Czech Origin Surnames

This is a list of surnames in which the origin is Czech. Czech is the Slavic language spoken in the Czech Republic.

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Staňková f Czech
Feminine form of Staněk.

Stárek m Czech
From a nickname derived from Czech starý meaning "old".

Stárková f Czech
Feminine form of Stárek.

Šťastná f Czech
Feminine form of Šťastný.

Šťastný m Czech
Means "happy" in Czech.

Štěpánek m Czech
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Štěpán.

Štěpánková f Czech
Feminine form of Štěpánek.

Strnad mu Czech, Slovene
Means "bunting (bird)" in Czech and Slovene.

Strnadová f Czech
Czech feminine form of Strnad.

Suchá f Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of Suchý.

Suchý m Czech, Slovak
Means "dry" in Czech and Slovak. This was a nickname for a thin person.

Šulc m Czech
Czech form of Schulz.

Šulcová f Czech
Feminine form of Šulc.

Svoboda m Czech
Means "freedom" in Czech. This was a medieval name for a freeman, someone who was not a serf.

Svobodová f Czech
Feminine form of Svoboda.

Sýkora m Czech, Slovak
Means "tit (bird)" in Czech and Slovak.

Sýkorová f Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of Sýkora.

Tesař m Czech
Means "carpenter" in Czech, ultimately from the Old Slavic word tesla meaning "adze".

Tesařík m Czech
Diminutive of Tesař.

Tesaříková f Czech
Feminine form of Tesařík.

Tesařová f Czech
Feminine form of Tesař.

Tichá f Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of Tichý.

Tichý m Czech, Slovak
Means "quiet" in Czech and Slovak.

Urban mu Czech, Slovak, Polish, German
Derived from the given name Urban.

Urbanová f Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of Urban.

Vacek m Czech
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Václav.

Vacík m Czech
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Václav.

Vacíková f Czech
Feminine form of Vacík.

Vacková f Czech
Feminine form of Vacek.

Valenta m Czech
Derived from the given name Valentin.

Valentová f Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of Valenta or Valent.

Vančura m Czech
Derived from the given name Václav.

Vančurová f Czech
Feminine form of Vančura.

Vaněk m Czech
From an old diminutive of the given name Václav.

Vaňková f Czech
Feminine form of Vaněk.

Vašek m Czech
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Václav.

Vašková f Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of Vašek or Vaško.

Vávra m Czech, Slovak
Derived from the given name Vávra, a diminutive of Vavřinec.

Vávrová f Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of Vávra.

Veselá f Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of Veselý.

Veselý m Czech, Slovak
From a nickname meaning "cheerful" in Czech and Slovak.

Vlasák m Czech
Derived from Czech vlas "hair", probably referring to a barber or a person who bought and sold hair.

Vlasáková f Czech
Feminine form of Vlasák.

Vlček m Czech, Slovak
Diminutive form of Czech and Slovak vlk meaning "wolf".

Vlčková f Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of Vlček.

Vrabcová f Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of Vrabec.

Vrabec um Croatian, Slovene, Czech, Slovak
Means "sparrow" in several languages, from Old Slavic vorbĭ.

Vrubel m Czech
From a dialectal variant of Czech vrabec "sparrow".

Vrublová f Czech
Feminine form of Vrubel.

Zahradník m Czech
Derived from Czech zahrada meaning "garden". It referred to someone who owned less land than a Sedlák or a Dvořák, but more land than a Chalupník.

Zahradníková f Czech
Feminine form of Zahradník.

Zelenka m Czech
Czech cognate of Zieliński.

Zelenková f Czech
Feminine form of Zelenka.

Zeman m Czech, Slovak
Means "landowner", ultimately from Old Slavic zemľa meaning "land".

Zemanová f Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of Zeman.

Zima mu Czech, Slovak, Polish, Russian
From an Old Slavic word meaning "winter". This may have been a nickname for a person with a chilly personality.

Zimová f Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of Zima.