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Željan

Male#1045 most common in Croatia223 people in Croatia
Meaning:
Longing, eager
Origin:
Croatian (Slavic)

About the name Željan

Croatian name from 'željan' (longing, eager).

Popularity with newborns

Željan has not appeared on the annual list of the most popular newborn names. That list covers the 50 most common names for each sex, so the name was given to fewer children than the 50th name of the year — not to none.

People with this name in Croatia

223 people in Croatia are called Željan, according to the 2021 census. That is #1045 among all the names in Imenko.

Where the name is found

Željan is recorded in 5 of Croatia's 21 counties.

Dubrovačko-neretvanskaGrad ZagrebPrimorsko-goranskaSplitsko-dalmatinskaZadarska

Characteristics

SlavicCroatianModernRare

Sources

Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.