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The names listed here are used in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. See also about Czech and Slovak names.

ADAM   m   English, French, German, Dutch, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Russian, Ukrainian, Romanian, Hebrew, Arabic, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Biblical Hebrew
This is the Hebrew word for "man"... [more]

ADÉLA   f   Czech
Czech form of ADELA

ADOLF   m   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Czech, Ancient Germanic
From the Germanic name Adalwolf, which meant "noble wolf" from the Germanic elements adal "noble" and wulf... [more]

ADRIANA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, English
Feminine form of ADRIAN

AGATA   f   Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Polish, Czech, Slovene, Russian, Croatian
Cognate of AGATHA

ALBÍNA   f   Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of ALBINA

ALENA   f   German, Czech, Slovak, Slovene
Short form of MAGDALENA or HELENA

ALEŠ   m   Czech, Slovak, Slovene
Diminutive of ALEXEJ or ALEKSANDER

ALEXANDER   m   English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Hungarian, Slovak, Biblical, Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinized form of the Greek name Αλεξανδρος (Alexandros), which meant "defending men" from Greek αλεξω (alexo) "to defend, help" and ανηρ (aner) "man" (genitive ανδρος)... [more]

ALEXANDR   m   Czech
Czech form of ALEXANDER

ALEXANDRA   f   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, French, English, Greek, Portuguese, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Feminine form of ALEXANDER... [more]

ALEXEJ   m   Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of ALEXIS

ALICA   f   Slovak
Slovak form of ALICE

ALOIS   m   German, Czech
German and Czech form of ALOYSIUS

ALOJZ   m   Slovene, Slovak
Slovene and Slovak form of ALOYSIUS

ALOJZIA   f   Slovak
Slovak feminine form of ALOYSIUS

ALŽBĚTA   f   Czech
Czech form of ELIZABETH

ALŽBETA   f   Slovak
Slovak form of ELIZABETH

AMÁLIA   f   Hungarian, Portuguese, Slovak
Hungarian, Portuguese and Slovak form of AMALIA

AMÁLIE   f   Czech
Czech form of AMALIA

ANASTÁZIA   f   Slovak
Slovak form of ANASTASIA

ANASTÁZIE   f   Czech
Czech form of ANASTASIA

ANASTAZIE   f   Czech
Czech form of ANASTASIA

ANDĚL   m   Czech
Czech form of ANGEL

ANDĚLA   f   Czech
Czech form of ANGELA

ANDREA (2)   f   English, German, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Scandinavian
Feminine form of ANDREW... [more]

ANDREJ   m   Slovene, Czech, Slovak, Croatian
Slovene, Czech, Slovak and Croatian form of ANDREW

ANETA   f   Czech
Czech diminutive of ANNA

ANGELA   f   English, Italian, German, Dutch, Romanian, Slovene, Slovak, Russian, Late Roman
Feminine form of Angelus (see ANGEL)... [more]

ANGELIKA   f   German, Polish, Slovak, Czech
Cognate of ANGELICA

ANNA   f   English, Italian, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Estonian, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Icelandic, Catalan, Provençal, Breton, Biblical, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Form of Channah (see HANNAH) used in the Greek and Latin Old Testament... [more]

ANTÓNIA   f   Portuguese, Slovak, Hungarian
Portuguese, Slovak and Hungarian feminine form of Antonius (see ANTHONY).

ANTONIE (1)   f   Czech
Czech feminine form of ANTHONY

ANTONÍN   m   Czech
Czech form of Antoninus (see ANTONINO)... [more]

APOLENA   f   Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of APOLLONIA

ARTUR   m   German, Portuguese, Galician, Russian, Slovene, Polish, Czech, Romanian
Cognate of ARTHUR

AUGUSTÍN   m   Slovak, Czech
Slovak and Czech form of Augustinus (see AUGUSTINE (1)).

AUGUSTIN   m   French, Czech, Romanian
French, Czech and Romanian form of Augustinus (see AUGUSTINE (1)).

