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BABINEC CzechNickname from Old Czech babinec meaning "coward".
BARTEK Polish, Czech, Slovak, GermanPolish, Czech, Slovak, and eastern German: from a pet form of a vernacular form of the personal name Bartolomaeus (Czech Bartoloměj, Polish Bartłomiej, German Bartolomäus)
BĚLÍN CzechEither a nickname from Czech bílý ‘white’ or a derivative of the female personal name Běla (which also means ‘white’), denoting the son or husband of a woman so named.
BENDA CzechBenda is short form from names Benjamin or Benedikt.
BERUŠKA CzechAllegedly derived from Czech
beruška "ladybird; ladybug".
BIEL Polish, Czech, SlovakNickname for a white- or fair-haired person, from Polish
biel, Old Czech
bielý, Slovak
biely "white".
BONUŠ CzechFrom a pet form of the personal name Bonifác, Czech form of Bonifacio.
BORÁK CzechHabitational name for someone from one of many places named with bor meaning "pine forest"; alternatively from a short form of the personal names Dalibor or Bořivoj, containing the element -bor meaning "battle".
BRODSKY CzechHabitational name derived from a number of places, including Bohemia.
CHYTIL CzechNickname from the past participle of chytit ‘have caught’.
DAMIAN French, Spanish, Italian, Czech, Slovak, PolishFrom the medieval personal name
Damian, Greek
Damianos (from
damazein "to subdue"). St. Damian was an early Christian saint martyred in Cilicia in ad 303 under the emperor Domitian, together with his brother Cosmas...
[more] DÝMEK Czech, PolishDerived from Czech
dým meaning "smoke" or Polish
dymek meaning "haze".
FURMAN Polish, Czech, Slovak, Jewish, Slovene, English, German (Anglicized)Polish, Czech, Slovak, Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic), and Slovenian: occupational name for a carter or drayman, the driver of a horse-drawn delivery vehicle, from Polish, Yiddish, and Slovenian
furman, a loanword from German (see
Fuhrmann)...
[more] HAŠEK Czech (?)Meaning "Pure" or "Chaste" from Latin
Castus, a shortening of
Castulus. Diminutive of the personal name Haštal. Noteable people with this surname include Dominik Hašek, a Czech ice hockey Goal-tender and Jaroslav Hašek, a Czech satirist and Journalist, most known for his satirical novel, 'The Good Soldier Švejk'.
HOMOLKA CzechFrom
homolka meaning "(cone-shaped lump of) cream cheese". The word homolka itself is derived from
homole "cone". This was either a nickname for a mild person or an occupational name for someone who made cheese.
HRDINA Czech, SlovakHrdina is a Czech and Slovak surname meaning "hero". Two notable bearers are Jan Hrdina, and Jiří Hrdina, both are ice hockey players.
HUDEC Czech, SlovakOccupational name for a fiddler, hudec, a derivative of housti meaning "to play the fiddle".
HURTA CzechNickname for an aggressive person, from hurt ‘attack.’
HUSTOPEČE CzechThis indicates familial origin within either of 2 eponymous Moravian towns.
JAGR CzechJágr is a Czech-language surname. It is related to the German surname Jäger which means "hunter" in German. It is used by the Ice Hockey player Jaromír Jágr.
KONEČNÝ Czech, SlovakFrom Czech and Slovak
konečný meaning ''final, last, finite''. Perhaps a nickname for the youngest son of a family, a topographic name for someone who lived at the end of a settlement, or a nickname for someone who brought something to a conclusion.
KONOPÁSEK CzechFrom konopa meaning "hemp", probably an occupational name for a rope maker.
KORBEL CzechOccupational name for a maker of drinking vessels, from
korbel "tankard".
KOSTRA Czech, SlovakUnusual surname found in Slovakia and the Czech Republic meaning "skeleton" from the word
kostra, ultimately from the word
kost meaning "bone". In Czech in particular,
kostra refers only to the biological meaning of "skeleton" - a skeleton as an independent entity is known as a
kostlivec.
KOZAK Polish, Czech, Slovak, Sorbian, UkrainianEthnic name for a Cossack, a member of a people descended from a group of runaway serfs who set up a semi-independent military republic in Ukraine in the 15th and 16th centuries.
