Ctirad

Ctirad (Polish: Czcirad) is a Slavic origin male given name derived from the elements: čest / chest "honour" and rad "care, joy". Possibly meaning "he honours advice" or "worshiping advice".

Name Days
Czech: 16 January

Nicknames
Ctishek, Ctisha, Radek, Ctirek, Rado, Ches

Famous bearers

 * In Czech mythology (as told in The Maidens' War), the nobleman Ctirad was killed by Šárka and the other rebel maidens
 * Ctirad Benáček (1924–1999), Czech basketball player
 * Ctirad Jungmann (born 1959), Czech rower
 * Ctirad Kohoutek (1929–2011), Czech composer, music theorist, and pedagogue
 * Ctirad Mašín, 1950s Czech resistance fighter
 * Ctirad Ovčáčík (born 1984), Czech ice hockey player
 * Ctirad Uher, Czech physicist at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor

Another

 * Ctirad - poem by Julius Zeyer (complete text: here)