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Boy · Turkic, from Arabic (probable)
Zoltán
Say it: ZOHL-tahn
Meaning
From Zolta, a grandson or son of Árpád; usually connected with the Turkic and Arabic title sultan 'ruler', though this is not fully settled.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Revived in the 19th century and among the most common Hungarian boys' names of the 20th century.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 974 babies given this name since 1912
- At its height in 1913, about 1 in 51,300 boys
- 10 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Zoli
Famous bearers
- Zoltán Kodály, composer
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Royal and noble genealogies
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.