Franjo Tuđman
Initially, Hrvatske ceste which financed the construction named the bridge the Dubrovnik Bridge (). However, even before the official opening of the bridge, there was some controversy regarding the name of the bridge, as the Mayor of Dubrovnik Dubravka Šuica expressed a request that the bridge should be named the Franjo Tuđman Bridge instead. The controversy grew on 10 May 2002, one day before a scheduled opening ceremony, when traffic signs that were supposed to display name of the bridge were shown on the Croatian Radiotelevision, unsure of actual name of the bridge. Hrvatske ceste, the operator of the bridge placed signs saying "Dubrovnik Bridge", but next to those were similar signs indicating name "Franjo Tuđman Bridge". Later, in 2004, the name of the bridge was officially changed to the Franjo Tuđman Bridge. Today, the plate on the pillar reads "Most Dubrovnik" while all traffic signs read "Franjo Tuđman Bridge".