Given name & surname · also Turkish
Zoltán
“sultan”
Zoltán is a masculine given name from Turkish, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Hungarian and Slovak.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Zoltán comes from Turkish, and ultimately from Arabic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Zoltán’s family of names
In Hungarian usage, Zoltán has a diminutive in ZOLI. In Italian usage, Zoltán has a conventional equivalent in the Greek form Ζόλταν. In Czech usage, Zoltán has a diminutive in Zoltánek.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Zoltán has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
5 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Zoltán
- Zoltán KodályHungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, pedagogue (1882–1967)
- Zoltán GeraHungarian footballer (born 1979)
- Zoltán CziborHungarian footballer (1929-1997)
- Zoltán StieberHungarian association football playerborn 1988
- Zoltán TildyPresident of Hungary (1889-1961)
- Zoltán FábriHungarian actor, film director (1917–1994)
- Zoltán of HungaryGrand Prince of the Magyars (907-949)896–949
- Zoltán HorváthHungarian sabre fencer1937–2025
- Zoltán MagyarHungarian artistic gymnast (born 1953)
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