AUREL   m   German, Romanian, Czech, Slovak
German, Romanian, Czech and Slovak form of AURELIUS

BÁRA   f   Czech
Czech diminutive of BARBORA

BARBORA   f   Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of BARBARA

BARTOLOMĚJ   m   Czech
Czech form of BARTHOLOMEW

BARTOLOMEJ   m   Slovak, Croatian, Serbian
Slovak, Croatian and Serbian form of BARTHOLOMEW

BEÁTA   f   Hungarian, Czech, Slovak
Hungarian, Czech and Slovak form of BEATA

BEDŘICH   m   Czech
Czech form of FREDERICK

BĚLA   m   Czech
Derived from Slavic meaning "white".

BENEDIKTA   f   German, Czech
German and Czech feminine form of BENEDICT

BENJAMÍN   m   Spanish, Czech, Slovak
Spanish, Czech and Slovak form of BENJAMIN

BERTA   f   Polish, Czech, Hungarian, German, Spanish, Italian, Slovene
Form of BERTHA

BLANKA   f   Czech, Slovak, Polish, Hungarian
Czech, Slovak, Polish and Hungarian form of BLANCHE

BLAŽEJ   m   Czech
Czech form of BLAISE

BOHDAN   m   Czech, Ukrainian
Czech and Ukrainian form of BOGDAN

BOHUMIL   m   Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of BOGUMIŁ

BOHUMILA   f   Czech
Czech feminine form of BOGUMIŁ

BOHUMÍR   m   Czech, Slovak
Derived from the Slavic elements bog "god" and mer "great, famous"... [more]

BOHUSLAV   m   Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian
Czech, Slovak and Ukrainian form of BOGUSŁAW

BOHUSLAVA   f   Czech, Ukrainian
Feminine form of BOHUSLAV

BOLESLAV   m   Russian, Czech, Slovak
Russian, Czech and Slovak form of BOLESŁAW

BOLESLAVA   f   Russian, Czech
Russian and Czech feminine form of BOLESŁAW

BONIFÁC   m   Czech
Czech form of Bonifatius (see BONIFACE).

BOŘIVOJ   m   Czech
Derived from the Slavic elements bor "battle" and voi "soldier".

BOŽENA   f   Czech, Slovak, Slovene
Derived from the Slavic element bozy meaning "divine".

BOŽIDAR   m   Serbian, Czech, Slovene
Means "divine gift" from the Slavic elements bozy "divine" and dar "gift".

BRANISLAV   m   Serbian, Slovak, Czech, Slovene
Serbian, Slovak, Czech and Slovene form of BRONISŁAW

BRANISLAVA   f   Serbian, Slovak, Czech, Slovene
Serbian, Slovak and Czech feminine form of BRONISŁAW

BRAŇKA   f   Slovak
Slovak diminutive of BRANISLAVA

BRANKO   m   Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Slovak
Diminutive of BRANISLAV or BRANIMIR

BRONISLAV   m   Czech, Slovak, Russian
Czech, Slovak and Russian form of BRONISŁAW

BRONISLAVA   f   Czech, Slovak, Russian
Czech, Slovak and Russian feminine form of BRONISŁAW

CECÍLIA   f   Portuguese, Slovak, Hungarian
Portuguese, Slovak and Hungarian form of CECILIA

CECÍLIE   f   Czech
Czech form of CECILIA

CECILIE   f   Norwegian, Danish, Czech
Norwegian, Danish and Czech form of CECILIA

CENEK   m   Czech
Diminutive of VINCENC

CTIBOR   m   Czech
Czech form of CZCIBOR

CTIRAD   m   Czech
Derived from the Slavic elements chest "honour" and rad "care, joy".

CYRIL   m   English, Czech, Slovak, French
From the Greek name Κυριλλος (Kyrillos) which was derived from Greek κυριος (kyrios) "lord"... [more]

DALIBOR   m   Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Serbian
Derived from Slavic elements dal meaning "far away" and borit meaning "to fight".

DALIMIL   m   Czech
Derived from Slavic elements dal meaning "far away" and mil meaning "gracious, dear".

DAN (2)   m   English, Romanian, Czech
Short form of DANIEL

DANA (1)   f   Czech, Romanian, German
Feminine form of DANIEL or DAN (1)

DANICA   f   Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Slovak, Czech, English
From a Slavic word meaning "morning star, Venus"... [more]

DANIEL   m   English, Hebrew, French, German, Scandinavian, Polish, Czech, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovene, Biblical, Biblical Greek
From the Hebrew name דָּנִיֵּאל (Daniyyel) meaning "God is my judge"... [more]

DANIELA   f   German, Polish, Czech, Romanian, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Slovene, English
Feminine form of DANIEL

DARINA (2)   f   Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian
Derived from the Slavic element dar meaning "gift".

DARJA   f   Slovene, Czech
Slovene and Czech form of DARIA

DÁVID   m   Hungarian, Slovak
Hungarian and Slovak form of DAVID

DAVID   m   English, Hebrew, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Czech, Slovene, Russian, Croatian, Serbian, Biblical, Biblical Latin
From the Hebrew name דָּוִד (Dawid), which was probably derived from Hebrew דוד (dwd) meaning "beloved"... [more]

DENIS   m   French, Russian, English, German, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Romanian
From Denys or Denis, the medieval French forms of DIONYSIUS... [more]

DENISA   f   Czech, Slovak, Romanian
Feminine form of DENIS

DIONÝZ   m   Slovak
Slovak form of DIONYSIUS

DOBROMIL   m   Czech
Derived from the Slavic elements dobro "good, kind" and mil "gracious, dear".

DOMINIK   m   Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Polish, German, Hungarian, Croatian
Cognate of DOMINIC

DOMINIKA   f   Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Russian, Polish
Feminine form of DOMINIC

DOROTA   f   Polish, Czech, Slovak
Polish, Czech and Slovak form of DOROTHEA

DOUBRAVKA   f   Czech
Czech feminine form of DUBRAVKO

DRAHOMÍR   m   Czech
Czech form of DRAGOMIR

DRAHOMÍRA   f   Czech
Czech feminine form of DRAGOMIR

DRAHOSLAV   m   Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of DRAGOSLAV

DRAHOSLAVA   f   Czech
Czech feminine form of DRAGOSLAV

DUŠAN   m   Czech, Serbian, Croatian, Slovak, Slovene
Derived from Slavic dusha meaning "soul, spirit".

DUŠANA   f   Czech, Serbian, Croatian, Slovak
Feminine form of DUŠAN

EDITA   f   Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Lithuanian
Czech, Slovak, Slovene and Lithuanian form of EDITH

EDUARD   m   German, Russian, Czech, Slovak, Catalan
Cognate of EDWARD

EDVARD   m   Scandinavian, Finnish, Slovene, Czech
Cognate of EDWARD

ELIŠKA   f   Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak diminutive of ELIZABETH

EMA   f   Spanish, Portuguese, Slovene, Czech, Slovak, Croatian
Cognate of EMMA

EMIL   m   German, Scandinavian, Czech, Polish, Slovene, Hungarian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, English
From the Roman family name Aemilius, which was derived from Latin aemulus meaning "rival".

EMÍLIA   f   Portuguese, Slovak
Portuguese and Slovak feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL).

EMÍLIE   f   Czech
Czech feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL).

ERIK   m   Scandinavian, Finnish, Czech, Slovene, German, English
Cognate of ERIC... [more]

ERIKA   f   Scandinavian, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Czech, Slovene, English
Feminine form of ERIK

ESTER   f   Scandinavian, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Finnish
Cognate of ESTHER

ESTERA   f   Polish, Slovak
Polish and Slovak form of ESTHER

EUGEN   m   German, Romanian, Czech, Slovak
German, Romanian, Czech and Slovak form of Eugenius (see EUGENE).

EVA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Czech, Bulgarian, Slovene, Russian, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Latin
Latinate form of EVE... [more]

EVŽEN   m   Czech
Czech form of EUGENE

FERDINAND   m   German, French, Dutch, Czech, Slovene, English, Ancient Germanic
From Ferdinando, the old Spanish form of a Germanic name composed of the elements farði "journey" and nanð "daring, brave"... [more]

FILIP   m   Scandinavian, Dutch, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Polish, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian, Hungarian, Romanian, Finnish
Cognate of PHILIP

FRANTIŠEK   m   Czech
Czech form of Franciscus (see FRANCIS).

FRANTIŠKA   f   Czech
Czech feminine form of Franciscus (see FRANCIS).

GABRIEL   m   French, German, Scandinavian, Finnish, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, English, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
From the Hebrew name גַבְרִיאֵל (Gavri'el) meaning "strong man of God"... [more]

GABRIELA   f   Portuguese, Polish, Romanian, Spanish, German, Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of GABRIEL

HANA (2)   f   Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of HANNAH

HAVEL   m   Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of GALLUS

HEDVIGA   f   Slovak
Slovak form of HEDWIG

HEDVIKA   f   Czech, Slovene
Czech and Slovene form of HEDWIG

HELENA   f   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Slovene, Croatian, English, Ancient Greek (Latinized), Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Latinate form of HELEN

HENRICH   m   Slovak
Slovak form of HENRY

HONZA   m   Czech
Czech form of HANS

HYNEK   m   Czech
Diminutive of HEINRICH

IGNÁC   m   Hungarian, Czech
Hungarian and Czech form of IGNATIUS

ILONA   f   Hungarian, German, Finnish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Czech
Possibly a Hungarian form of HELEN

IRENA   f   Polish, Czech, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Dutch, Lithuanian
Latinate form of IRENE

IRENKA   f   Polish, Czech
Polish and Czech diminutive of IRENA

IVA   f   Czech, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Short form of IVANA

IVAN   m   Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Serbian, Croatian, Czech, Slovene, English
Newer form of the old Slavic name Іѡаннъ (Ioannu), which was derived from Greek Ioannes (see JOHN)... [more]

IVANA   f   Czech, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Bulgarian
Feminine form of IVAN

IVANKA   f   Czech, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian
Diminutive of IVANA

IVETA   f   Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of YVETTE

IVONA   f   Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of YVONNE

IZABELA   f   Polish, Czech
Polish and Czech form of ISABELLA

JÁCHYM   m   Czech
Czech form of JOACHIM

JAKUB   m   Polish, Czech, Slovak
Polish, Czech and Slovak form of JACOB (or JAMES).

JÁN   m   Slovak
Slovak form of JOHANNES

JAN (1)   m   Dutch, Scandinavian, Czech, Polish, Slovene, German
Form of JOHANNES... [more]

JANA (1)   f   Dutch, German, Czech, Slovak, Slovene
Feminine form of JAN (1)

JANEK   m   Polish, Czech
Polish and Czech diminutive of JAN (1)

JANKO   m   Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Slovak
Diminutive of JANEZ or JÁN

JAREK   m   Polish, Czech
Diminutive of Slavic names beginning with the element jary "fierce, strong", such as JAROSŁAW.

JARKA   f   Czech
Feminine form of JAREK

JARMIL   m   Czech
Derived from the Slavic elements jary "fierce, strong" and mil "gracious, dear".

JARMILA   f   Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of JARMIL

JAROMIL   m   Czech
Variant of JARMIL

JAROMÍR   m   Czech
Derived from the Slavic elements jary "fierce, strong" and mir "peace".

JAROSLAV   m   Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of JAROSŁAW

JAROSLAVA   f   Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak feminine form of JAROSŁAW

JINDŘICH   m   Czech
Czech form of HENRY

JIŘÍ   m   Czech
Czech form of GEORGE

JIŘINA   f   Czech
Feminine form of JIŘÍ

JITKA   f   Czech
Diminutive of JUDITA

JOHAN   m   Scandinavian, German, Dutch, Czech
Scandinavian, Low German and Czech form of Iohannes (see JOHN).

JOHANA   f   Czech
Czech feminine form of JOHAN

JOLANA   f   Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of YOLANDA

JONÁŠ   m   Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of JONAH

JOSEF   m   German, Scandinavian, Czech
German, Scandinavian and Czech form of JOSEPH

JOSEFA   f   Spanish, Portuguese, Czech
Spanish, Portuguese and Czech feminine form of JOSEPH

JOZEF   m   Slovak, Dutch
Slovak and Dutch form of JOSEPH

JUDITA   f   Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of JUDITH

JÚLIA   f   Portuguese, Hungarian, Slovak
Portuguese, Hungarian and Slovak form of JULIA

JÚLIUS   m   Slovak
Slovak form of JULIUS

JURAJ   m   Croatian, Slovak
Croatian and Slovak form of GEORGE

JUSTÍNA   f   Slovak
Slovak feminine form of Iustinus (see JUSTIN).

JUSTINA   f   English, Slovene, Czech, Lithuanian, Late Roman
Feminine form of Iustinus (see JUSTIN).

JUSTÝNA   f   Czech
Czech feminine form of Iustinus (see JUSTIN).

KÁJA   f   Czech
Diminutive of KAROLÍNA

KAMIL (2)   m   Czech, Slovak, Polish
Czech, Slovak and Polish form of CAMILLUS

KAMILA   f   Czech, Slovak, Polish
Czech, Slovak and Polish form of CAMILLA

KAREL   m   Dutch, Czech, Slovene
Dutch, Czech and Slovene form of CHARLES

KAROL   m   Polish, Slovak
Polish and Slovak form of KARL

KAROLÍNA   f   Czech
Czech feminine form of CAROLUS

KATARÍNA   f   Slovak
Slovak form of KATHERINE

KATEŘINA   f   Czech
Czech form of KATHERINE

KATKA   f   Czech, Slovak
Diminutive of KATEŘINA or KATARÍNA

KAZIMÍR   m   Czech, Slovak, Hungarian
Czech, Slovak and Hungarian form of CASIMIR

KLÁRA   f   Hungarian, Czech
Hungarian and Czech form of CLARA

KLAUDIA   f   Polish, Slovak
Polish and Slovak feminine form of CLAUDIUS

KLAUDIE   f   Czech
Czech feminine form of CLAUDIUS

KLEMENT   m   Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of Clemens (see CLEMENT).

KOLOMAN   m   German, Czech, Slovak
German, Czech and Slovak form of COLMÁN... [more]

KONRÁD   m   Hungarian, Czech, Slovak
Hungarian, Czech and Slovak form of CONRAD

KORNEL   m   Polish, Czech, Slovak
Polish, Czech and Slovak form of CORNELIUS

KRISTÍNA   f   Slovak
Slovak form of CHRISTINA

KRISTINA   f   Scandinavian, Russian, German, Slovene, Czech, Lithuanian, Serbian, Croatian, English, Bulgarian
Cognate of CHRISTINA, and a Bulgarian variant of HRISTINA.

KRIŠTOF   m   Slovene, Slovak
Slovene and Slovak form of CHRISTOPHER

KRISTÝNA   f   Czech
Czech variant of KRISTINA

KRYŠTOF   m   Czech
Czech form of CHRISTOPHER

KVETA   f   Czech
Derived from Czech kvet meaning "flower, blossom".

LADISLAV   m   Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croatian
Czech, Slovak, Slovene and Croatian form of VLADISLAV

LADISLAVA   f   Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak feminine form of VLADISLAV

LENKA   f   Czech, Slovak
Originally a diminutive of MAGDALÉNA or HELENA... [more]

LEOŠ   m   Czech
Czech form of LEO

LIBENA   f   Czech
Derived from the Czech element lib meaning "love".

LIBOR   m   Czech
Czech form of LIBERIUS

LIBUŠE   f   Czech
Derived from the Czech element lib meaning "love"... [more]

LÍDA   f   Czech
Czech diminutive of LUDMILA

LINDA   f   English, Dutch, German, Scandinavian, Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian
Originally a medieval short form of Germanic names containing the element linde meaning "soft, tender"... [more]

LIVIE   f   Czech
Czech feminine form of LIVIUS

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