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

Arts

Sports

Other

Fictional

See also