Zlatan is a male

Male

Male refers to the biological sex of an organism, or part of an organism, which produces small mobile gametes, called spermatozoa. Each spermatozoon can fuse with a larger female gamete or ovum, in the process of fertilization...

 given name

Given name

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 of South-Slavic

South Slavic languages

The South Slavic languages comprise one of three branches of the Slavic languages. There are approximately 30 million speakers, mainly in the Balkans. These are separated geographically from speakers of the other two Slavic branches by a belt of German, Hungarian and Romanian speakers...

 origin meaning Golden. It is common amongst all South Slavic countries in the Balkans

Balkans

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, namely Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

, Bulgaria

Bulgaria

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, Croatia

Croatia

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, Republic of Macedonia

Republic of Macedonia

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 and Serbia

Serbia

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. The name is found in particularly high frequencies in Bosnia because it is considered ethnically "neutral" amongst the three dominant Bosnian

Bosnians

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 ethnicities: Bosniaks

Bosniaks

The Bosniaks or Bosniacs are a South Slavic ethnic group, living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a smaller minority also present in other lands of the Balkan Peninsula especially in Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia...

, Serbs

Serbs

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 and Croats

Croats

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. The name is derived from the South-Slavic word zlato - from the Old-Slavic

Old Church Slavonic

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 root *zolto (gold). The ancient form of the name is Zoltan, which is still preserved in some non-Slavic countries like Hungary

Hungary

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List of prominent people

• Slatan Dudow
  Slatan Dudow
  Slatan Theodor Dudow was a Bulgarian born film director and screenwriter who made a number of films in the Weimar Republic and East Germany....
  
   (Zlatan Dudov) - Bulgarian film director
• Zlatan Arnautović
  Zlatan Arnautovic
  Zlatan Arnautović is a former Yugoslav handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics....
  
   - Yugoslav Olympic medalist and handball player from Bosnia
• Zlatan Azinovic
  Zlatan Azinovic
  Zlatan Azinović is a Swedish football goalkeeper of Bosnian descent currently playing for Kalmar FF.-External links:**http://www.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/zlatan-azinovic/...
  
   - Swedish/Bosnian football player
• Zlatan Bajramović
  Zlatan Bajramovic
  Zlatan Bajramović is a German-born Bosnian footballer. He last played for Eintracht Frankfurt....
  
   - Bosnian football player
• Zlatan Stipišić Gibonni
  Zlatan Stipišic Gibonni
  Zlatan Stipišić Gibonni is a Croatian singer, musician and composer from Split.Born in a family with a strong musical tradition , Zlatan Stipišić, who later embraced the nickname Gibonni, began his career in 1980s with the heavy metal band Osmi putnik.Gibonni started his solo career in 1990s with...
  
   - Croatian musician
• Zlatan Ibrahimović
  Zlatan Ibrahimovic
  Zlatan Ibrahimović is a Swedish footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Milan and the Swedish national team for which he is captain....
  
   - Swedish football player of Bosnian/Croatian descent
• Zlatan Ljubijankič
  Zlatan Ljubijankic
  Zlatan Ljubijankič is a Slovenian footballer who currently plays as a striker for Belgian First Division club K.A.A...
  
   - Slovenian football player of Bosnian descent
• Zlatan Jovanović - Serbian Politician - Srpska Radikalna Stranka
• Zlatan Muslimović
  Zlatan Muslimovic
  Zlatan Muslimović, is a Bosnian international football player. He holds both Bosnian and Swedish citizenships.-Early career:As a teenager, Muslimović played for the Swedish teams Habo IF and Husqvarna FF...
  
   - Bosnian/Swedish football player
• Zlatan Olić - Croatian journalist
• Zlatan Saračević
  Zlatan Saračević
  Zlatan Saračević is a retired Bosnian shot putter who represented SFR Yugoslavia.He was born in Zenica, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina. He won the gold medal at the 1980 European Indoor Championships, the bronze medal at the 1981 European Indoor Championships, and the silver medal at the 1983 Summer...
  
   - Bosnian Olympic medalist and handball player
• Zlatan Stoykov
  Zlatan Stoykov
  Zlatan Kirilov Stoykov is a Bulgarian general and the current Chief of the General Staff of the Bulgarian Army, since 1 June 2006.Lieutenant General Stoykov was born in Tsarvaritsa, Nevestino municipality, Kyustendil Province on 17 March 1951...
  
   - Head of the Bulgarian army
• Zlata Filipović
  Zlata Filipovic
  Zlata Filipović is a Bosnian writer and author of the book Zlata's Diary.From 1991 to 1993, she wrote in her diary about the horrors of war in Sarajevo, through which she was living. Some news agencies and media outlets labeled her the "Anne Frank of Sarajevo"...
  
   - Bosnian author of Zlata's Diary
  Zlata's Diary
  Zlata's Diary is a book by Zlata Filipović, who was a young girl living in Sarajevo while it was under siege in 1992....
  
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