Zdenka

given name · Latin script

Meaning, in Croatian: processed cheese

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

/z̪d̪eː˨˦ŋka/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Zdenka 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

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ZdenkaLatin(measured from records)
ЗденкаCyrillic(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

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)

processed cheese

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

How Zdenka is read(measured from records)

Zdenka is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • Croatian58%

    processed cheese

    as a wordrecorded as Serbo-Croatiankaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • Czech17%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Zdenka in Czech.

  • English8.6%

    feminine form of Zdeněk

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  • Slovak6.9%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Zdenka in Slovak.

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Zdenka 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 Zdenka 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)

Zdenka is also recorded as 6 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 Zdeňka, Zděnka

  • Finnish name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Zdeňka

  • Italian given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, United States, Slovenia

    Also written Zdeňka

  • Ukrainian given name14 spellings in the group

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

    Languages: Ukrainian, Russian

    Also written Зденка, Zdenko, Зденька, Здэнька, Zdeňka

  • Thai given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Zdeňka

  • Greek given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Greece, Cyprus

    Also written Zdeňka

35 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)

Zdenka is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, weibl. Vom., weibliche Form von

    as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

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)

1400160018002000Sidonie of Poděbrady, b. 1449Zdenka Braunerová, b. 1858Zdeňka Wiedermannová-Motyčkova, b. 1868Zdenka Hásková, b. 1878Zdenka Rubinstein, b. 1911Zdenka Doitcheva, b. 1926Zdenka Cerar, b. 1941Zdeňka Vávrová, b. 1945Zdenka Kramplová, b. 1957Zdenka Badovinac, b. 1958

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 Zdenka,Hi Zdenka, (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 39 sources across 22 countries.

Official registers attesting Zdenka
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CZ Czechianaše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot—25K#100
CZ CzechiaKdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)—25K#100
HR CroatiaDZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form)202112K#89
HR CroatiaDZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021)20219.6K—
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20085.8K#49
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20095.8K#47
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20105.7K#47
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20115.7K#47
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20125.7K#47
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20135.6K#47
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20145.6K#47
SI SloveniaSURS — resident population given names20155.6K#47

Reference works 5

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

What does the name Zdenka mean, and where does it come from?
processed cheese Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Zdenka?
A machine transcription gives /z̪d̪eː˨˦ŋka/ (IPA) for Croatian.
Is Zdenka a male or female name?
Zdenka 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 Zdenka?
In the etymology graph, Zdena is a form of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Zdenka have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 14 thousand people named Zdenka in Czechia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled zdenka.
Where is Zdenka most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Zdenka is densest in Croatia — about 1 in 365 people — even though Czechia holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Zdenka?
In Croatia, the national register counted 11,597 people named Zdenka in 2021, about 1 in 365 residents.
How common is Zdenka compared with other names?
In Czechia, Zdenka 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, “Zdenka” — the 63rd most common given name in Czechia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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