Mladen
A Slavic name that means "young". In Poland it stays rare: most people here have never met a Mladen, and the register has logged only a handful of newborns, every one of them a boy.
Mladen Pronunciation
Mladen is pronounced MLAH-den (/ˈmladɛn/).
What Mladen means
Where Mladen comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Mladen comes from the Slavic root mlad, "young." The Polish młody is its close cousin, and the Russian molodoy sits in the same family, all reaching back to Proto-Slavic moldъ. The name says something plain about a person: he is the young one.
It traveled mostly through the South Slavic lands. Medieval charters in Serbia and on the Croatian coast record men named Mladen among nobles and clergy. The word was a description before it hardened into a proper name.
On a Polish class register, Mladen reads as a guest from the south, rarer than a Marek or a Michał. A teacher might pause on it once. The meaning stays legible to a Polish ear, because młody is right there. Young: that is the whole of it.
How many people are named Mladen
1 in 213462 men in Poland is named Mladen. 100 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3459 among male names.
Mladen's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Mladen as a middle name
Mladen is a first name for 100 men in Poland and a middle name for another 3, a 97/3 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 6608th, between Mi̇raç (3) and Moamen (3).
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#6606 Mitiku3
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#6607 Mi̇raç3
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#6608 Mladen3
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#6609 Moamen3
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#6610 Mobolaji3