Zelenka Family History
Zelenka Name Meaning
Czech Slovak and Croatian: derivative of zelený (Czech and Slovak) zelen (Croatian) ‘green’ possibly a nickname for someone who habitually dressed in green or who was ‘green’ in the sense of being immature or inexperienced or for someone with a sickly ‘greenish’ complexion. Jewish (from Belarus): habitational name from the village of Zelenka in eastern Belarus.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022