Given name & surname
Zoran
“born with the morning's first light”
Zoran is used as a given name and a surname. One Slavic interpretation is “born with the morning's first light.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Slavic interpretation is “born with the morning's first light.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Slavic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1967. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Zoran through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 446
- 446 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2020
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #7,192 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +2%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,192 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 1.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,998 as a first name in 2020; 107 as a surname in 2000.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Zoran’s family of names
Zoran has a related form in Zorane. Zoran has a related form in Zorann. Zoran has a related form in Zoranne.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
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.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Zoran
- Zoran MilanovićPresident of Croatia since 2020born 1966
- Zoran ĐinđićSerbian politician (1952−2003)
- Zoran Zaevformer prime minister of North Macedoniaborn 1974
- Zoran TošićSerbian association football playerborn 1987
- Zoran DragićSlovenian basketball player (born 1989)
- Zoran Primoractable tennis playerborn 1969
- Zoran TegeltijaChairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2019 to 2023born 1961
- Zoran PlaninićCroatian basketball player (born 1982)
- Zoran VulićCroatian footballer (born 1961)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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