Zdenko

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

given name · Croatian · Latin script

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

Zdenko is a given name, with more bearers in Croatia than in any other country. It appears chiefly in Croatian and Slovak, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: pers. name, Czech.

rarermore common

HRCroatia1 in 631◐
SISlovenia1 in 2K
USUnited States1 in 2.6M

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

: ≈8.0K ●
: 2 ●
Sources: 81 ●
: 1 in 631 ◐

Spellings & scripts●

ZdenkoLatin · Croatian●44K records

ЗденкоCyrillic · Macedonian●17 records

Locally spelled Зденко 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◐

pers. name, Czech

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world●

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

Where Zdenko is recorded, by country
Country						Most common spelling	Sources
HR Croatia	#162	6,701	16K rec.	1 in 631	6.7K	Zdenko	80
SI Slovenia	#347	1,068△	62 rec.	1 in 2K	1.1K	Zdenko	28
RS Serbia	#582	408	169 rec.	—	—	Zdenko	27
AU Australia	—	292	264 rec.	—	2	Zdenko	37
BA Bosnia & Herzegovina	#274	279	13 rec.	—	—	Zdenko	23
GB United Kingdom	—	176	113 rec.	—	—	Zdenko	27
FR France	—	164	131 rec.	—	listed	Zdenko	54
US United States	—	126	1.6K rec.	1 in 2.6M	126	Zdenko	81
CA Canada	—	104	97 rec.	—	—	Zdenko	17
AR Argentina	—	85	66 rec.	—	2	Zdenko	17
SE Sweden	—	74△	25 rec.	1 in 138K	74	Zdenko	12
CH Switzerland	—	61	29 rec.	—	—	Zdenko	15
NO Norway	—	59	7 rec.	—	56	Zdenko	5
IT Italy	—	57	58 rec.	—	—	Zdenko	10
CL Chile	—	28	6 rec.	—	1	Zdenko	13
HU Hungary	—	23	11 rec.	—	—	Zdenko	9
BR Brazil	—	22	12 rec.	—	—	Zdenko	8
PE Peru	—	22	23 rec.	—	—	Zdenko	12
MX Mexico	—	19	20 rec.	—	—	Zdenko	10
SK Slovakia	—	17	5 rec.	—	—	Zdenko	2
MK North Macedonia	—	16	0 rec.	1 in 133K	16	Зденко	2
DK Denmark	—	12	13 rec.	1 in 489K	12	Zdenko	18
BE Belgium	—	12	22 rec.	—	—	Zdenko	5
VE Venezuela	—	12	11 rec.	—	—	Zdenko	7
PY Paraguay	—	11	29 rec.	—	—	Zdenko	1
GT Guatemala	—	9	9 rec.	—	—	Zdenko	1
BO Bolivia	—	9	1 rec.	—	—	Zdenko	2
NL Netherlands	—	8	20 rec.	1 in 2.2M	8	Zdenko	6
CZ Czechia	—	—	0 rec.	—	500	—	1
FI Finland	—	—	0 rec.	—	42	—	1
PL Poland	—	—	—	—	8	—	—
IS Iceland	—	—	—	—	3	—	—
AT Austria	—	—	—	—	2	—	—

Roughly 6.7K people in Croatia bear this name (about 1 in 631). Estimates project the name's share of our records onto national population, so each is only as good as the record base beside it — the Basis column gives that base; rows marked △ rest on fewer records than the estimate itself and are order-of-magnitude at best.

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

Languages●

Croatian44K78%
Slovak3.8K7%
Czech3.1K5%
Hungarian2.4K4%
English1.1K2%

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Languages in which the name is recorded
Name	Records	Note
Croatian	44,318	78%
Slovak	3,764	7%
Czech	3,118	5%
Hungarian	2,351	4%
English	1,137	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◐

Zdenko is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

Slovak given name7.1K records spelled Zdenko5 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Slovakia, Czechia, United States, United Kingdom
Languages: Slovak, Czech
Also written Ždenko, Zděnko
Ukrainian given name55 records spelled Zdenko14 spellings in the group
Most recorded in Ukraine, United States, United Kingdom, Russia
Languages: Ukrainian, Russian
Also written Зденка, Zdenka, Зденька, Zdeňka, Здэнка

