Zlatko

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Se Zlatan

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

/z̪la˨˦t̪koː/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Zlatko is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Croatia than in any other country, where it is the 53rd most common given name.

rarermore common
  • HRCroatia1 in 249(measured from records)
  • RSSerbia≈1 in 1K
  • SISlovenia1 in 954

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Zlatko itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Croatia (measured from records)

17,000 people, 2021

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
133 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 249 (inferred from the name graph)

Croatia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ZlatkoLatin(measured from records)
ЗлаткоCyrillic(measured from records)

Locally spelled Златко in MK North Macedonia.

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)

Se Zlatan.

Sources 1

  • Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Zlatko 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 Zlatko is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
HR Croatia#5317,0001 in 24917KZlatko120
RS Serbia#135≈6,700 est.≈1 in 1KlistedZlatko58
MK North Macedonia#464,298as Златко1 in 4954.3KЗлатко46
BA Bosnia & Herzegovina#110≈2,700 est.≈1 in 1.4K—Zlatko34
SI Slovenia#1662,2051 in 9542.2KZlatko44

17,000 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); State Statistical Office — living population names; 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)

Zlatko is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Russian given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Serbia, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Златко

40 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Zlatko is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In English, A transliteration of the Macedonian male given name Златко (Zlatko)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19201940196019802000Zlatko Čajkovski, b. 1923Zlatko Burić, b. 1953Zlatko Lagumdžija, b. 1955Zlatko Dalić, b. 1966Zlatko Zahovič, b. 1971Zlatan Ibrahimović, b. 1981Zlatan Muslimović, b. 1981Zlatan Ljubijankič, b. 1983Zlatko Dedić, b. 1984Zlatko Junuzović, b. 1987

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalBok Zlatko,Hi Zlatko, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 36 sources across 24 countries.

Official registers attesting Zlatko
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
HR CroatiaDZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form)202117K#48
HR CroatiaDZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021)202114K—
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20092.5K#94
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20082.5K#92
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20102.5K#94
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20122.4K#97
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20112.4K#96
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20132.4K#99
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20142.4K#101
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20152.4K#102
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20162.3K#104
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20172.3K#103

Reference works 3

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • 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 Zlatko mean, and where does it come from?
Se Zlatan. Recorded by Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon.
In which country does Zlatko have the most bearers?
In Croatia, the national register counted about 17 thousand people named Zlatko, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled zlatko.
Where is Zlatko most common?
Zlatko is densest in Croatia, where the national register counts about 1 in 249 people carrying it.
How do you pronounce Zlatko?
A machine transcription gives /z̪la˨˦t̪koː/ (IPA) for Croatian.
Is Zlatko a male or female name?
Zlatko 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 Zlatko?
In the etymology graph, it is recorded as a short form of Zlatan.
How common is the name Zlatko?
In Croatia, the national register counted 17,000 people named Zlatko in 2021, about 1 in 249 residents.
How common is Zlatko compared with other names?
In Croatia, Zlatko is the 53rd 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, “Zlatko” — the 53rd most common given name in Croatia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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