Given name · also Latin
Zlatan
“the golden son”
Zlatan is used as a given name. One Croatian interpretation is “the golden son.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Croatian interpretation is “the golden son.”
Where it comes from
Zlatan belongs to a Slavic name family built on words for “gold.” It is recorded in Czech and Croatian naming traditions. Its connection with Latin Aurelius is a translation of meaning.
How it developed
The name is derived from zlato, meaning “gold”.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2009. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Zlatan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 240
- 240 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 25 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #8,240 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −34%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,240 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 34.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 25 in 2016. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 362 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.
Zlatan’s family of names
Zlatan has an affectionate form in Zlatko. Zlatan has a feminine form in Zlata. Zlatan has a related form in Zlatain.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 17
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Zlatan
- Zlatan IbrahimovićSwedish association football player (born 1981)
- Zlatan LjubijankićSlovenian association football playerborn 1983
- Zlatan MuslimovićBosnian association football playerborn 1981
- Zlatan AlomerovićSerbian footballerborn 1991
- Zlatko SaračevićCroatian handball player (1961–2021)
- Zlatan BajramovićBosnia and Herzegovina footballerborn 1979
- Zlatan Stipišić GibonniCroatian singer-songwriterborn 1968
- Zlatan ArnautovićSerbian handball playerborn 1956
- Zlatan SaračevićBosnia and Herzegovina shot putterborn 1956
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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