Veselin

Name: Veselin: recorded bearers, distribution and rank
Creator: Mondonomo
Published: 2026-09-12

given name · Bulgarian · Latin script

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

Veselin is a given name, most frequently recorded in Bulgaria, where it is the 58th most common given name. It appears chiefly in Bulgarian and Croatian, written in the Latin script.

rarermore common

BGBulgaria1 in 1.3K◐
RSSerbia1 in 2.1K
HRCroatia1 in 25K

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

: ≈1.0K ●
: 2 ●
Sources: 131 ●
: 1 in 11K ◐

Spellings & scripts●

VeselinLatin · Bulgarian●20K records

ВеселинCyrillic · Bulgarian●13K records

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Веселин in RU Russia, MK North Macedonia, TR Türkiye, Vesselin in US United States, FR France and Веселін in UA Ukraine.

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

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world●

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

Where Veselin is recorded, by country
Country						Most common spelling	Sources
BG Bulgaria	#58	32,049	5.2K rec.	—	—	Veselin	131
RS Serbia	#246	1,563	824 rec.	—	—	Veselin	32
GB United Kingdom	—	746	421 rec.	—	listed	Veselin	53
DE Germany	—	663	599 rec.	—	listed	Veselin	48
RU Russia	—	532	625 rec.	—	—	Веселин	62
ES Spain	—	270	359 rec.	1 in 185K	296	Veselin	40
ME Montenegro	#47	265	60 rec.	—	#5	Veselin	13
US United States	—	205	2.4K rec.	1 in 1.6M	205	Vesselin	95
MK North Macedonia	—	195	0 rec.	1 in 11K	195	Веселин	2
HR Croatia	—	166	894 rec.	1 in 25K	166	Veselin	22
UA Ukraine	—	139	252 rec.	—	—	Веселін	6
XK Kosovo	#638	136	74 rec.	—	151	Veselin	2
AU Australia	—	123	120 rec.	—	2	Veselin	18
FR France	—	121	91 rec.	—	—	Vesselin	42
CA Canada	—	113	105 rec.	—	—	Veselin	9
CZ Czechia	—	99	14 rec.	—	11	Veselin	15
AT Austria	—	91	53 rec.	—	5	Veselin	18
NO Norway	—	85	13 rec.	—	78	Veselin	6
BA Bosnia & Herzegovina	#748	76	12 rec.	—	—	Veselin	9
NL Netherlands	—	71	39 rec.	—	listed	Veselin	12
BE Belgium	—	67	63 rec.	—	—	Veselin	10
IT Italy	—	65	69 rec.	—	listed	Veselin	9
SI Slovenia	—	60△	1 rec.	1 in 35K	60	—	3
PL Poland	—	59△	7 rec.	1 in 649K	59	Veselin	10
SE Sweden	—	58△	14 rec.	1 in 176K	58	Veselin	8
TR Türkiye	—	50	18 rec.	—	—	Веселин	4
DK Denmark	—	33△	11 rec.	1 in 178K	33	Veselin	16
KG Kyrgyzstan	—	27	0 rec.	—	—	Veselin	1
RO Romania	—	27	23 rec.	—	—	Veselin	9
FI Finland	—	—	6 rec.	—	82	—	2
IS Iceland	—	—	—	—	4	—	—
MD Moldova	—	—	—	—	2	—	—
EE Estonia	—	—	—	—	listed	—	—
FO Faroe Islands	—	—	—	—	2	—	—
EC Ecuador	—	—	—	—	1	—	—
CL Chile	—	—	—	—	1	—	—
LV Latvia	—	—	—	—	1	—	—

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.

