Veljko is a masculine given name of Slavic origin. It may refer to:Hajduk Veljko Petrović (1780–1813), Vojvoda of the First Serbian Uprising rebellion against the Ottoman Empire Veljko Čubrilović (1886–1915), involved in the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria Veljko Bakašun (1920–2007), Croat water polo player Veljko Bulajić, Yugoslavian film director and actor from Montenegro Veljko Despot, born March 4, 1948, in Belgrade Veljko Kadijević (1925–2014), former General of the Army in the Yugoslav People's Army Veljko Milatović (1921–2004), Montenegrin Communist partisan, politician, statesman Veljko Nikitović, Serbian footballer who currently plays for Górnik Łęczna Veljko Paunović, former Serbian footballer Veljko Petković, Serbian volleyball player Veljko Petrović (poet) (1884–1967), leading Post-Modernist Serbian poet Veljko Stanojević (1892–1967), Serbian painter Veljko Uskoković, Montenegrin water polo player Veljko Vlahović (1914–1975), Montenegrin member of the Yugoslav Communist Party from 1935