Zdenka

Zdenka or Zdeňka () 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. 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 GaÅ¡parac (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 Å ilhavá (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 NemeÅ¡kalová-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

See also

• 3364 Zdenka, an asteroid named for Zdeňka Vávrová

References