Šárka (name)
Šárka is an old female given name with Bohemian origin. In Czech Republic it is still the seventy second most common name. The name means rocky hillock. Šárka is also name of the cliff in northwest outskirts of Prague. The mythological Šárka jumped from this cliff because of her remorse that she hepled lure Ctirad into a trap.
People bearing the name include:
- Šárka Kašpárková, Czech athlete
- Šárka Nováková, Czech high jumper
- Šárka Pančochová, Czech snowboarder
- Šárka Ullrichová, Czech actress
- Šárka Vaňková, Czech singer
- Šárka Záhrobská, Czech alpine skierˇ
- Šárka Korbelová, Czech businesswoman
- Mythical characters
- Šárka, the mythical warrior-maiden of Bohemia, a character in The Maidens' War
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