72%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Croatian, Serbian, Slovene Scripts Жељко(Serbian) Pronounced Pron. ZHEHL-ko(Croatian, Serbian) [key·IPA] Meaning & History Derived from South Slavic želja meaning "desire". Related NamesFamily Tree·Details Feminine FormsŽeljka(Croatian) Željka(Serbian) Željka(Slovene) Name DaysName Days? Croatia: May 23Croatia: September 19 Categories desire, Montenegrin prime ministers, presidents of Bosnia and Herzegovina, world leaders Entry updated April 16, 2019