Zlatan ( sr-Cyrl, Златан) is a male

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 Slavic origin meaning ''Golden''. The name is common amongst all South Slavic countries, namely in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, North Macedonia and Serbia. The name is found in particularly high frequencies 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).

People

* Zlatan Alomerović (born 1991), German football player of Bosniak descent * Zlatan Arnautović (born 1956), Serbian handball player * Zlatan Azinović (born 1988), Swedish football player of Bosnian descent *

Zlatan Bajramović Zlatan Bajramović (; born 12 August 1979) is a Bosnian retired professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Club career Bajramović spent all of his playing career in the country of his birth, Germany. After starting his caree ...

(born 1979), Bosnian football player and coach * Zlatan Čolaković (1955–2008), Croatian and Bosnian researcher * Zlatan Dudov (1903–1963), Bulgarian film director * Zlatan Ibrahimović (born 1981) Swedish football player of Bosnian and Croatian descent * Zlatan Krizanović (born 1991), Swedish football player * Zlatan Ljubijankić (born 1983), Slovenian football player of Bosnian descent * Zlatan Muslimović (born 1981), Bosnian football player * Zlatan Saračević (born 1956), Bosnian shot putter * Zlatko Saračević (1961–2021), Croatian handball player (birth name Zlatan) * Zlatan Stipišić Gibonni (born 1968), Croatian musician *

Zlatan Stoykov Zlatan Kirilov Stoykov ( bg, Златан Кирилов Стойков; born 17 March 1951) is a Bulgarian general and was from 1 June 2006 to 30 June 2009 the (44th) Chief of the General Staff of the Bulgarian Army. Lieutenant General Stoykov wa ...

(born 1951), Bulgarian general * Zlatan Vanev (born 1973), Bulgarian weightlifter * Zlatan Ibile (born 1995), Nigerian singer

People

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