Željo
Male#2157 most common in Croatia47 people in Croatia
- Meaning:
- Desired one, longed-for
- Origin:
- Slavic
About the name Željo
Croatian short form of Željko and Želimir, from 'želja' (wish).
Popularity with newborns
Željo 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
47 people in Croatia are called Željo, according to the 2021 census. That is #2157 among all the names in Imenko.
Where the name is found
Željo is recorded in 1 of Croatia's 21 counties.
Grad Zagreb
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.