Languages●

Bulgarian20K70%
Croatian3K10%
Spanish1.3K4%
English8743%
German7002%

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Languages in which the name is recorded
Name	Records	Note
Bulgarian	20,260	70%
Croatian	2,964	10%
Spanish	1,290	4%
English	874	3%
German	700	2%

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

Other names spelled this way◐

Veselin is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

a separate given name119 records spelled Veselin2 spellings in the group
Most recorded in United States, Serbia
Also written Veselín

31 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Over time●

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Veselin in SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023), Sweden, 1999–2020
Year	records
1999	35
2000	37
2001	40
2002	40
2003	40
2004	38
2005	39
2006	40
2007	40
2008	44
2009	42
2010	45
2011	47
2012	53
2013	51
2014	53
2015	54
2016	52
2017	52
2018	55
2019	57
2020	58

SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 22 years between 1999–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

Veselin Đuranovićb. 1925MEPresident of Montenegro (1925-1997)
Veselin Bliznakovb. 1944BGBulgarian politician
Veselin Šljivančaninb. 1953RSMontenegrin soldier
Veselin Vukovićb. 1958RSSerbian handball player
Veselin Đuhob. 1960BACroatian water polo player
Veselin Vujovicb. 1961MEMontenegrin former handball player
Vesko Eschkenazyb. 1970NLnot in their usual nameBulgarian violinist
Veselin Topalovb. 1975BGBulgarian chess grandmaster
Veselin Petrovićb. 1977RSSerbian professional basketball player
Veselin Minevb. 1980BGBulgarian footballer

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 35 sources across 24 countries.

Official registers attesting Veselin
Country	Register	Year	Count	Rank
ES Spain	INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)	—	296	#3,057
ES Spain	INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)	—	270	#7,161
US United States	Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex	2020	205	#37,708
HR Croatia	DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form)	2021	166	#1,267
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	—	151	#2,540
HR Croatia	DZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021)	2021	107	—
FI Finland	DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)	—	82	#5,817
NO Norway	SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)	—	78	#9,086
HR Croatia	DZS — Učestalost prezimena (Popis 2021)	2021	70	—
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2024	61	#981
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2025	60	#995
SI Slovenia	stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank)	—	60	#1,977
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)	2026	59	#2,993
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2020	59	#915
SE Sweden	Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)	—	58	#12,448
SE Sweden	SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)	2020	58	—
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2023	58	#990
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2021	58	#949
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2022	57	#959
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)	—	56	#2,880
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2019	53	#933
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2018	52	#909
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2017	51	#916
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2015	49	#914
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2012	48	#902
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2016	47	#942
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2014	47	#922
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2013	47	#920
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2010	47	#888
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2008	47	#850
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2011	46	#910
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2009	44	#901
DK Denmark	Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)	—	33	#3,109
ES Spain	INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)	—	11	#114,632
CZ Czechia	KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)	—	11	#2,471
FI Finland	DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)	—	10	#53,394
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1943	6	—
AT Austria	Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024)	2024	5	#1,820
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1960	5	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1958	5	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1948	5	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1944	5	—
IS Iceland	Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry)	2026	4	#7,121
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	1954	4	—
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)	2026	2	—
MD Moldova	e-services.md — living population register	—	2	#6,100
AU Australia	SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present)	1977	2	—
FO Faroe Islands	Hagstova Føroya — Given names, living population (PX-Web, 2024)	—	2	—
XK Kosovo	ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search)	2023	1	—
US United States	Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex	2020	1	#37,708
AT Austria	Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present)	2024	1	#3,498
EC Ecuador	INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)	2003	1	—
CL Chile	SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)	1954	1	—
LV Latvia	PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register)	—	1	—
LV Latvia	PMLP — Personvārdu meklētājs (per-name population-register lookup)	—	1	#86,550
EE Estonia	Siseministeerium — population register name list 2023	2023	—	—
GB United Kingdom	NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present)	2023	—	—
ME Montenegro	MONSTAT — census names by municipality	2023	—	#1
DE Germany	Stadt München Open Data — Vornamen von Nulljährigen	2023	—	—
NL Netherlands	Babynamen — Lijst met meer dan 22.000 namen (Amelia King, 2020)	—	—	—

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.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Veselin?: We estimate roughly 1.0 thousand people bear Veselin (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.
In which country does Veselin have the most bearers?: Veselin is most frequently recorded in Bulgaria, where it is most often spelled veselin.
How common is Veselin compared with other names?: In Bulgaria, Veselin is the 58th most common given name of 20,382 given names recorded there.
Is Veselin a male or female name?: Veselin 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.

Query this name via API

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About this data

● measured from records◐ inferred from the name graph○ machine-generated

Data snapshot 2026-09-12. 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, “Veselin” — the 58th most common given name in Bulgaria. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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