Zoltàn

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Zoltàn is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Hungarian Zoltán, from szultán (“sultan”), from Ottoman Turkish سلطان (sultan), from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān, “ruler”). Doublet of sultan.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 165K(measured from records)
  • SESweden1 in 18K
  • HRCroatia1 in 22K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

2,021 people, 2020

Sources
164 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 18K (inferred from the name graph)

Sweden

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Zoltan in US United States, AT Austria, PL Poland.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Zoltàn: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Zoltàn
  1. HungarianZoltán(measured from records)
  2. Hungarian rootszultán“sultan”(measured from records)
  3. Ottoman Turkishسلطانsultan(measured from records)
  4. Arabicسُلْطَانsulṭān“ruler”(measured from records)

From Hungarian Zoltán, from szultán (“sultan”), from Ottoman Turkish سلطان (sultan), from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān, “ruler”). Doublet of sultan.

Sources 3

Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Zoltàn counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Zoltàn is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—2,0211 in 165K2KZoltan164
SE Sweden—5821 in 18K582—9
ES Spain—2931 in 171K293—13
HR Croatia—1881 in 22K188——
PL Poland—1181 in 324K118Zoltan1
DK Denmark—1041 in 56K104——
SI Slovenia—841 in 25K84—1
IS Iceland—111 in 32K11——
AT Austria#843——29Zoltan71

2,021 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); SURS — resident population given names; Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Zoltàn is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Hungarian given name69 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Hungary, Ukraine, United States, Romania

    Languages: Hungarian, Ukrainian, Slovak

    Also written Zoltan, Zoltán, Золтан

  • a separate name7 spellings in the group

    Also written Zoltân, Zóltan, Zoltán, Zoltān, Zolṭan

10 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Zoltàn under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Zoltàn mean, and where does it come from?
From Hungarian Zoltán, from szultán (“sultan”), from Ottoman Turkish سلطان (sultan), from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān, “ruler”). Doublet of sultan. Recorded by Wiktionary and Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon and 1 other source.
Is Zoltàn a male or female name?
Zoltàn is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Zoltàn have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 2.0 thousand people named Zoltàn, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled zoltan.
Where is Zoltàn most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Zoltàn is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 18 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Zoltàn?
In the United States, the national register counted 2,021 people named Zoltàn in 2020, about 1 in 165 thousand residents.
How common is Zoltàn compared with other names?
In Austria, Zoltàn is the 843rd most common given name of 26,800 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Zoltàn” — the 843rd most common given name in Austria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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