Radek name meaning
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What does Radek mean?
Unexpected choice and Modernistic Slavonic and Germanic Radek means "Happy" which is prevalently used in Polish, Slavic and Czech is used as a boy name. Radek is form of Radko in Czech and Polish languages.
Also Radek is Czech equivalent of Roderick.
How do I pronounce Radek?
Two syllabled Radek is pronounced as r(a)-dek.
Variants of Radek
Radko, Roderick, Radecek, Roderich, Rhoderic, Ricky, Rickyy, Richart, Richeard, Rieke, Aric, Derek, Theodoric, Ulrich, Rick
How popular is the name Radek?
Radek is an uncommon baby name in United States where it has been in use since 2003 and achieved its top ranking of 5329 in 2009. Over 144 babies in United States have been named Radek.
Also, it appeared first time in 2008 on baby boy names list of England and Wales. But Radek is a popular baby name in Czech Republic where every 1 in 200 have the name as well as in Poland.
At least, 100000 people around the globe have been given the name as per our estimate.
| Year | Rank | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8230 | 9 |
| 2022 | 8256 | 9 |
| 2021 | 10736 | 6 |
| 2020 | 8018 | 9 |
| 2018 | 12136 | 5 |
| 2017 | 10760 | 6 |
| 2016 | 8140 | 9 |
| 2015 | 9560 | 7 |
| 2014 | 5990 | 14 |
| 2013 | 8784 | 8 |
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Numerological aspects of Radek
You are the most self-motivated person you know. You love your freedom and respect other people's freedom too. Your motto is "Why fight when you can solve issues the better way?" If you want to change the world, start with yourself. You are hard-working by nature and success drives you. With time, people who don't belong near you, walk away. The adventurous spirit that you once had is missing because YOU are missing in your life.
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- Ester - Commonly used in Slavic and Icelandic long standing and eminent, Ester is of English and Hungarian origin, meaning of Ester is "Form of Persian Esther or Myrtle Leaf" is used for both genders
- Roman - Originated from Albanian and Romanian, Popular and Perpetual Roman is used normally as a gender insensitive name, Roman means "Man from Rome or Citizen of Roman" is used substantially in German and Swedish
- Danicka - Meaning of Danicka is Old English, Give and Learned has its origin in Hebrew is a girl name is used mostly in Czech. Danicka is short version of Dana.
- Ilona - The widespread girl name Ilona is dominantly used in Swedish, Finnish and Hungarian, Ilona means "Flanks or Shining" is rooted from Latin and Hungarian
Famous people named Radek
- Radek Ťoupal, former ice hockey player
- Radek Bonk, former Czech professional ice hockey player
- Radek Dvořák, Czech retired professional ice hockey right winger
- Radek Štěpánek, retired professional tennis player
- Radek Černý, Czech former footballer who played as a goalkeeper
- Radek Martínek, Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman
- Radek Bejbl, Czech retired footballer
- Radek Drulák, Czech former football striker and later manager
- Radek Hamr, former Czech professional ice hockey player
- Radek Fiala, professional ice hockey goaltender playing for HC Litvínov
- Radek Šírl, During his career Šírl played left midfielder and left back
- Radek Mynář, crowd favorite and Polonia's captain
- Radek Sikorski in When Boris Met Dave as
- Radek Jonak in Red Dog as Actor
- Radek Ladczuk in The Babadook as Cinematographer
- Radek Wegrzyn in movie Violinissimo as Director
- In 1987 comedy, musical movie, Discopríbeh, Radek Pospísil played Sendvic.
- In 1994, Radek Valenta played the role of Jindrich in comedy and family movie Princezna ze mlejna.
- In 1991 comedy and fantasy film, Freonový duch, Radek Hoppe portrayed Marek.
Lists having Radek
- Boy names beginning with R
- American Boy Names
- English Boy Names
- German Boy Names
- Czech Boy Names
- Polish Boy Names
- Slavic Boy Names
- Baby Names that mean Happy
Sources
- Social Security Administration, https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/index.html
- Office for National Statistics, https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/livebirths