Zdenka

Zdenka or Zdeňka (Czech pronunciation: [ˈzdɛɲka]) is a feminine given name in Croatian, Czech, Slovak, Serbian, and Slovenian, originally a short form of Zdeslava. Denny can be used as a diminutive. Notable people with the name include:

• 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
• Zdenka Buben, American public health social worker
• Zdenka Bujnáčková, Slovak gymnast
• Zdenka Cecília Schelingová, Slovak nun
• Zdenka Cerar, Yugoslavian gymnast
• Zdeňka Deitchová, Czech animator
• Zdenka Fantlová, Czech actor, writer and Holocaust survivor
• Zdenka Faßbender, Czech-born German operatic soprano
• Zdenka Gašparac, Croatian swimmer
• Zdenka Grossmannová, Czechoslovak canoer
• Zdenka Hásková, Czech translator, journalist and writer
• Zdeňka Honsová, Czech gymnast
• Zdenka Horešová, Slovak footballer
• Zdenka Hradilova, Czechoslovak canoer
• Zdenka Kabátová-Táborská, Czech painter, printmaker, and illustrator
• Zdenka Kovačiček, Croatian singer
• Zdenka Kramplová, Slovak politician
• Zdeňka Málková, Czech tennis player
• Zdenka Nemeškalová-Jiroudková, Czech numismatist and archaeologist
• Zdenka Podkapová, Czech model
• Zdenka Predná, Slovak singer
• Zdenka Procházková, Czech actress
• Zdenka Rubinstein, Croatian operatic soprano
• Zdenka Samish, Czech-Israeli food technology researcher
• Zdeňka Šilhavá, Czech athlete
• Zdenka Ticharich, Hungarian pianist
• Zdeňka Vávrová, Czech astronomer
  • 3364 Zdenka, an asteroid named for her
• Zdeňka Vejnarová, Czech biathlete
• Zdeňka Veřmiřovská, Czechoslovakian (Moravian) artistic gymnast
• Zdenka Vučković, Croatian singer
• Zdeňka Wiedermannová-Motyčková, Moravian teacher, journal editor, and women's rights activist
• Zdeňka Žádníková-Volencová, Czech actress and musician
• Zdenka Žebre, Slovene writer
• Zdenka, fictional character in the opera Arabella

See also

• Zdena
• Zdenko