Zdeněk is a
Czech
Czech may refer to:
* Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe
** Czech language
** Czechs, the people of the area
** Czech culture
** Czech cuisine
* One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus'
Places
*Czech, ...
given name derived from the
Latin
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name
Sidonius. contested the relation with the Latin name, and an alternative etymology is a diminutive of
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 ...
.
[Jan Svoboda, Staročeská osobní jména se základem sd , sdě-, :Onomastica nr 7, r. IV, z. 2, Wrocław 1958]
The South Slavic counterpart is
Zdenko
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 ''z ...
. The feminine counterpart is
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 painte ...
.
In
Slovenian
Slovene or Slovenian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Slovenia, a country in Central Europe
* Slovene language, a South Slavic language mainly spoken in Slovenia
* Slovenes
The Slovenes, also known as Slovenians ( sl, Sloven ...
, it means