Zdenka

Zdenka or Zdeňka (Czech pronunciation: [ˈzdɛɲka]) is a feminine given name in Croatian, Czech, Slovak, Serbian, and Slovenian languages, meaning "woman from Sidon". It is a diminutive form of Zdena, which was originally a short form of Zdeslava. Denny can be used as a diminutive.^{[citation needed]} The masculine counterparts are Zdenko and Zdeněk. Notable people with the name include:

Arts

Zdenka Badovinac (born 1958), Slovenian art critic
Zdeňka Baldová (1885–1958), Czech actress
Zdenka Bergrová (1923–2008), Czech poet and translator
Zdeňka Bezděková (1907–1999), Czech writer, philosopher, and translator
Zdenka Braunerová (1858–1934), Czech painter
Zdeňka Deitchová (born 1928), Czech animator
Zdenka Fantlová (1922–2022), Czech actor, writer and Holocaust survivor
Zdenka Faßbender (1879–1954), Czech-German operatic soprano
Zdenka Hásková (1878–1946), Czech translator, journalist and writer
Zdenka Kabátová-Táborská (born 1933), Czech painter, printmaker and illustrator
Zdenka Kovačiček (born 1944), Croatian singer
Zdenka Predná (born 1984), Slovak singer
Zdenka Procházková (1926–2021), Czech actress
Zdenka Rubinstein (1911–1961), Croatian operatic soprano
Zdenka Ticharich (1900–1979), Hungarian pianist
Zdeňka Žádníková-Volencová (born 1974), Czech actress and musician
Zdenka Žebre (1920–2011), Slovenian writer
Zdenka Ziková (1902–1990), Czech opera singer

Sports

Zdenka Bujnáčková (born 1955), Slovak gymnast
Zdenka Cerar (1941–2013), Slovenian gymnast
Zdenka Gašparac (born 1949), Croatian swimmer
Zdenka Grossmannová (born 1965), Czech canoer
Zdeňka Honsová (1927–1994), Czech gymnast
Zdenka Hradilová (1938–2023), Czech canoer
Zdeňka Málková (born 1975), Czech tennis player
Zdeňka Šilhavá (born 1954), Czech athlete
Zdeňka Vejnarová (born 1981), Czech biathlete
Zdeňka Veřmiřovská (1913–1997), Czech artistic gymnast

Other

Zdenka Buben (1895–1988), American public health social worker
Zdenka Kramplová (born 1957), Slovak politician
Zdenka Nemeškalová-Jiroudková (1928–2023), Czech numismatist and archaeologist
Zdeňka Podkapová (born 1977), Czech model
Zdeňka Pokorná (1905–2007), Czech teacher
Zdenka Samish (1904–2008), Czech-Israeli food technology researcher
Zdeňka Vávrová (born 1945), Czech astronomer
Zdenka Vučković (1942–2020), Croatian singer
Zdeňka Wiedermannová-Motyčková (1868–1915), Czech teacher, journal editor and women's rights activist

Fictional

Zdenka, fictional character in the opera Arabella

References

1 2 "Zdenka". Behind the Name. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
↑ Connie Lockhart Ellefson (1990). The Melting Pot Book of Baby Names. Betterway Publications. p. 38. ISBN 9781558701786.
↑ McIntyre, Enya. "Zdenka". The Bump. Retrieved 8 March 2026.

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[BTN-1] 1 2 "Zdenka". Behind the Name. Retrieved 8 March 2026.

[2] Connie Lockhart Ellefson (1990). The Melting Pot Book of Baby Names. Betterway Publications. p. 38. ISBN 9781558701786.

[3] McIntyre, Enya. "Zdenka". The Bump. Retrieved 8 March 2026.