Lenka (first name)

Lenka is a female given name .

Origin and meaning

Lenka is the Czech and Sorbian diminutive of Magdalena or Helene / Jelena (Russian) and the Serbian diminutive of Lena . It is the seventh most common female given name in the Czech Republic. In Sorbian the name is mostly written Leńka .

Well-known namesake

• Lenka (* 1978), stage name of Lenka Kripac, Australian singer
• Lenka Chytilová (* 1952), Czech poet
• Lenka Çuko (* 1938), Albanian politician
• Lenka Faltusová (* 1979), Czech athlete
• Lenka Gazdíková (* 1986), Slovak national soccer player
• Lenka Hašková (* 1923), Czech writer
• Lenka Jiroušková , (* 1971), Czech Middle Latin
• Lenka von Koerber (1888–1958), German journalist and writer
• Lenka Kotková (* 1973), Czech astronomer
• Lenka Lanczová (* 1964), Czech writer
• Lenka Mravíková (* 1987), Slovak national soccer player
• Lenka Ptáčníková (* 1976), Czech-Icelandic chess grandmaster
• Lenka Reinerová (1916–2008), Czech writer and journalist
• Lenka Dienstbach-Wech (* 1976), German rower