# Zlatko (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/zlatko/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “gold” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Macedonian Златко (Zlatko), from злато (zlato, “gold”) + -ко (-ko).

## What it means

Zlatko is grouped under gold.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |

## People named Zlatko

- Zlatko Dalić, Croatian association football player and coach
- Zlatko Junuzović, Austrian footballer
- Zlatko Čajkovski, Croatian footballer
- Zlatko Kranjčar, Croatian football player and manager
- Zlatko Vujović, Croatian footballer
- Zlatko Yankov, Bulgarian footballer
- Zlatko Burić, Croat-Danish actor
- Zlatko Horvat, Croatian handball player
- Zlatko Papec, Croatian footballer (1934-2013)
- Zlatko Lagumdžija, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2001 to 2002
- Zlatko Šimenc, Croatian water polo player (1938–2026)
- Zlatko Hasanbegović, Croatian historian and politician

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.