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)