Jitka

Jitka is a Czech female given name. It is a nickname of the Hebrew name Judith, meaning He will be praised or woman of Judea. The old Czech form is Jutka, derived from the German name Jutta. The name day is celebrated on 5 December. Pronounced "YIT-kah".

Notable bearers

• Jitka ze Svinibrodu (1003–1058), Czech princess
• Jitka Babická (born 1939), Czech figure skater
• Jitka Bartosová, Czech linguist
• Jitka Čechová (born 1947), Czech actress
• Judita Čeřovská (1929–2001), Czech jazz and swing singer
• Jitka Čvančarová (born 1978), Czech actress
• Jitka Harazimova (born 1975), Czech professional bodybuilder
• Jitka Janáčková (born 1973, Mladá Boleslav), a Czech-Czechoslovak sprint canoer
• Jitka Kocurová (born 1979), Czech actress and model
• Jitka Landová (born 1990) Czech Biathlete
• Jitka Legatová, a Czechoslovak slalom canoer
• Jitka Licenik, Czech-Canadian journalist
• Jitka Molavcová (born 1950), Czech actress and singer
• Jitka Němcová (born 1950), Czech director and university educator
• Jitka Obzinová (born 1964), Czech journalist
• Jitka Seitlová (born 1954), Czech politician
• Jitka Schneiderová (born 1973), Czech actress
• Jitka Smutná (born 1952), Czech actress
• Jitka Snížková (1924–1989), a Czech composer, music educator and musicologist
• Jitka Traplová, a Czechoslovak slalom canoer
• Jitka Válková (born 1991), a Czech beauty pageant contestant from Třebíč
• Jitka Válová (1922–2011), Czech painter
• Jitka Zelenková (born 1950), Czech pop singer
• Jitka Zelenohorská (born 1946), Czech actress

See also

• 3395 Jitka (1985 UN), a main-belt asteroid discovered on 1985 by A. Mrkos