Željka
- Meaning:
- Desired one (feminine of Željko, from Slavic "želja" = wish)
- Origin:
- Slavic
About the name Željka
The feminine form of Željko, from the Slavic 'želja' ('wish, desire'), meaning 'the desired one'.
Popularity with newborns
Željka 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
12,111 people in Croatia are called Željka, according to the 2021 census. That is #72 among all the names in Imenko.
Where the name is found
Željka is recorded in every Croatian county.
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.