Tomislav Forename

9,981st
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 102,253 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Serbia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Tomislav Forename User-submission:

This name derives from the Slavic name Tomislav (томислав), composed of two Old Church Slavonic elements: tomiti (томити) (to torture) and sláva ‎(сла́ва) (glory, fame, renown, honor, repute, reputation). The name means 'a strong man'.

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Tomislav Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Serbia
100%
49,4661:14425
Croatia
100%
35,0591:12010
Bosnia and Herzegovina
100%
5,2411:672160
North Macedonia
100%
2,9301:714154
Slovenia
100%
1,7901:1,374303
Montenegro
100%
1,4401:441102
Germany
100%
1,3261:72,9091,753
Kosovo-8511:2,187502
United States
100%
8141:445,37712,222
Austria
100%
7671:11,101665
Sweden
100%
3861:25,5391,652
Switzerland
100%
3691:22,2591,490
Bulgaria
100%
3681:18,9961,487
Canada
100%
2951:112,3175,449
Czechia
100%
1551:68,749974
Chile
100%
1391:126,6712,900
France
100%
1181:563,3085,749
England
100%
931:597,88111,935
Australia-581:235,4765,406
Netherlands
100%
551:307,3119,515
South Africa
100%
431:1,268,20144,553
Belgium
100%
411:280,2455,847
Denmark-401:141,2373,600
Italy
100%
381:1,606,89712,030
Norway
100%
381:135,0613,905
Thailand
100%
381:1,843,83753,473
Brazil
100%
351:6,121,03389,466
Russia
100%
271:5,341,98925,443
Venezuela
100%
241:1,258,41225,329
New Zealand-171:266,8268,395
Hungary
100%
161:611,9862,162
Slovakia
100%
141:379,2901,926
Argentina
100%
141:3,055,2329,516
Spain
100%
121:3,877,49714,638
Luxembourg
100%
101:56,4052,050
Qatar
100%
101:236,96022,379
Poland
100%
91:4,225,2354,388
Peru
100%
81:3,973,93231,495
United Arab Emirates-81:893,99927,106
Kazakhstan
100%
71:2,535,26417,782
Israel
100%
71:1,200,41715,461
Greece
100%
61:1,822,42510,706
Romania-51:4,010,39528,162
Portugal-41:2,602,7168,189
Burundi-41:2,476,6401,357
Monaco
100%
41:9,6161,312
Mexico
100%
41:31,036,10761,748
Scotland
100%
31:1,783,45514,297
Finland
100%
31:1,827,72814,078
Costa Rica
100%
31:1,589,31614,648
Malaysia
100%
21:15,224,970260,513
Iceland-21:183,0085,215
Ecuador-21:8,863,46021,868
Oman-21:2,054,3348,531
Turkey-21:38,900,85464,839
China-21:683,027,89194,999
Afghanistan-21:16,311,75848,279
South Korea-11:5,544,42137,250
Singapore-11:6,287,05439,645
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
Uzbekistan-11:30,786,44017,476
Wales
100%
11:3,094,30916,222
Zimbabwe
100%
11:15,423,817113,731
Liechtenstein-11:37,8561,091
Hong Kong-11:7,752,72520,144
Northern Ireland-11:1,843,1463,737
Albania
100%
11:3,046,57049,159
Azerbaijan-11:9,642,94442,290
Belarus
100%
11:9,482,38420,892
Bolivia-11:10,601,4049,299
Cape Verde-11:529,1516,361
Colombia-11:47,778,92695,497
Cyprus-11:871,0765,368
Dominican Republic-11:10,431,27030,761
San Marino
100%
11:32,920787
Indonesia-11:257,963,6681,335,696
Japan-11:127,986,05794,066
Kuwait-11:3,785,26415,388
Ireland-11:4,643,51913,375
Malta-11:429,3603,141
Morocco-11:34,348,63618,260
Nigeria-11:177,564,360489,087
Philippines
100%
11:106,009,477690,015
Saint Lucia-11:177,8158,104

Tomislav (62) may also be a surname.

Tomislav Forename Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This name derives from the Slavic name Tomislav (томислав), composed of two Old Church Slavonic elements: tomiti (томити) (to torture) and sláva ‎(сла́ва) (glory, fame, renown, honor, repute, reputation). The name means 'a strong man'. Tomislav was a ruler of Croatia in the middle Ages.

- tzivkovi

Tomislav Forename Popularity

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Tomislav Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Tomislav in the Russian language
Томиславtomislav-

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