Preschool names in the Czech Republic

526SadieSadie

A friend from high school moved to the Czech Republic and she's a preschool teacher.  She shared some stories about her students and I thought I'd share the names:

Nela

Filip

Emicka

Lola

Sofinka

EmeraldSea

526SadieSadie:

A friend from high school moved to the Czech Republic and she's a preschool teacher.  She shared some stories about her students and I thought I'd share the names:

Nela

Filip

Emicka

Lola

Sofinka

My dad is from Czechoslovakia (before the split, obviously) so i'm used to many Slovak and Czech names. 

Other names that I've heard and liked: Danka, Simona, Lucia, Inez

I like Nela but it would sound very goofy with our LN. 

noslen2005

I like them.  I wouldn't use them, but they are inspirational. 

TKtravels

Most of these look familiar to me, but I'm not up on Czech pronunciation or suffixes. 

Is it similar to Polish (I wouldn't be surprised if it was..) in that the letter c is a soft c or /s/, and that the -ka is added in a nn/diminutive way?  

I have so many Polish names on my list, but I feel I couldn't use them in the US because they were be butchered.   

alphalyrae

I used to work with a Nelea and loved her name! Behind the name says Sofinka is a pet name for the russian form of Sofia, Sofya.

https://www.behindthename.com/name/sofya