Branka

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Бранка in MK North Macedonia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Branka is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Polish surname3.0K records spelled Branka2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, Serbia, United States

  Also written Brańka

• a separate given name647 records spelled Branka3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Serbia, United Kingdom, Bosnia & Herzegovina

  Also written Brańka, Braňka

• Czech given name360 records spelled Branka7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Czechia, Slovakia, Serbia

  Languages: Czech, Slovak

  Also written Braňka, Bránka, Brańka

• Finnish given name105 records spelled Branka3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Serbia

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Bränkä

34 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Branka is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Czech, diminutive of brána (“gate”)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Polish, impressment for forced labor or military service

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In zlw-ocs, diminutive of brána

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Maltese, category, class

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Basque, prow

  as a word·Trask, Etymological Dictionary of Basque (2008 posthumous draft)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 22 years between 1999–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Branka Musulinb. 1917DEpianist (1917–1975)
• Branka Veselinovićb. 1918RSSerbian actress (1918–2023)
• Branka Raunigb. 1935BAarchaeologist from Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Branka Petrićb. 1937RSSerbian actress (born 1937)
• Branka Prpab. 1952RSSerbian historian
• Branka Sovrlićb. 1957RSSerbian-Bosnian singer
• Branka Arsićb. 1965USAmerican literary scholar
• Branka Stamenkovićb. 1968RSSerbian politician
• Branka Katićb. 1970RSSerbian actress
• Branka Bešević Gajićb. 1982RSSerbian filmmaker

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 200 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Branka?

We estimate roughly 22 thousand people bear Branka (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Branka have the most bearers?

We estimate about 15 thousand people bear Branka in Croatia, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled branka.

Where is Branka most common?

Branka is densest in Croatia, where the national register counts about 1 in 285 people carrying it.

How common is Branka compared with other names?

In Croatia, Branka is the 68th most common given name of 13,510 given names recorded there.

Is Branka a male or female name?

Branka is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Branka mean?

Recorded meaning: weibl. Vom. serbischer, kroatischer oder slowenischer Herkunft, weibliche Form von