Given name & surname
Zdenka
“from Sidon”·“a man from Sidon”
Zdenka is a feminine form of Zdenek. One Slavic interpretation is “a man from Sidon.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Slovene use, Zdenka carries the interpretation “from Sidon.” Zdenka is a feminine form of Zdenek. One Slavic interpretation is “a man from Sidon.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
Zdenka is a feminine form of Zdenek. An origin associated with Zdenek is Slavic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Zdenka is used as a feminine counterpart of Zdenek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Zdenka through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16
- 0 boys · 16 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1916. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 454 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Zdenka’s family of names
In German usage, Zdenka is a short form of Zdeslava. Zdenka is a feminine form of Zdenek. In Czech usage, Zdenka has a conventional equivalent in the French form Sidonie.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Zdenka has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Slovene roots to each of them.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Zdenavariant · Czech
- Zdeňkavariant · Czech
- Zdenynkavariant
- Zdeninkavariant
- Zdenykavariant
- Zdenikavariant
- Zdenickavariant
- Zdenuskavariant
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Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Zdenka
- Sidonie of PoděbradyCzech princess1449–1510
- Zdenka BraunerováCzech graphic and painter (1858-1934)
- Zdenka ProcházkováCzech actress and presenter (1926-2021)
- Zdenka KramplováSlovak politicianborn 1957
- Zdenka TicharichHungarian pianist, music educator and composer (1900-1979)
- Zdenka HáskováCzech journalist, writer and translator (1878–1946)
- Zdenka BergrováCzech poet and translator (1923–2008)
- Zdenka VučkovićCroatian pop singer1942–2020
- Zdenka KovačičekCroatian rock singerborn 1944
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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