlović. He wonders if he should include the accent over the c or not, as many do, or if he should not remove the h. What is your opinion?