Driton

given name · German · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Driton is a given name, most frequently recorded in Germany. In Kosovo it is the 43rd most common given name. It appears chiefly in German and Albanian, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: # Alternative variant of Dritan (“enlighted one”). #: From dritë (“light”) + -on (“one, -er, -ing”) (noun/verb suffix, m.); #: meaning: "enlighted one" ~ "lightning" (m.).

rarermore common
  • DEGermany1 in 89K
  • XKKosovo1 in 517
  • MKNorth Macedonia1 in 2.3K

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

≈1.6K

across 13 countries

2

recorded for this name

Sources
62

7.0K records

Official registry-verified

1 in 2.3K

North Macedonia

Spellings & scripts

DritonLatin · German1.7K records
ДритонCyrillic · Macedonian920 records

Locally spelled Дритон in MK North Macedonia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

# Alternative variant of Dritan (“enlighted one”). #: From dritë (“light”) + -on (“one, -er, -ing”) (noun/verb suffix, m.); #: meaning: "enlighted one" ~ "lightning" (m.).

Sources 1

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Driton is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany1,3571.3K rec.1Driton54
MK North Macedonia#40691513 rec.1 in 2.3K915Дритон11
XK Kosovo#43912969 rec.6.2KDriton13
FR France526442 rec.Driton62
CH Switzerland377276 rec.Driton16
IT Italy214219 rec.2Driton5
AT Austria195122 rec.7Driton24
SE Sweden19343 rec.1 in 53K193Driton13
GB United Kingdom19390 rec.Driton22
BE Belgium178133 rec.Driton7
US United States171655 rec.1 in 1.9M171Driton55
SI Slovenia117229 rec.1 in 18K117Driton4

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Languages

  • German1.7K24%
  • Albanian1.6K22%
  • Croatian99614%
  • French6209%
  • English5788%
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Languages in which the name is recorded
NameRecordsNote
German1,72224%
Albanian1,58822%
Croatian99614%
French6209%
English5788%

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Over time

010020030019401960198020002020293 · 1981

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Driton in ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search), Kosovo, 1938–2024
Yearrecords
19381
19411
19431
19461
19471
19481
19521
19532
19542
19555
19561
19572
19581
19593
19609
19613
196211
196311
19647
196519
196619
196719
196818
196938
197041
1971109
1972154
1973157
1974193
1975239
1976270
1977258
1978285
1979290
1980292
1981293
1982255
1983264
1984260
1985238
1986226
1987207
1988215
1989225
1990132
1991147
1992124
1993127
1994122
1995135
1996123
1997111
199866
199971
200085
200164
200254
200334
200423
200521
200618
200728
200815
200917
201018
201110
20129
20134
20145
20156
20165
20171
20183
20194
20205
20212
20233
20241

XK ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)78 years between 1938–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence

Attested in 28 sources across 18 countries.

Official registers attesting Driton
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)6.2K#30
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)1981293
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)1980292
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)1979290
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)1978285
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)1976270
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)1983264
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)1984260
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)1977258
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)1982255
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)1975239
XK KosovoASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)1985238

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 153 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Driton?
We estimate roughly 1.6 thousand people bear Driton (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.
In which country does Driton have the most bearers?
Driton is most frequently recorded in Germany, where it is most often spelled driton.
How common is Driton compared with other names?
In Kosovo, Driton is the 43rd most common given name of 6,371 given names recorded there.
Is Driton a male or female name?
Driton is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What does the name Driton mean?
Recorded meaning: # Alternative variant of Dritan (“enlighted one”). #: From dritë (“light”) + -on (“one, -er, -ing”) (noun/verb suffix, m.); #: meaning: "enlighted one" ~ "lightning" (m.).
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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Driton” — the 43rd most common given name in Kosovo. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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