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