Branka

given name · Latin script

Meaning: weibl. Vom. serbischer, kroatischer oder slowenischer Herkunft, weibliche Form von

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/brâːnka/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Branka is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Croatia than in any other country, where it is the 66th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • HRCroatia1 in 285(measured from records)
  • RSSerbia≈1 in 522
  • SISlovenia1 in 652

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Branka itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Croatia (measured from records)

14,823 people, 2021

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
136 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 285 (inferred from the name graph)

Croatia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

BrankaLatin(measured from records)
БранкаCyrillic(measured from records)

Locally spelled Бранка in MK North Macedonia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in German

weibl. Vom. serbischer, kroatischer oder slowenischer Herkunft, weibliche Form von

Sources 1

  • DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Branka counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Branka is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
HR Croatia#6614,8231 in 28515KBranka96
RS Serbia#81≈13,000 est.≈1 in 522listedBranka57
BA Bosnia & Herzegovina#139≈4,300 est.≈1 in 884—Branka23
SI Slovenia#2493,2241 in 6523.2KBranka27
BR Brazil—1,966as Branca1 in 108K2.6KBranka18
MK North Macedonia#479965as Бранка1 in 2.2K965Бранка9

14,823 people counted by DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form), 2021. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); SURS — resident population given names; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); State Statistical Office — living population names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Branka is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Polish surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland, Serbia, United States

    Also written Brańka

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Braňka, Brańka

  • Czech given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Czechia, Slovakia, Serbia

    Languages: Czech, Slovak

    Also written Braňka, Bránka, Brańka

  • Finnish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Serbia

    Languages: Finnish, Estonian

    Also written Bränkä

34 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Branka is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Czech, diminutive of brána (“gate”)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Polish, impressment for forced labor or military service

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In zlw-ocs, diminutive of brána

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Maltese, category, class

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Basque, prow

    as a wordTrask, Etymological Dictionary of Basque (2008 posthumous draft)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

190019201940196019802000Branka Musulin, b. 1917Branka Veselinović, b. 1918Branka Raunig, b. 1935Branka Petrić, b. 1937Branka Prpa, b. 1952Branka Sovrlić, b. 1957Branka Arsić, b. 1965Branka Stamenković, b. 1968Branka Katić, b. 1970Branka Bešević Gajić, b. 1982

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalBok Branka,Hi Branka, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 42 sources across 24 countries.

Official registers attesting Branka
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
HR CroatiaDZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form)202115K#66
HR CroatiaDZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021)202113K—
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20083.4K#79
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20093.4K#80
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20103.4K#81
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20113.4K#82
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20123.4K#84
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20133.3K#86
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20143.3K#85
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20153.3K#87
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20163.3K#87
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20173.3K#87

Reference works 4

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Branka?
A machine transcription gives /brâːnka/ (IPA) for Croatian.
What are other forms of the name Branka?
In the etymology graph, Mira, Bronislava and Bronisława are forms of the same name in other languages; Brankica is a recorded short or pet form; it is recorded as a short form of Branislava and Branimira.
In which country does Branka have the most bearers?
In Croatia, the national register counted about 15 thousand people named Branka, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled branka.
Where is Branka most common?
Branka is densest in Croatia, where the national register counts about 1 in 285 people carrying it.
Is Branka a male or female name?
Branka is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What does the name Branka mean?
Recorded meaning: weibl. Vom. serbischer, kroatischer oder slowenischer Herkunft, weibliche Form von
How common is the name Branka?
In Croatia, the national register counted 14,823 people named Branka in 2021, about 1 in 285 residents.
How common is Branka compared with other names?
In Croatia, Branka is the 66th most common given name of 14,066 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Branka” — the 66th most common given name in Croatia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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