LIŠKA CzechLiška means "fox" in Czech. A famous bearer is actor Pavel Liška.
MAUK Czech, RussianThe word Mauk is the Eastern European meaning for night. In the early ages a small group of people in the area now known to be in or around Russia and the czech republic founded this word and made it their name...
[more] MAZÁČ Czech, SlovakFrom workers on a buildings, who were gluing bricks to each other
OTRADOVEC CzechHabitational name for someone from any of four places in Bohemia called Otradov or Otradovice.
OŽANA CzechOžana - ožanka (Teucrium) - Osana - OSANNA, OSANKA (german) - HOSANA (hebrew)...
[more] PÁVEK CzechDiminutive of páv "peacock", hence a nickname for a pretentious or ostentatious person.
PAVELKA CzechDerived from the given name Pavel. A famosu bearer is Jake Pavelka.
PIVEC CzechNickname for a drinker, from pivo meaning ‘beer’.
PIVONKA CzechCzech word for peony. Also given as a nickname meaning one with rosy cheeks
PTACEK CzechA name given to a small, birdlike individual, meaning literally "little bird".
PUDIWITR CzechOriginally Pudivitr, or Pudivitrova(female only). V was switched to W when the family came to the U.S., though there are both names in the U.S.
RADNICE CzechThis indicates familial origin within the Bohemian town of the same name.
RAK Polish, Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, Hungarian, JewishPolish, Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, Hungarian (Rák), and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): from Slavic rak ‘crab’, ‘lobster’, or ‘crayfish’. This was applied as an occupational name for someone who caught and sold crayfish, crabs, or lobsters, or as a nickname to someone thought to resemble such a creature...
[more] ROVNÁK CzechHabitational name from places named Rovné and/or Rovný.
RUŽEK CzechIt means "rose". Derived from name Ružena.
RYSLINK Czech (Rare)Czech spelling or interpretation of an
Irish (I think) name. First introduced in 1620 at the beginning of the 30 Years War at White Mountain near Prague, CZ when an Irish (I think) soldier fathered a Czech son...
[more] SHANDERA Czech (Anglicized, Modern)Shandera is anglicized for Šandera, a patronymic for Alexander (son of Alexander), the euiqvalent of Sandoor in Hungarian or Sanders in English.
SIS CzechDerived from German
süss "sweet".
ŠKUDLÁREK CzechNickname for a stingy person, from a derivative Czech škudil meaning "stingy","tight-fisted".
SLOVENSKY CzechEthnic name for someone from Slovakia or who had connections with Slovakia.
STRAKA Czech, SlovakCzech and Slovak: Nickname from straka ‘magpie’, probably for a thievish or insolent person....
[more] TRISKA CzechMeaning "splinter" in Czech. Nathan Triska is a teenage celebrity born in 1999.
UHLÍŘ CzechUhlíř is a originally craftsman dedicated to the production of charcoal. It is also called a person involved in the distribution of coal....
[more] URBAN English, French, German, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Hungarian, JewishFrom a medieval personal name (Latin Urbanus meaning "city dweller", a derivative of urbs meaning "town", "city").
VELÍŠEK Czech, Italian, CroatianVelliscig is an Italian surname with no small population base and spread almost exclusively in Friuli. The center of origin of this surname must be identified in the ancient Kingdom of Hungary - Bohemia between the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary....
[more] VOBORNÍK Czech, SlovakPříjmení Voborník vzniklo dle svého bydliště, tedy z obory. Oborníky mívali naši předkové, byli to správcové nebo strážcové obor, lesní a hajní v oborách (slovo toto žije v příjmení Oborník, Voborník)...
[more] VRÁTIL CzechDerived from the past participle of the verb vrátit "to return". The name was perhaps used to denote a person who came back to his home following a long absence.
ZÁČEK CzechŽáček means "small school boy" in Czech. A famous bearer is Chicagoan writer Dennis Začek.
ZELNÍČKOVÁ CzechFeminine form of
Zelníček, this is the maiden name of Donald J. Trump's first wife,
Ivana Zelníčková Trump.