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 The surname "Bellic" would not exist in the Serbian, Bosnian or Croatian languages, as these do not allow consecutive consonants (i.e., the double-L in "Bellic"); "Bellic" is also pronounced with a hard 'c' ("bel-lik") throughout the game — Niko himself uses the incorrect pronunciation when introducing himself to the receptionist at Goldberg, Ligner and Shyster in the mission Final Interview. A proper pronunciation would use a hard 'ch' (as used in-game with the names "Darko Brevic" and "Florian Cravic"); a more authentic rendering of Niko's surname would be ''Belić''. At one point, Florian, speaking in his native Serbian, pronounces the name correctly; "Bellic" may simply be an Anglicized version of "Belić".
-The first name "Niko" is distinctively Croatian, rather than Serbian — the Serbian equivalent would be "Nikolaj". In the mission Final Interview, Tom Goldberg refers to Niko as "Nikolai", although this is an assumption on his part — he begins their interview by saying, "Hello Niko; what's that short for? Nikolai?" Niko does not respond and no one else calls him "Nikolai" in the game.
+The first name "Niko" is distinctively Croatian. However, it's possible that Niko is a shortened nickname for the Serbian name "Nikolaj". In the mission Final Interview, Tom Goldberg asks, "What's [Niko] short for? Nikolai?" Niko does not respond and no one else calls him "Nikolai" in the game.
 Niko's voice actor, [[Michael Hollick]], is American, and the accent he assumes for Niko is not a Serbian one; Niko's spoken Serbian is frequently mispronounced or wrongly emphasized.