Zoran
From a Slavic root that Polish keeps in "zorza," the glow before sunrise: Zoran means dawn, daybreak. Common across Serbia and Croatia, it stays rare here, a name most Poles have never met.
Zoran Pronunciation
Zoran is pronounced ZO-rahn (/ˈzɔran/).
What Zoran means
Where Zoran comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Zoran comes from a Slavic root that survives in Polish "zorza," the light spreading along the horizon before sunrise. In the South Slavic languages the close word "zora" names the first hour of morning, and Zoran was built straight from it. The meaning is plain. It means dawn, daybreak.
Across Serbia and Croatia, Zoran has long been a common man's name, so common that many families count one. The root itself is old and widely shared. Polish keeps it in "zorza," the reddish glow of an early sky, and the tie between that word and the name is easy to follow. A boy called Zoran wears a word for the break of day.
Picture the name in a school register, one Zoran among the Kacpers and Szymons. Nothing in it strays from where it started. The name still says świt, brzask, the daybreak it named at the beginning.
How many people are named Zoran
1 in 107809 men in Poland is named Zoran. 198 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2244 among male names.
Zoran's popularity over time
2 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #1901 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2024.
Zoran as a middle name
Zoran is a first name for 198 men in Poland and a middle name for another 15, a 93/7 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 2469th, between Zlatan (15) and Świerad (15).
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#2467 Zayn15
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#2468 Zlatan15
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#2469 Zoran15
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#2470 Świerad15
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#2471 Abayomi14