Zoltan

Where Zoltan comes from

From Hungarian Zoltán, from szultán (“sultan”), from Ottoman Turkish سلطان (sultan), from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān, “ruler”). Doublet of sultan.
— Wiktionary's entry for Zoltan
Along the way
  1. 1912
    First appearance
    #2,045 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1967
    Peak, #1,540
    25 babies named Zoltan — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1971
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,973.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hungarian Zoltán.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.