Zlatan Explained
Zlatan (Serbian: Златан) is a male given name 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, Serbs and Croats. The name is derived from the South Slavic word zlato - from the Old Slavic 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 (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 former 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 (born 1951), Bulgarian general
- Zlatan Vanev (born 1973), Bulgarian weightlifter
- Zlatan Ibile (born 1995), Nigerian singer
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