Goran
Goran grows from the Slavic *gora*, mountain: by the root, a man of the high country, close to the Polish *góral*. Only about 280 men in Poland carry it, so most people here have never met one.
Goran Pronunciation
Goran is pronounced GO-rahn (/ˈgɔran/).
What Goran means
Where Goran comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Goran grows straight from the Slavic word gora, mountain. A person named Goran is a man of the high country, and Polish ears place him near góral, a highlander, a mieszkaniec gór. The root is plain.
The name settled across the South Slavic lands, and it belongs to real people you can look up. The Croatian poet Ivan Goran Kovačić took Goran as his middle name, drawn from the wooded hills of his home region, Gorski Kotar. The tennis player Goran Ivanišević carries it, the man who won Wimbledon in 2001, and so does the composer Goran Bregović.
On a Polish class register the name reads as a South Slavic guest among the Piotrs and Krzysztofs. Its meaning still needs no bridge. The Slavic gora sits close to Polish góra, and a Goran is, by that root, a man of the mountains.
How many people are named Goran
1 in 76236 men in Poland is named Goran. 280 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1817 among male names.
Goran's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Where Goran is most popular
Goran is most popular in Lower Silesian, 1275% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025).
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Lower Silesian2 boys born+1275%
Goran as a middle name
Goran is a first name for 280 men in Poland and a middle name for another 45, an 86/14 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1153rd, between Gonzalo (45) and Gérard (45).
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#1151 Gilles45
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#1152 Gonzalo45
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#1153 Goran45
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#1154 Gérard45
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#1155 Honoriusz45