Ctirad Explained

Ctirad
Gender:	male
Meaning:	čest / chest ("honour") + rad ("joy, care, advice")
Origin:	Slavic
Variant Forms:	Ctirada
Related Names:	Ctibor, Česlav
Footnotes:	https://www.behindthename.com/name/ctirad

Ctirad (pronounced as /cs/) (Polish: Czcirad) is a Slavic-origin male given name derived from the elements čĭstĭ "honour" and radŭ "happy, willing".^[1]

Name days

Czech: 16 January

Nicknames

Ctishek, Ctisha, Radek, Ctirek, Rado, Ches

Notable people

• In Czech mythology (as told in The Maidens' War), the nobleman Ctirad was killed by Šárka and the other rebel maidens
• Ctirad Benáček (1924–1999), Czech basketball player
• Ctirad Jungmann (born 1959), Czech rower
• Ctirad Kohoutek (1929–2011), Czech composer, music theorist, and pedagogue
• Ctirad Mašín, 1950s Czech resistance fighter
• Ctirad Ovčáčík (born 1984), Czech ice hockey player
• Ctirad Uher, Czech physicist at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor

Notes and References

1. Web site: Campbell . Mike . Meaning, origin and history of the name Ctirad . 2024-12-03 . Behind the Name . en.