Radek is a masculine Christian name of
Slavic origin. It is often nickname of
Radovan
Radovan ( sr-cyr, Радован) is a Slavic male given name, derived from the passive adjective ''radovati'' ("rejoice"), itself from root ''rad-'' meaning "care, joy". It is found in Serbia, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, M ...
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Ctirad
Ctirad () (Polish: Czcirad) is a Slavic origin male given name derived from the elements: čest / chest "honour" and rad "care, joy".
Maybe, it means "he honours advice" or "worshiping advice".
Name Days
Czech: ''16 January''
Nicknames
Cti ...
and
Radoslav
Radoslav () is a common Slavic masculine given name, derived from ''rad-'' ("happy, eager, to care") and ''slava'' ("glory, fame"), both very common in Slavic dithematic names. It roughly means "eager glory". It is known since the Middle Ages. T ...
. It is used as a surname and given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Radek Baborák, Czech conductor and French horn player
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Radek Bejbl, Czech footballer
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Radek Bělohlav, Czech ice hockey player
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Radek Bonk, Czech ice hockey player
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Radek Dosoudil, Czech footballer
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Radek Duda, Czech ice hockey player
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Radek Dvořák, Czech ice hockey player
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Radek Faksa, Czech ice hockey player
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Radek Jaroš
Radek Jaroš (born 29 April 1964) is a Czech mountaineer and author.
Jaroš was born in Nové Město na Moravě, Czechoslovakia, now Czech Republic. In 1998 he climbed his first eight-thousander Mount Everest in the second attempt via its north ...
, Czech mountaineer and author
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Radek John, Czech publicist, author and writer
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Radek Martínek, Czech ice hockey player
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Radek Pilař
Radek Pilař ( 23 April 1931 Písek - 7 February 1993) was a Czech artist active in illustrations, animation, graphics, painting, filmmaking, and film directing . He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts, Prague with Professor . He is best kno ...
, Czech painter
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Radek Sikorski, Polish politician
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Radek Smoleňák
Radek Smoleňák (born December 3, 1986) is a Czech professional ice hockey winger. He is currently playing with the Mountfield Hradec Králové of the Czech Extraliga (EHL).Smolenak was selected by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 3rd round (73r ...
, Czech ice hockey player
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Radek Štěpánek
Radek Štěpánek (; born 27 November 1978) is a Czech former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 8 and best doubles ranking was world No. 4. Štěpánek's biggest achievements are reaching two Masters 100 ...
, Czech tennis player
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Radek McGuire, man who does it all from Calgary Alberta Canada
Fictional characters
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Radek Zelenka, character in ''
Stargate:Atlantis''
Surname
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Karl Radek (1885–1939), Bolshevik and international Communist leader
*General Ivan Radek, communist terrorist leader of
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental coun ...
in the ''
Air Force One
Air Force One is the official air traffic control designated call sign for a United States Air Force aircraft carrying the president of the United States. In common parlance, the term is used to denote U.S. Air Force aircraft modified and used ...
'' movie
*Viktor Radek, fictional character from the computer games ''
Sin Episodes''
Articles
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Articles beginning with "Radek"
External links
Radek on Behind The Name
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Masculine given names
Slavic masculine given names
Czech masculine given names