Zdenko

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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.

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  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.