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BABINECCzechNickname from Old Czech babinec meaning "coward".
BARTEKPolish, 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)
BĚLÍNCzechEither 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.
BENDACzechBenda is short form from names Benjamin or Benedikt.
BERUŠKACzechAllegedly derived from Czech
beruška "ladybird; ladybug".
BIELPolish, Czech, SlovakNickname for a white- or fair-haired person, from Polish
biel, Old Czech
bielý, Slovak
biely "white".
BONUŠCzechFrom a pet form of the personal name Bonifác, Czech form of Bonifacio.
BORÁKCzechHabitational 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".
BRODSKYCzechHabitational name derived from a number of places, including Bohemia.
CHYTILCzechNickname from the past participle of chytit ‘have caught’.
DAMIANFrench, 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] DÝMEKCzech, PolishDerived from Czech
dým meaning "smoke" or Polish
dymek meaning "haze".
FURMANPolish, 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] HAŠEKCzech (?)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'.
HOMOLKACzechFrom
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.
HRDINACzech, SlovakHrdina is a Czech and Slovak surname meaning "hero". Two notable bearers are Jan Hrdina, and Jiří Hrdina, both are ice hockey players.
HUDECCzech, SlovakOccupational name for a fiddler, hudec, a derivative of housti meaning "to play the fiddle".
HURTACzechNickname for an aggressive person, from hurt ‘attack.’
HUSTOPEČECzechThis indicates familial origin within either of 2 eponymous Moravian towns.
JAGRCzechJágr 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.
KONEČNÝCzech, 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.
KONOPÁSEKCzechFrom konopa meaning "hemp", probably an occupational name for a rope maker.
KORBELCzechOccupational name for a maker of drinking vessels, from
korbel "tankard".
KOSTRACzech, 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.
KOZAKPolish, 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.
LIŠKACzechLiška means "fox" in Czech. A famous bearer is actor Pavel Liška.
MAUKCzech, 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] MAZÁČCzech, SlovakFrom workers on a buildings, who were gluing bricks to each other
OTRADOVECCzechHabitational name for someone from any of four places in Bohemia called Otradov or Otradovice.
OŽANACzechOžana - ožanka (Teucrium) - Osana - OSANNA, OSANKA (german) - HOSANA (hebrew)...
[more] PÁVEKCzechDiminutive of páv "peacock", hence a nickname for a pretentious or ostentatious person.
PAVELKACzechDerived from the given name Pavel. A famosu bearer is Jake Pavelka.
PIVECCzechNickname for a drinker, from pivo meaning ‘beer’.
PIVONKACzechCzech word for peony. Also given as a nickname meaning one with rosy cheeks
PTACEKCzechA name given to a small, birdlike individual, meaning literally "little bird".
PUDIWITRCzechOriginally 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.
RADNICECzechThis indicates familial origin within the Bohemian town of the same name.
RAKPolish, 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] ROVNÁKCzechHabitational name from places named Rovné and/or Rovný.
RUŽEKCzechIt means "rose". Derived from name Ružena.
RYSLINKCzech (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] SISCzechDerived from German
süss "sweet".
ŠKUDLÁREKCzechNickname for a stingy person, from a derivative Czech škudil meaning "stingy","tight-fisted".
SLOVENSKYCzechEthnic name for someone from Slovakia or who had connections with Slovakia.
STRAKACzech, SlovakCzech and Slovak: Nickname from straka ‘magpie’, probably for a thievish or insolent person....
[more] TRISKACzechMeaning "splinter" in Czech. Nathan Triska is a teenage celebrity born in 1999.
UHLÍŘCzechUhlíř is a originally craftsman dedicated to the production of charcoal. It is also called a person involved in the distribution of coal....
[more] URBANEnglish, 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").
VELÍŠEKCzech, 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] VOBORNÍKCzech, 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] VRÁTILCzechDerived 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.
ZÁČEKCzechŽáček means "small school boy" in Czech. A famous bearer is Chicagoan writer Dennis Začek.
ZELNÍČKOVÁCzechFeminine form of
Zelníček, this is the maiden name of Donald J. Trump's first wife,
Ivana Zelníčková Trump.