The name of the settlement was changed from Sveti Duh (literally, 'Holy Spirit') to Krajič in 1955. The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove religious connotations from toponyms. The name Sveti Duh was restored in 1989.
Church
Holy Spirit Church
The local church in the settlement, from which the village gets its name, is dedicated to the Holy Spirit and belongs to the Parish of Bloke.
^Premk, F. 2004. Slovenska versko-krščanska terminologija v zemljepisnih imenih in spremembe za čas 1921–1967/68. Besedoslovne lastnosti slovenskega jezika: slovenska zemljepisna imena. Ljubljana: Slavistično društvo Slovenije, pp. 113–132.
^Urbanc, Mimi, & Matej Gabrovec. 2005. Krajevna imena: poligon za dokazovanje moči in odraz lokalne identitete. Geografski vestnik 77(2): 25–43.
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