Dubravka
- Meaning:
- From the oak grove (from Slavic "dubrava" = oak forest)
- Origin:
- Slavic
About the name Dubravka
From the Slavic 'dubrava' ('oak grove'). It is also the title of a famous pastoral play by the Dubrovnik poet Ivan Gundulić.
Popularity with newborns
Dubravka has not appeared on the annual list of the most popular newborn names. That list covers the 50 most common names for each sex, so the name was given to fewer children than the 50th name of the year — not to none.
People with this name in Croatia
8,256 people in Croatia are called Dubravka, according to the 2021 census. That is #123 among all the names in Imenko.
Where the name is found
Dubravka is recorded in every Croatian county.
Notable people called Dubravka
- Dubravka Ugrešić — Acclaimed Croatian writer and essayist
Sources
Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.