Given name
Tomislav
Tomislav is a masculine given name. It is used in English, Serbo-Croatian, and Slovene.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Tomislav is a romanization of Томислав. Томислав comes from Serbo-Croatian.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1962. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tomislav through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 197
- 197 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1980
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 10 in 2003. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 12 in 1980. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 630 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tomislav’s family of names
In Serbo-Croatian usage, Tomislav has an affectionate form in Tomo. In Serbo-Croatian usage, Tomislav has a conventional equivalent in the English form Thomas. In Slovenian usage, Tomislav has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Tomisław.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Tomislav has relatives in 5 languages.
4 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Tomislav
- Tomislav Nikolić4th President of the Republic of Serbiaborn 1952
- Tomislav MarićCroatian association football playerborn 1973
- Tomislav ErcegCroatian association football playerborn 1971
- Tomislav, King of CroatiaKing of Croatia
- Tomislav IvićCroatian football player and manager (1933-2011)
- Tomislav DujmovićCroatian footballerborn 1981
- Tomislav CrnkovićCroatian footballer (1929-2009)
- Tomislav ButinaCroatian footballerborn 1974
- Tomislav IvkovićCroatian footballerborn 1960
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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