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Dubravka
Say it: DOO-brahv-kah
Meaning
From South Slavic dubrava 'oak grove'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Given currency by Ivan Gundulić's pastoral drama Dubravka (1628), it was common in 20th-century Croatia.
Its wave through time
No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Дубравка
| Czech | Doubravka |
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Famous bearers
- Dubravka Ugrešić, Croatian writer
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Where this comes from
- Well-known works of literature
- National birth statistics of European countries source
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