# Branka

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**Branka** (Sr-cyrl: Бранка) is a [Serbo-Croatian](/source/Serbo-Croatian) female [given name](/source/Given_name) derived from the [Slavic](/source/Slavic_languages) root *bran* – the same as in [Branislav](/source/Branislav) and [Branimir](/source/Branimir) – with the meaning "to defend or protect". It can also be a version of the [Portuguese](/source/Portuguese_language) name *[Branca](/source/Branca)* meaning "white" (*Casablanca* was originally called *Casabranca*). The name *Branka* became popular in the territory of former [Yugoslavia](/source/Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia) some hundred years ago.

The name *Branka* may refer to:

## People

- [Branka Katić](/source/Branka_Kati%C4%87) (born 1970), Serbian actress
- [Branka Nevistić](/source/Branka_Nevisti%C4%87) (born 1968), Serbian television presenter and journalist
- [Branka Prpa](/source/Branka_Prpa) (born 1953), historian, author, and director of Belgrade's Historical Archives
- [Branka Raunig](/source/Branka_Raunig) (1935–2008), Bosnian archaeologist, prehistorian, and museum curator

## In fiction

- Branka, a character from the video game [Dragon Age: Origins](/source/Dragon_Age:_Origins)
- [Moe the bartender](/source/Moe_the_bartender) from the animated TV sitcom *[The Simpsons](/source/The_Simpsons)* had a [Macedonian](/source/Macedonians_(ethnic_group)) grandmother he called "Baba Branka."[2]

## Groups

- Branka, a splinter group of the Basque armed separatist group Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) led by [Txillardegi](/source/Txillardegi) from the 1960s to the 1970s

## Places

- [Branka u Opavy](/source/Branka_u_Opavy), a municipality and village in the Czech Republic
- Branka, a village and administrative part of [Halže](/source/Hal%C5%BEe) in the Czech Republic

## See also

- [Branko](/source/Branko), the masculine equivalent
- [Branca](/source/Branca), a feminine given name

## References

1. ["Name Branka - Meaning, origin etc. - Girl Names - Baby Name Branka"](http://www.thenamemeaning.com/branka/). Retrieved 21 February 2016.

1. *The Simpsons* episode "[Abe League of Their Moe](/source/Abe_League_of_Their_Moe)"

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