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| meaning       = ''zlato'' (gold or golden)
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'''Zlata''' ({{Cyrl|Злата}}) is a female [[given name]] of [[South Slavic languages|South Slavic]] origin meaning "golden". It is common amongst all South Slavic countries in the [[Balkans]], such as  [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], [[Bulgaria]], [[Croatia]], [[North Macedonia]] and [[Serbia]]. The name is popular in Bosnia because it is considered ethnically neutral amongst the three dominant [[Bosnians|Bosnian]] ethnicities: [[Bosniaks]], [[Serbs]] and [[Croats]]. The name is derived from the South Slavic word ''zlato'' - from the [[Old Church Slavonic|Old Slavic]] root ''zolto'' (gold).
Notable people with the name include:
*[[Zlata Adamovská]] (born 1959), Czech actress
*[[Zlata Bartl]] (1920–2008), Bosnian scientist
*[[Zlata Bizova]] (1927–2013), Russian painter
*[[Zlata Filipović]] (born 1980), Bosnian writer
*[[Zlata Kolarić-Kišur]] (1894–1990), Croatian writer
*[[Zlata Ognevich]] (born 1986), Ukrainian singer and politician
*[[Zlata of Meglen]] (died 1795), Bulgarian saint
*[[Zlata Petković]] (1954–2012), Serbian actress
*[[Zlata Petrović]] (born 1962), Serbian singer
*[[Zlata Razdolina]] (born 1959), Russian musician
*[[Zlata Gvozdenov]] (born 1988), Serbian-American scientist
==See also==
*[[Slavic names]]
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[[Category:Slavic feminine given names]]
[[Category:Bosnian feminine given names]]
[[Category:Serbian feminine given names]]
[[Category:Feminine given names]]