The name Tivat apparently goes
back to the 3rd century BC. According to most sources, the name comes from the
old Illyric queen Teute, who had a residence was in Risan and a summer
residence between the church of St Roco in Donja Lastva and Seljanovo. The name
could also come from the names of old Christian saints: SaintTheodulus,Theodociusor