Jitka is a Czech female given name. It is a nickname of the Hebrew name

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, 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".

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* 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 Jitka Čadek Čvančarová (born 23 March 1978) is a Czech actress, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, and a patron of charity organization Debra CR. Čvančarová won four Thalia Award nominations. Life and career Čvančarová was born on 23 March 1 ...

(born 1978), Czech actress * Jitka Harazimova (born 1975), Czech

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Jitka Janáčková Jitka Janáčková (born 22 May 1973 ın Mladá Boleslav) is a Czechoslovak-Czech sprint canoeist who competed in the early to mid-1990s. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona for Czechoslovakia, she was eliminated in the semifinals of both the ...

(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 Jitka Legatová is a Czechoslovak retired slalom canoeist who competed in the early 1970s. She won a silver medal in the mixed C-2 event at the 1971 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Meran Merano (, ; ) or Meran () is a (municipality) ...

, a Czechoslovak slalom canoer * Jitka Licenik, Czech-Canadian journalist *

Jitka Molavcová 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. Pronounc ...

(born 1950), Czech actress and singer *

Jitka Němcová 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. Pronounc ...

(born 1950), Czech director and university educator * Jitka Obzinová (born 1964), Czech journalist *

Jitka Seitlová Jitka Seitlová (born 17 April 1954) is a Czech politician and current senator for Přerov District, a position which she has held since 2014. She also served for the same district between 1996 and 2007. She won in the 1996 Czech Senate election, ...

(born 1954), Czech politician *

Jitka Schneiderová Jitka Schneiderová (born 23 March 1973) is a Czech film, television and stage actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the ...

(born 1973), Czech actress *

Jitka Smutná 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. Pronounc ...

(born 1952), Czech actress *

Jitka Snížková Jitka Snížková born Skrhova (1924–1989) was a Czech composer, music educator and musicologist. She studied composition with Alois Haba at the Prague Conservatory and later taught music theory at the same institution. Her creative output includ ...

(1924–1989), a Czech composer, music educator and musicologist *

Jitka Traplová Jitka Traplová is a Czechoslovak retired slalom canoeist who competed in the late 1960s. She won gold medals in the mixed C-2 event and the mixed C-2 team event at the 1969 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships The 1969 ICF Canoe Slalom World Ch ...

, a Czechoslovak slalom canoer *

Jitka Válková Jitka Boho, née Válková (born 11 November 1991) is a Czech singer, former model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Česká Miss 2010 and finished in the top 15 in Miss Universe 2010. Early life Originally from Třebíč, Válkova studied ...

(born 1991), a Czech beauty pageant contestant from Třebíč *

Jitka Válová 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. Pronounc ...

(1922–2011), Czech painter *

Jitka Zelenková 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. Pronounc ...

(born 1950), Czech pop singer *

Jitka Zelenohorská Jitka Zelenohorská (born 11 November 1946, in Prague) is a Czech actress. She performed in more than seventy films from 1961 to 1990. In the 1960s, she lived with the singer Waldemar Matuška Waldemar Matuška (; 2 July 1932 – 30 May 2009) ...

(born 1946), Czech actress

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