33 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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Zdenko in SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023), Sweden, 1999–2020
Year	records
1999	63
2000	63
2001	63
2002	66
2003	66
2004	63
2005	64
2006	65
2007	65
2008	66
2009	66
2010	66
2011	64
2012	64
2013	65
2014	68
2015	67
2016	67
2017	71
2018	72
2019	72
2020	71

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●

Zdenko Graf Kinskyb. 1844HRCzech nobleman (1844-1932)
Zdenko Skraupb. 1850CZCzech chemist (1850–1910)
Zdenko Runjićb. 1942HRCroatian songwriter (1942–2004)
Zdenko Vrdlovecb. 1948SISlovenian film critic
Zdenko Verdenikb. 1949SISlovenian football manager (born 1949)
Zdenko Zorkob. 1950HRCroatian handball player
Zdenko Kožulb. 1966HRCroatian chess grandmaster
Zdenko Frťalab. 1970SKSlovak soccer player and soccer coach
Zdeno Chárab. 1977SKnot in their usual nameSlovak professional ice hockey defenseman
Denny Vrandečićb. 1978USnot in their usual nameCroatian computer scientist

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 25 sources across 16 countries.

Official registers attesting Zdenko
Country	Register	Year	Count	Rank
HR Croatia	DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form)	2021	6.7K	#157
HR Croatia	DZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021)	2021	5.5K	—
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2008	1.3K	#145
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2009	1.3K	#146
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2010	1.3K	#149
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2011	1.3K	#150
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2012	1.2K	#152
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2013	1.2K	#153
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2014	1.2K	#155
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2015	1.2K	#155
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2016	1.2K	#155
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2017	1.2K	#156
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2018	1.2K	#158
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2019	1.2K	#159
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2020	1.2K	#164
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2021	1.1K	#166
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2022	1.1K	#165
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2023	1.1K	#166
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2024	1.1K	#170
SI Slovenia	SURS — resident population given names	2025	1.1K	#176
SI Slovenia	stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank)	—	1K	#380
CZ Czechia	naše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot	—	500	#539
CZ Czechia	KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)	—	500	#528
US United States	Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex	2020	126	#49,014
SE Sweden	Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)	—	74	#10,494
SE Sweden	SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)	2019	72	—
SE Sweden	SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)	2018	72	—
SE Sweden	SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)	2020	71	—
SE Sweden	SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)	2017	71	—
SE Sweden	SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)	2014	68	—
SE Sweden	SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)	2016	67	—
SE Sweden	SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)	2015	67	—
SE Sweden	SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)	2010	66	—
SE Sweden	SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)	2009	66	—
SE Sweden	SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)	2008	66	—
SE Sweden	SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)	2003	66	—
SE Sweden	SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)	2002	66	—
SE Sweden	SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)	2013	65	—
SE Sweden	SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)	2007	65	—
SE Sweden	SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)	2006	65	—
SE Sweden	SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)	2012	64	—
SE Sweden	SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)	2011	64	—
SE Sweden	SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)	2005	64	—
SE Sweden	SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)	2004	63	—
NO Norway	SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)	—	56	#11,153
FI Finland	DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)	—	42	#9,718
FI Finland	DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)	—	15	#42,329
DK Denmark	Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)	—	12	#6,191
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)	—	8	#11,759
PL Poland	dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)	2026	8	#13,071
NL Netherlands	Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)	—	8	#20,463
IS Iceland	Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry)	2026	3	#9,109
US United States	Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex	2020	2	#49,014
AT Austria	Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024)	2013	2	#1,539
AR Argentina	RENAPER — births 1922–2015 (Kaggle mirror)	1998	2	—
AU Australia	SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present)	1973	2	—
CZ Czechia	MVČR — living population register 2017	—	1	#279,901
AT Austria	Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present)	2013	1	#3,172
CL Chile	SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021)	2006	1	—
FR France	Dictionary of French Prénoms (Benoist, 2009)	—	—	—

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 Zdenko?: We estimate roughly 8.0 thousand people bear Zdenko (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.
In which country does Zdenko have the most bearers?: We estimate about 6.7 thousand people bear Zdenko in Croatia, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled zdenko.
Where is Zdenko most common?: Zdenko is densest in Croatia, where the national register counts about 1 in 631 people carrying it.
How common is Zdenko compared with other names?: In Croatia, Zdenko is the 162nd most common given name of 13,510 given names recorded there.
Is Zdenko a male or female name?: Zdenko 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 Zdenko mean?: Recorded meaning: pers. name, Czech

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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, “Zdenko” — the 162nd most common given name in Croatia. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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