Given name
Božena
Božena is a feminine given name from Czech. It is used in Czech, Slovak, and Slovene.
Original CzechBoža
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Slovenian usage, Božena is a feminine form of Božen.
Božena’s family of names
In Czech usage, Božena has a diminutive in Boža. In Slovenian usage, Božena is a feminine form of Božen. In Latvian usage, Božena has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Bożena.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Božena has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Czech roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Božena
- Božena NěmcováCzech writer (1820-1862)
- TimravaCzechoslovak playwright and prosaic (1867–1951)
- Božena SrncováOlympic gymnast (1925-1997)
- Božena BenešováCzech poet, literature reviewer, publicist, publicist and bookwriter (1873–1936)
- Božena Viková-KunětickáCzech member of Czech council, politician, feminist, writer and playwright (1862–1934)
- Božena DobešováCzechoslovakian gymnast1914–1990
- BoženaCzech princess950–1052
- Božena Laglerovápioneer aviator (1886–1941)
- Božena MačingováSlovak writer (1922-2017)
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