Zdenka
Zdenka or Zdeňka (Czech pronunciation: [ˈzdɛɲka]) is a feminine given name in Croatian, Czech, Slovak, Serbian, and Slovenian languages. It is a diminutive form of Zdena, which was originally a short form of Zdeslava. Denny can be used as a diminutive. The masculine counterparts are Zdenko and Zdeněk. Notable people with the name include:
Arts
- Zdenka Badovinac, Slovenian art critic
- Zdeňka Baldová, Czech actress
- Zdenka Bergrová, Czech poet and translator
- Zdeňka Bezděková, Czech writer, philosopher, and translator
- Zdenka Braunerová, Czech painter
- Zdeňka Deitchová, Czech animator
- Zdenka Fantlová, Czech actor, writer and Holocaust survivor
- Zdenka Faßbender, Czech-German operatic soprano
- Zdenka Hásková, Czech translator, journalist and writer
- Zdenka Kabátová-Táborská, Czech painter, printmaker and illustrator
- Zdenka Kovačiček, Croatian singer
- Zdenka Predná, Slovak singer
- Zdenka Procházková, Czech actress
- Zdenka Rubinstein, Croatian operatic soprano
- Zdenka Ticharich, Hungarian pianist
- Zdeňka Žádníková-Volencová, Czech actress and musician
- Zdenka Žebre, Slovene writer
Sports
- Zdenka Bujnáčková, Slovak gymnast
- Zdenka Cerar, Slovene gymnast
- Zdenka Gašparac, Croatian swimmer
- Zdenka Grossmannová, Czech canoer
- Zdeňka Honsová, Czech gymnast
- Zdenka Horešová, Slovak footballer
- Zdenka Hradilová, Czech canoer
- Zdeňka Málková, Czech tennis player
- Zdeňka Šilhavá, Czech athlete
- Zdeňka Vejnarová, Czech biathlete
- Zdeňka Veřmiřovská, Czech artistic gymnast
Other
- Zdenka Buben, American public health social worker
- Zdenka Cecília Schelingová, Slovak nun
- Zdenka Kramplová, Slovak politician
- Zdenka Nemeškalová-Jiroudková, Czech numismatist and archaeologist
- Zdenka Podkapová, Czech model
- Zdenka Samish, Czech-Israeli food technology researcher
- Zdeňka Vávrová, Czech astronomer
- Zdenka Vučković, Croatian singer
- Zdeňka Wiedermannová-Motyčková, Czech teacher, journal editor and women's rights activist
Fictional
- Zdenka, fictional character in the opera Arabella
See also
- All pages with titles containing Zdenka
- 3364 Zdenka, an asteroid named for Zdeňka Vávrová