Željko
Željko is a South Slavic masculine name with a Slavic word root, well-documented in Croatian naming traditions. It has two syllables and features the characteristic digraph "lj", which represents a single soft consonant.
Origin and etymology of the name
Scholarly onomastic and linguistic analysisThe name is associated with wishes and desires, reminding the family of a long-awaited child.
Detailed Slovak etymology analysis
Juhoslovanské meno zo slovanského základu žel-, súvisiaceho so slovesom željeti „želať si“ a podstatným menom želja „želanie, túžba“. Hrvatski jezični portal ho zaraďuje medzi domácke podoby pri menách Želibor a Želimir. Obsahuje príponu -ko.
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ZELJKO
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Regional Central European form11 foreign variants
Česky, Anglicky, Maďarsky- •Mierna diakritika – v medzinárodnom styku sa ľahko prepisuje do základnej latinky.
- •Ideálna dvojslabičná dĺžka – melodická a rýchlo zapamätateľná na celom svete.
- •Známe v okolitých stredoeurópskych a slovanských krajinách.
- •Meno je špecifické pre stredoeurópsky / slovanský kultúrny okruh, pre cudzincov bude pôsobiť originálne a exoticky.
Name days and calendars
Dates in Slovak and international calendarsPraktická slovenská výslovnosť: žeľ-ko. Spojenie lj označuje jednu mäkkú spoluhlásku podobnú slovenskému ľ; j sa nevyslovuje samostatne.
Grammar & Cases
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