Doubravka is a female given name of Slavic origin. It derives from the Slavic word doubrava meaning oak grove and is pronounced dow-brahf-kah in Czech.

Nicknames

  • Czech: Doubra, Doubravuše, Doubruše, Duběnka, Doubí (dow-bee), Duba, Doubinka, Dubi, Dobra

Name Days

  • Czech: 19 January

Other variants

  • Доубравка: Bulgarian
  • Dubravka: Bosnian, Croatian
  • Dúbravka: Slovak
  • Dąbrówka: Polish (pronounced: dam-bruf-kah)
  • Дубравка: Serbian, Russian

Famous bearers

  • Doubravka Přemyslovna, Bohemian princess, member of the Přemyslid dynasty and by marriage Duchess of the Polans
  • Doubravka Svobodová, Czech director of Divadlo Na zábradlí (from 1993)
  • Mgr. Doubravka Olšáková, Czech historian

Fictional Doubravka’s

  • Psychologist Doubravka, a character from Czech film comedy Léto s kovbojem (The Summer with Cowboy)
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