Zdenko is a male given name of Slovak, Slovene or Croatian origin. There are a number of competing explanations for the meaning of the name:
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ZdenkoGender | Male |
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Word/name | Slavic |
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Meaning | well; builder; from Sidon; diminutive of Zdeslav or Zdenek |
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Variant form(s) | Zdenka (f), Zdeňka (f), Zdeno, Denny (diminiuitiv) |
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Related names | Zdeněk, Zdzisław |
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There are also claims connecting it to the name Sidney.[5] Denny can be used as a short form (hypocorism) of the name. The female form is Zdenka.
- Zdenko Adamović, Croatian football manager and player
- Zdenko Babić, Croatian basketball player
- Zdenko Balaš, Croatian rower
- Zdenko Baotić, Bosnian footballer
- Zdenko Bego, Yugoslav rower
- Zdenko Feyfar, Czech photographer
- Zdenko Fibich or Zdeněk Fibich, Czech composer
- Zdenko Filípek, Slovak footballer
- Zdenko Frťala, Slovak football manager and player
- Zdenko Hibšer, Croatian handballer
- Zdenko Jedvaj, Bosnian footballer
- Zdenko Jelčić, Croatian actor
- Zdenko Jurčević, Croatian footballer
- Zdenko Kaprálik, Slovak footballer
- Zdenko Kobešćak, Croatian footballer
- Zdenko Kolar, Serbian bass guitarist
- Zdenko Kožul, Croatian chess grandmaster
- Zdenko Križić, Archbishop of Split
- Zdenko Lobkowitz, Austrian nobleman and officer
- Zdenko Miletić, Croatian footballer
- Zdenko Morovic, Venezuelan footballer
- Zdenko Muf, Serbian football manager and player
- Zdenko Runjić, Croatian songwriter
- Zdenko Seselja, Australian politician
- Zdenko Škrabalo, Croatian physician and politician
- Zdenko Hans Skraup, Czech-Austrian chemist
- Zdenko Štrba or Zdeno Štrba, Slovak footballer
- Zdenko Strižić, Croatian architect
- Zdenko Švigelj, Slovenian skier
- Zdenko Trebuľa, President of the Košice Self-governing Region since 2006
- Zdenko Uzorinac, Croatian table tennis player
- Zdenko Verdenik, Slovenian football manager
- Zdenko Vinski, Croatian archeologist
- Zdenko 'Denny' Vrandečić, Croatian computer scientist
- Zdenko Vukasović, Croatian footballer
- Zdenko Zorko, Croatian Olympic handball player
Onomastica; pismo poświecone nazewnictwu geograficznemu i osobowemu. (1958). Poland: Zakłlad Narodowy im. Ossolińskich
Der perfekte Vorname für mein Baby. (2014). Germany: Bassermann Verlag.
Zeitschrift für Namenforschung, Band 17, Seite 182 (1941). R. Oldenbourg.