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Jindra: what the name means

Jindra: from Jindra, a pet form of the first name Jindřich (Henry).

In January 2017, 4,568 people in Czechia were named Jindra or Jindrová (the women’s form).

Where the name was most common in 2017

Areas are the Interior Ministry’s; numbers under 5 are not shown.

To find the family in the old parish books, you need the village they came from.

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Questions

What does the surname Jindra mean?

Jindra: from Jindra, a pet form of the first name Jindřich (Henry).

How many people are called Jindra in the Czech Republic?

In January 2017, 4,568 people in Czechia were named Jindra or Jindrová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.

Where in Czechia is the name Jindra most common?

In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (615), České Budějovice (318), Plzeň (152).

Sources

  1. The meaning of Jindra: cs.wikipedia.org
  2. Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic: surname counts by area, January 2017 (archived; the ministry no longer publishes them)