Zlata () is a female

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

of South Slavic origin meaning "golden". It is common amongst all South Slavic countries in the Balkans, such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, North Macedonia and Serbia. The name is popular in Bosnia because it is considered ethnically neutral amongst the three dominant Bosnian ethnicities:

Bosniaks The Bosniaks ( bs, Bošnjaci, Cyrillic: Бошњаци, ; , ) are a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia, which is today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who share a common Bosnian ancestry ...

, Serbs and Croats. The name is derived from the South Slavic word ''zlato'' - from the

Old Slavic Old Church Slavonic or Old Slavonic () was the first Slavic literary language. Historians credit the 9th-century Byzantine missionaries Saints Cyril and Methodius with standardizing the language and using it in translating the Bible and other ...

root ''zolto'' (gold). Notable people with the name include: * Zlata Adamovská (born 1959), Czech actress *

Zlata Bartl Zlata Bartl ( Dolac, 20 February 1920 – Koprivnica, 30 July 2008) was a Bosnian Croat scientist and is the creator of Vegeta. Bartl finished school in Sarajevo and went to Zagreb to study natural sciences, engineering, medicine and health, biote ...

(1920–2008), Bosnian scientist * Zlata Bizova (born 1927), Russian painter * Zlata Filipović (born 1980), Bosnian writer *

Zlata Kolarić-Kišur Zlata Kolarić-Kišur (29 October 1894 – 24 September 1990) was a Croatian writer. Kolarić-Kišur was born in Slavonski Brod, but she moved with her family to Požega. She described her childhood in book ''Moja Zlatna dolina'' (My Golden Va ...

(1894–1990), Croatian writer * Zlata Ognevich (born 1986), Ukrainian singer and politician *

Zlata of Maglen Saint Zlata of Maglen ( mk, Света Великомаченичка Злата Мегленска, bg, Света Великомъченица Злата Мъгленска, el, Ἁγία Χρυσή; died October 18, 1795) is an 18th-century ...

(died 1795), Bulgarian saint *

Zlata Petković Zlata Petković ( sr-Cyrl, Злата Петковић; 11 February 1954 – 3 December 2012) was a Serbian actress, model, television host and singer. She was Miss Yugoslavia 1971 and is best known for her role as Marija in the 1970s Yugoslav te ...

(1954–2012), Serbian actress * Zlata Petrović (born 1962), Serbian singer * Zlata Razdolina (born 1959), Russian musician *

Zlata Sarafova Zlata () is a female given name of South Slavic origin meaning "golden". It is common amongst all South Slavic countries in the Balkans, such as Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, North Macedonia and Serbia. The name is popular in Bosni ...

(born 1879), Bulgarian public figure

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