Zdenko

given name · Latin script

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

Zdenko is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Croatia than in any other country. Recorded meaning: pers. name, Czech.

rarermore common
  • HRCroatia1 in 631(measured from records)
  • SISlovenia1 in 2K
  • SKSlovakia≈1 in 3.7K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Croatia (measured from records)

6,701 people, 2021

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
90 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 631 (inferred from the name graph)

Croatia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ZdenkoLatin(measured from records)
ЗденкоCyrillic(measured from records)

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(inferred from the name graph)

pers. name, Czech

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Zdenko 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 Zdenko is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
HR Croatia#1616,7011 in 6316.7KZdenko80
SK Slovakia—≈1,500 est.≈1 in 3.7K—Zdenko3
SI Slovenia#3341,0681 in 2K1.1KZdenko26
RS Serbia#587≈700 est.≈1 in 10K—Zdenko26
BA Bosnia & Herzegovina#267≈580 est.≈1 in 6.7K—Zdenko23

6,701 people counted by DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form), 2021. 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: DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); SURS — resident population given names. 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)

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

  • Slovak given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Slovakia, Czechia, United States, United Kingdom

    Languages: Slovak, Czech

    Also written Zděnko, Ždenko

  • Ukrainian given name14 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ukraine, Russia, United States, United Kingdom

    Languages: Ukrainian, Russian

    Also written Зденка, Zdenka, Зденька, Здэнька, Zdeňka

33 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18001850190019502000Zdenko Graf Kinsky, b. 1844Zdenko Skraup, b. 1850Zdenko Runjić, b. 1942Zdenko Vrdlovec, b. 1948Zdenko Verdenik, b. 1949Zdenko Zorko, b. 1950Zdenko Kožul, b. 1966Zdenko Frťala, b. 1970Zdeno Chára, b. 1977Denny Vrandečić, b. 1978

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 25 sources across 16 countries.

Official registers attesting Zdenko
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
HR CroatiaDZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form)20216.7K#157
HR CroatiaDZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021)20215.5K—
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20081.3K#145
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20091.3K#146
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20101.3K#149
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20111.3K#150
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20121.2K#152
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20131.2K#153
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20141.2K#155
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20151.2K#155
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20161.2K#155
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20171.2K#156

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Zdenko mean?
Recorded meaning: pers. name, Czech
Is Zdenko a male or female name?
Zdenko 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.
What are other forms of the name Zdenko?
In the etymology graph, Zdeněk and Zdeno are forms of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Zdenko have the most bearers?
In Croatia, the national register counted about 6.7 thousand people named Zdenko, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled zdenko.
Where is Zdenko most common?
Zdenko is densest in Croatia, where the national register counts about 1 in 631 people carrying it.
How common is the name Zdenko?
In Croatia, the national register counted 6,701 people named Zdenko in 2021, about 1 in 631 residents.
How common is Zdenko compared with other names?
In Croatia, Zdenko is the 161st most common given name of 14,066 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, “Zdenko” — the 161st most common given name in Croatia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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