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Novak
Novak (in Serbo-Croatian and Slovene; Cyrillic: ) and Novák (in Hungarian, Czech and Slovak; feminine: Nováková) is a surname and masculine given name, derived from the Slavic word for 'new' (e.g. , / ), which usually translates as 'novice', 'new man', 'newcomer'.
Kopecký
Kopecký (feminine Kopecká) is a Czech and Slovak surname which may refer to: Arno Kopecky, Canadian journalist and travel writer Ivan Kopecký (born 1946), Czech football manager Jan Kopecký (born 1982), Czech rally driver Jaromír Kopecký (1921–unknown), Czech diplomat Julia Kopecký (born 2004), Czech racing cyclist Lotte Kopecky (born 1995), Belgian racing cyclist Marek Kopecký (born 1977), Czech futsal player Matěj Kopecký (1775–1847), Czech puppeteer Matyáš Kopecký (born 2003), Czech racing cyclist Milan Kopecký (born 1981), Czech ice hockey player Miloš Kopecký (1922–1996), Czech
Šafařík
Šafařík (feminine: Šafaříková) in a Czech surname. Šafárik (feminine: Šafáriková) in a Slovak surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Bartoš
Bartoš (feminine: Bartošová) is a Czech and Slovak surname, derived from the Czech given name Bartoloměj and Slovak given name Bartolomej (variants of Bartholomew). Notable people with the surname include:
Masaryk
Masaryk is a Slovak surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Bielik
Bielik is a Slavic surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Slezák
Slezak is a Czech, Slovak and Polish surname, which originally meant a person from Silesia, derived from the Czech word slezsko. Variants of the name include Ślązak, Slezák, Ślęzak, Slenzak, Szlezák, and Szlazak. The name may refer to:
Bartek
Bartek (Czech and Slovak feminine: Bartková or Barteková) is a Czech, Polish and Slovak surname, a diminutive of the given names Bartoloměj in Czech, Bartłomiej and Bartosz in Polish, and Bartolomej in Slovak, all being variants of the name Bartholomew. In Polish, it can be also used as a given name. Notable people with these names include:
Sojka
Sojka, sójka or šojka is a word for the Eurasian jay in several Slavic languages.
Petráš
Petráš (feminine Petrášová) is a Slovak family name. Notable people with the name include:
Kovačič
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Chovanec
Chovanec (; feminine: Chovancová, in Slovak also Chovanecová) is a Czech and Slovak surname. The word chovanec is an archaic term for 'adoptee'. Notable people with the surname include:
Švehla
Švehla is a Czech and Slovak surname. People with the name include:
Tomek
Tomek is a Polish-language masculine given name, a diminutive of Tomasz. It may also serve as a surname.
Ševčík
Ševčík (feminine Ševčíková) is a Czech and Slovak occupational surname, derived from the profession of Švec, "shoemaker". It is related to the Polish name Szewczyk. Notable people include:
Baran
family name
Zelenka
Zelenka (feminine: Zelenková) is a Czech and Slovak surname. The name stems from the adjective "zelený" (green). Notable people with the surname include:
Slavik
Slavik is a surname and given name. In Czech and Slovak, it means "nightingale". In other countries, it is sometimes a diminutive of Vyacheslav or similar given names.
Dudek
Dudek (Czech and Slovak feminine: Dudková) is a Czech, Polish and Slovak surname, meaning 'hoopoe'. The bearer of the surname probably had a characteristic that made them resemble this bird, such as a long nose, hairstyle, smell, or timidity. Notable people with the surname include:
Žídek
Žídek (feminine Žídková) is a Czech surname. Židek (feminine Židková) is a Slovak surname. Notable people with the surnames include:
Šulek
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Kaminsky
Kaminsky is a surname with various origins. It may be derived from Czech/Slovak Kaminský, , , , or Polish Kamiński. Feminine forms include Kaminská (Czech and Slovak), Kamińska (Polish), Kaminska (Ukrainian), and Kaminskaya (Belarusian and Russian). Its Lithuanian-language counterparts: Kaminskas, Kaminskis.
Rosa
family name
Němec
Němec (, feminine: Němcová ()) and Nemec (feminine: Nemcová) are common Czech and Slovak surnames. It literally means 'German', but it also meant 'mute person' (figuratively "a person who does not speak (Slavic)", hence the name for Germans). It comes from Proto-Slavic *němьcь ('foreigner' or 'German') and from *němъ ('mute', Czech: němý, Slovak: nemý).
Tarkovič
Tarkovič is a Slovak surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Kratochvíl
Kratochvíl (feminine form: Kratochvílová) is a Czech and Slovak surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Hruby
Hrubý (feminine Hrubá) is a Czech and Slovak surname, meaning crude, rough, gross or (in the old Czech) big. The last meaning is how the surname was formed. People with this surname include:
Chalupa
family name
Pažout
Pažout (Czech and Slovak feminine: Pažoutová) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Oravec
Oravec (Czech and Slovak feminine: Oravcová) is a surname. It means native of Orava in Czech and Slovak. Notable people with the surname include:
Konrád
Konrád is a Hungarian, Czech and Slovak masculine given name and a surname (Czech and Slovak feminine: Konrádová). It is derived from the German names Konrad and Conrad, meaning 'bold counsel'. Notable people with the name include:
Hlinka
Hlinka (feminine Hlinková) is a Czech and Slovak surname and toponym.
Novotný
family name
Pivarník
Pivarník (feminine Pivarníková) is a Slovak surname. Notable people include:
Šebesta
Šebesta (feminine: Šebestová) is a Czech and Slovak surname. It was derived from the given name Šebestián (a Czech version of the name Sebastian). The surname was first documented in 1579. Germanised versions of the surname include Schebesta and Schebest. Notable people with the surname include:
Vodička
Vodička (feminine Vodičková) is a Czech and Slovak surname, which is a diminutive of the Czech word voda ("water"), and thus a topographic name for a person who lived by water. The name may refer to:
Jánošík
Jánošík can refer to:
Hanke
Hanke or Hancke is a surname of Silesian origin. It is most common in Silesia, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, and Sweden, but now widely found in the United States, South Africa, and the United Kingdom. Hanke is also a male first name in Bohemia and Germany.
Polák
Polák (feminine Poláková) is a surname meaning "a Pole". Notable people with the surname include:
Kozak
family name
Menšík
Menšík (feminine: Menšíková) is a Czech and Slovak surname. It is sometimes Germanized as Menschick or Menschik. Notable people with the surname include:
Rak
family name
Mikloško
Mikloško (feminine Miklošková) is a Slovak surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Belić
Belić () is a Serbo-Croatian surname, derived from the word belo (), meaning "white". It may refer to:
Matějka
Matějka (feminine Matějková) is a Czech surname. Matejka (feminine Matejková) is a Slovak surname.
Petko
Petko is a South Slavic (Петко) masculine given name and East Slavic (Петько) surname. It may refer to:
Poláček
Poláček (feminine: Poláčková) is a Czech and Slovak surname. The word is a diminutive from Polák (i.e. 'Pole') and polák (i.e. Aythya). Notable people with the surname include:
Gašpar
Gašpar () is a Slavic surname, cognate to Gaspar (given name). Notable people with this surname include: