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

ADÉLA   f   Czech
Czech form of ADELA

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

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

ALBÍNA   f   Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of ALBINA

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

ALEŠ   m   Czech, Slovene
Pet form of ALEXEJ or ALEKSANDER

ALEXANDER   m   English, German, Dutch, Hungarian, Slovak
From 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, English, Greek, Portuguese, Romanian, Czech, Hungarian, Slovak, Ancient Greek
Feminine form of ALEXANDER... [more]

ALEXEJ   m   Czech
Czech form of ALEXIUS

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

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

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

ANETA   f   Czech
Czech pet form of ANNA

ANNA   f   English, Italian, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Estonian, Greek, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Icelandic, Catalan, Breton, Biblical
Latinate form of HANNAH... [more]

ANTONIE   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).

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

BARBORA   f   Czech, Slovak
Czech and Slovak form of BARBARA

BARTOLOMĚJ   m   Czech
Czech form of BARTHOLOMEW

BARTOLOMEJ   m   Slovak
Slovak form of BARTHOLOMEW

BEDRICH   m   Czech
Czech form of FREDERICK

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

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
Means "God is peaceful" from the Slavic elements bog "god" and mir "peace".

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).

BOŽENA   f   Czech
Feminine pet form of BOŽIDAR

BOŽIDAR   m   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
Serbian, Slovak and Czech feminine form of BRONISŁAW

BRAŇKA   f   Slovak
Slovak pet form of BRANISLAVA

BRANKO   m   Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Slovak
Short form 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
Portuguese and Slovak 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
Pet form of VINCENC

CTIBOR   m   Czech
Czech form of CZCIBOR

CYRIL   m   English, Czech, Slovak
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".

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

DANICA   f   Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Slovak, Czech
From a Slavic word meaning "morning star".

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

DANIELA   f   German, Polish, Czech, Romanian, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Slovene
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, Jewish, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Czech, Slovene, German, Scandinavian, Biblical
Possibly derived from Hebrew דוד (dvd) meaning "beloved"... [more]

DENISA   f   Czech, Slovak, Romanian
Feminine form of DENIS

DOBROMIL   m   Czech
Means "kind grace" from the Slavic elements dobro "good, kind" and mil "grace".

DOMINIK   m   Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Polish, German, Hungarian
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

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, Slovene, Lithuanian
Czech, 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
Czech pet form of ELIZABETH

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   Slovak
Slovak feminine form of Aemilius (see EMIL).

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

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

ERIKA   f   German, Scandinavian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovene
Cognate of ERICA

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 EUGENE

EVA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Czech, Bulgarian, Slovene, Russian
Latinate form of EVE, and a variant Russian transcription of YEVA.

EVŽEN   m   Czech
Czech form of EUGENE

FERDINAND   m   German, French, Czech, Slovene
From Ferdinando, the old Spanish form of a Visigothic name composed of the Germanic elements frið "peace" and nanð "daring, brave"... [more]

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

FILIPA   f   Portuguese, Serbian, Croatian, Polish, Czech
Feminine form of PHILIP

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

FRANTIŠKA   f   Czech
Feminine form of FRANTIŠEK

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, Finnish, Estonian, Latvian, Slovene, English
Latinate form of HELEN

HONZA   m   Czech
Czech pet form of JAN (1)

IGNÁC   m   Hungarian, Czech
Hungarian and Czech form of IGNATIUS

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

IRENKA   f   Polish, Czech
Polish and Czech pet form of IRENA

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

IVAN   m   Russian, Czech, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Ukrainian
Cognate of JOHN... [more]

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

IVANKA   f   Czech, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian
Pet form 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
Polish and Czech form of JACOB

JÁN   m   Slovak
Slovak form of JOHANNES

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

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

JAREK   m   Polish, Czech
Pet form of Slavic names beginning with jaro "spring".

JARKA   f   Czech
Feminine form of JAREK

JARMIL   m   Czech
Variant of JAROMIL

JARMILA   f   Czech
Feminine form of JAROMIL

JAROMIL   m   Czech
Derived from the Slavic elements jaro "spring" and mil "favour".

JAROMÍR   m   Czech
Derived from the Slavic elements jaro "spring" 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
Pet form of JUDITA

JOHAN   m   Scandinavian, German, Czech
Scandinavian, Low German and Czech form of Johannes (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
Czech 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 Justinus (see JUSTIN).

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

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

KÁJA   f   Czech
Pet form 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

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

KLARA   f   Scandinavian, German, Russian, Ukrainian, Czech, Polish, Slovene, Latvian
Cognate of CLARA

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

KLAUDIE   f   Czech
Czech feminine form of CLAUDIUS

KLIMENT   m   Russian, Bulgarian, Czech
Russian, Bulgarian and Czech form of CLEMENT

KOLOMAN   m   German, Czech, Slovak
German, Czech and Slovak form of Columbanus (see COLMÁN).

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

KRISTÍNA   f   Slovak
Slovak form of CHRISTINA

KRISTINA   f   Swedish, Russian, German, Slovene, Czech, Lithuanian, Serbian, Croatian
Cognate of CHRISTINA

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
Czech, Slovak and Slovene form of VLADISLAV

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

LENKA   f   Czech, Slovak
Pet form of MAGDALÉNA

LEOŠ   m   Czech
Czech form of LEO

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