Doubravka

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)