Given name · Bulgarian · Macedonian
Цветан
“flower, blossom”
Цветан (Cvetán) is a masculine given name. It is used in Bulgarian and Macedonian.
Bulgarian and MacedonianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Cvetan.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Цветан goes back to a word meaning “flower, blossom.”
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How it developed
Built from Bulgarian цве́те (“flower, blossom”) + -а́н.
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Цветан’s family of names
In Macedonian usage, Цветан can be written in the Roman alphabet as CVETAN. In Bulgarian usage, Цветан can be written in the Roman alphabet as Cvetán. In Macedonian usage, Цветан has a related form in Цвета.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Цветан
- Tzvetan TodorovBulgarian historian, philosopher, structuralist literary critic, sociologist and essayist (1939-2017)
- Tsvetan GenkovBulgarian footballerborn 1984
- Tsvetan RadoslavovBulgarian composer (1863–1931)
- Tsvetan VeselinovBulgarian footballer (1947-2018)
- Tsvetan TsvetanovBulgarian politicianborn 1965
- Marran GosovGerman film director, screenwriter and film producer1933–2021
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