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This name is very cool! I like it spelled Zoltan. I pronounce it Zol-tin. I might consider using this one day! So unique.
My dad's name is Zoltan and he doesn't have any symbols on his name!
Also Slovak: https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zolt%C3%A1n_(prv%C3%A9_meno) [noted -ed]
Zoltán is also Jewish.
With 206 234 bearers, Zoltán is the 5th most common masculine name in Hungary. (01/01/2016).
Zoltán Anthony Hargitay (born August 1, 1960) is American actress Jayne Mansfield's son.
Zoltán Meskó is a professional football punter. He played for the Patriots and the Steelers, and is now a free agent.
Zoltan sounds so goofy. It also seems to be the go-to name for guys who become fortune tellers or magicians.
Hungarian for life, according to the book, "The Very Best Baby Name Book In The Whole Wide World" by Bruce Lansky (copyright date: 1995).
The "king" meaning of this name certainly fits to my imagination--I picture a very powerful and influential man. It might sound a little odd on a child, but I'm not stopping you if you want to name your son this.
Zoltan is a Slavic name. It comes from the Slavic name Zlatan (golden) but through Church Slavonic since in the middle ages gold was written as 'zoloto' which comes from the word for yellow (zolto). Some Slavic languages still call it like that. The name is basically an adjective meaning "he who is golden (ie precious)". There are at least 40 male and female Slavic names with the stem 'zlato'. This is the first time someone has derived this "Hungarian" name from Turkish. Everywhere else it states that the name is Slavic.
When you see a Hungarian name which is categorized as of "Turkic (not Turkish!) origin" it means it's a Scythian/Hun name. This name isn't of Slavic origin, it's an old Hungarian name.This name and the title of 'sultan' share a common "ancestor", but its use in Hungary goes back further: Grand Prince Zoltán/Zolta(Árpád's son) reigned from 907 to 947 AD, while the Turkish rulers took to using Sultan in 1473 (replacing the older title of Emir).
Zoltan is the name of the fortune-telling machine in the movie Big.
Zoltan Kodaly, Hungarian composer.
Zoltan Kocsis, Hungarian pianist.
Zoltan Karpathy, Hungarian linguist in the musical My Fair Lady (not present in original play Pygmalion). (He takes Eliza Doolittle for a Hungarian princess.)
Klinger in M*A*S*H takes this name in an episode where he claims he is "King of the Gypsies".
I don't really like the name. If I hear the name I always think of a man with black hair and brown eyes.
This was my great uncle's name who was Hungarian. I love it and will name my son Zoltan. It sounds very cool and unique without being weird.

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