Zdenka
Only 28 women in Poland carry it, so almost no one has met a Zdenka. A Slavic name built on the root for glory, it hasn't been given to a newborn girl this century.
Zdenka Pronunciation
Zdenka is pronounced ZDEN-kah (/ˈzdɛnka/).
What Zdenka means
Where Zdenka comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Zdenka grows from Slavic ground. The name gathers two old roots, one for building and one for glory. Read together they give the meaning this site keeps: to build, and to win renown. It belongs to Czech, Slovak and Croatian families as much as to Polish ones.
Across the border the same stem shows up in the Czech Zdeněk, a masculine cousin built from the same Slavic parts. Polish speakers hear the sense plainly, zdobywająca sławę, a woman who earns fame by what she makes. The building comes first. The glory follows from it.
A teacher reading a class register meets Zdenka once and keeps it. The name is short and firm, a hard start before the soft final a. The meaning stays close to the surface: build first, then earn the glory.
How many people are named Zdenka
1 in 805137 women in Poland is named Zdenka. 28 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #7972 among female names.
Zdenka as a middle name
Zdenka is a first name for 28 women in Poland and a middle name for another 2, a 93/7 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 7005th, between Zaynab (2) and Zdislava (2).
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#7003 Zarah2
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#7004 Zaynab2
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#7005 Zdenka2
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#7006 Zdislava2
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#7007 Zdzislawa2