Zdenko is a male given name of
Slovak,
Slovene or
Croatian origin. It is the Slavic version of the name Sidonius (meaning ''of
Sidon
Sidon ( ; he, צִידוֹן, ''Ṣīḏōn'') known locally as Sayda or Saida ( ar, صيدا ''Ṣaydā''), is the third-largest city in Lebanon. It is located in the South Governorate, of which it is the capital, on the Mediterranean coast. ...
''). Other explanation are given as coming from the slavic term ''
zidati'', meaning to build or to create or ''
zdenac
Zdenac is a village in Croatia, under the Tounj municipality, in Karlovac County
Karlovac County ( hr, Karlovačka županija) is a county in central Croatia, with the administrative center in Karlovac.
The city of Karlovac is a fort from the ...
'' meaning a well.
It is also seen as a diminutive of the given name
Zdeslav Zdeslav or Zdislav may refer to:
People
*Zdeslav of Croatia, a Prince of Dalmatian Croatia
* Zdeslav of Sternberg, Czech nobleman
* Zdislav Soroko, Soviet canoer
*Zdeslav Vrdoljak, Croatian water polo player
Places
*Zdeslav, a village and part of ...
or
Zdenek.
People with this name
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Zdenko Babić
Zdenko Babić (born c. 1960) is a retired Croatian basketball player. He is best known for scoring 144 points in a single game, a record in FIBA-sanctioned competition.
On 10 October 1985, Babić scored 144 points playing for KK Zadar in a game of ...
, Croatian basketball player
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Zdenko Baotić
Zdenko Baotić (born March 9, 1985) is a Bosnian retired football goalkeeper.
Club career
Baotić's first club was HNK Orašje, but after several seasons with the Swans (as they are also known), he decided to go on and play for some bigger club. ...
, Bosnian footballer
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Zdenko Fibich
Zdenko is a male given name of Slovak, Slovene or Croatian origin. It is the Slavic version of the name Sidonius (meaning ''of Sidon''). Other explanation are given as coming from the slavic term '' zidati'', meaning to build or to create or '' ...
or Zdeněk Fibich, Czech composer
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Zdenko Hans Skraup
Zdenko Hans Skraup (March 3, 1850 – September 10, 1910) was a Czech-Austrian chemist who discovered the Skraup reaction, the first quinoline synthesis.
Life
Skraup was born in Prague, where he attended the Oberrealschule from 1860 till 1866 ...
, Czech Austrian chemist
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Zdenko Kobešćak
Zdenko is a male given name of Slovak, Slovene or Croatian origin. It is the Slavic version of the name Sidonius (meaning ''of Sidon''). Other explanation are given as coming from the slavic term '' zidati'', meaning to build or to create or '' ...
, Croatian footballer
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Zdenko Kolar
Zdenko Kolar ( sr-cyr, Зденко Колар) is a Serbian bass guitarist, most notable as the member of Idoli and Zona B.
Biography
Kolar was born in Zemun in 1956 where he lived until 1963 when he moved to inner town in Belgrade. He moved ...
, Serbian bass guitarist
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Zdenko Kožul
Zdenko Kožul (born 21 May 1966) is a Croatian chess player. He holds the title of Grandmaster and was the 2006 European champion.
Chess career
Born in the north-western Bosnian town of Bihać (then Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia), Ko ...
, Croatian chess grandmaster
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Zdenko Seselja
Zdenko Matthew "Zed" Seselja (born 27 March 1977) is an Australian politician who was a Senator for the Australian Capital Territory from 2013 to 2022, representing the Liberal Party. He was the Minister for International Development and the ...
, Australian politician
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Zdenko Runjić
Zdenko Runjić (26 October 1942 – 27 October 2004) was a Croatian songwriter. In his long career, he established himself as one of the most prolific and most popular songwriters of former Yugoslavia and Croatia.
Biography
Runjić was born on 26 ...
, Croatian songwriter
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Zdenko Strba
Zdenko is a male given name of Slovak, Slovene or Croatian origin. It is the Slavic version of the name Sidonius (meaning ''of Sidon''). Other explanation are given as coming from the slavic term '' zidati'', meaning to build or to create or '' ...
or Zdeno Štrba, Slovak footballer
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Zdenko Trebuľa
Zdenko Trebuľa (born on September 29, 1955 in Martin, Czechoslovakia) was the Mayor of the town of Košice (from 1999 to 2006), then the President of the Košice Self-governing Region (from January 2006 to December 2017).
He is a former lawyer, ...
, President of the Košice Self-governing Region since 2006
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Zdenko Verdenik
Zdenko Verdenik (born 2 May 1949) is a Slovenian football (soccer), football manager and former player.
He coached NK Olimpija Ljubljana (1945), NK Olimpija, Slovenia national under-21 football team, Slovenia under-21 team, Slovenia national foo ...
, Slovenian football manager
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Zdenko Zorko
Zdenko Zorko (born 18 August 1950) is a Croatian former handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia.
In his youth Zdenko Zorko played football in NK Dinamo Zagreb before playing handba ...
, Croatian Olympic handball player
See also
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Zdenka Zdenka or Zdeňka () is a feminine given name in Croatian, Czech, Slovak, Serbian, and Slovenian, originally a short form of Zdeslava. Notable people with the name include:
* Zdenka Badovinac, Slovenian art critic
* Zdenka Braunerová, Czech pai ...
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Zdeněk
Zdeněk is a Czech given name derived from the Latin name Sidonius. contested the relation with the Latin name, and an alternative etymology is a diminutive of Zdeslav.Jan Svoboda, Staročeská osobní jména se základem sd , sdě-, :Onomast ...
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Slavic names
Given names originating from the Slavic languages are most common in Slavic countries.
The main types of Slavic names:
* Two-basic names, often ending in mir/měr (''Ostromir/měr'', ''Tihomir/měr'', '' Němir/měr''), *voldъ (''Vsevolod'', ...
References
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Czech masculine given names
Slovak masculine given names
Croatian masculine given names
Slavic masculine given names