Zdeňka

given name · Latin script

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

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

Zdeňka is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Czechia than in any other country, where it is the 63rd most common given name.

rarermore common
  • HRCroatia1 in 365(measured from records)
  • CZCzechia≈1 in 769
  • SKSlovakia≈1 in 3.8K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Czechia (inferred from the name graph)

≈14,000 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
117 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 365 (inferred from the name graph)

Croatia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ZdeňkaLatin(measured from records)
ЗденкаCyrillic(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Zdenka in CZ Czechia, HR Croatia, SI Slovenia and 3 more.

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

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Sources 2

  • DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
  • Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Zdeňka 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 Zdeňka is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CZ Czechia#63≈14,000 est.≈1 in 76969KZdenka109
HR Croatia#9711,5971 in 36512KZdenka64
SI Slovenia#1345,1431 in 4095.1KZdenka27
SK Slovakia#99≈1,400 est.≈1 in 3.8K—Zdenka84
RS Serbia#439≈1,100 est.≈1 in 6.2KlistedZdenka28
BA Bosnia & Herzegovina#462≈740 est.≈1 in 5.2K—Zdenka17

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: naše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); SURS — resident population given 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)

Zdeňka is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Zdenka, Zděnka

  • Ukrainian given name14 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ukraine, Russia, United States, United Kingdom

    Languages: Ukrainian, Russian

    Also written Зденка, Zdenka, Zdenko, Зденька, Здэнька

  • Italian given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, United States, Slovenia

    Also written Zdenka

21 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Marie Zdeňka Baborová-Čiháková, b. 1877Zdeňka Baldová, b. 1885Zdenka Košáková, b. 1899Zdeňka Veřmiřovská, b. 1913Zdeňka Honsová, b. 1927Zdeňka Vávrová, b. 1945Zdeňka Šilhavá, b. 1954Zdeňka Sajfertová, b. 1959Zdeňka Málková, b. 1975Zdeňka Podkapová, b. 1977

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)

InformalAhoj Zdeňka,Hi Zdeňka, (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 9 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Zdeňka
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CZ Czechianaše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot—69K#41
CZ CzechiaKdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)—69K#41
CZ CzechiaCZSO — 100 nejčetnějších dětských jmen (top 100 baby names 2024)2019—#249
CZ CzechiaCZSO — 100 nejčetnějších dětských jmen (top 100 baby names 2024)2017—#122
CZ CzechiaCZSO — 100 nejčetnějších dětských jmen (top 100 baby names 2024)2016—#153

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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 Zdeňka?
A machine transcription gives /zdɛɲka/ (IPA) for Czech.
Is Zdeňka a male or female name?
Zdeňka 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 are other forms of the name Zdeňka?
In the etymology graph, Zdena is a form of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Zdeňka have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 14 thousand people named Zdeňka in Czechia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled zdenka.
Where is Zdeňka most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Zdeňka is densest in Croatia — about 1 in 365 people — even though Czechia holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Zdeňka?
In Croatia, the national register counted 11,597 people named Zdeňka in 2021, about 1 in 365 residents.
How common is Zdeňka compared with other names?
In Czechia, Zdeňka is the 63rd most common given name of 16,679 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, “Zdeňka” — the 63rd most common given name in Czechia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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