Zdenko
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameSlavic
Meaningwell; builder; from Sidon; diminutive of Zdeslav or Zdenek
Other names
Variant form(s)Zdenka (f), Zdeňka (f), Zdeno, Denny (diminiuitiv)
Related namesZdeněk, Zdzisław

Zdenko is a male given name of Slovak, Slovene or Croatian origin. There are a number of competing explanations for the meaning of the name:

  • the slavic term zdenac, meaning a well[1]
  • from the slavic term zidati, meaning to build or to create[2]
  • Slavic version of the name Sidonius (meaning of Sidon)[3][4]
  • as a diminutive of the given names Zdeslav or Zdenek.

There are also claims connecting it to the name Sidney.[5] Denny can be used as a short form (hypocorism) of the name. The female form is Zdenka.

People with this name

See also

References

  1. "Hrvatski jezični portal".
  2. "Meaning, origin and history of the name Zdenko".
  3. Onomastica; pismo poświecone nazewnictwu geograficznemu i osobowemu. (1958). Poland: Zakłlad Narodowy im. Ossolińskich
  4. Der perfekte Vorname für mein Baby. (2014). Germany: Bassermann Verlag.
  5. Zeitschrift für Namenforschung, Band 17, Seite 182 (1941). R. Oldenbourg.
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