Němec
Sign in to saveNěmec (, 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).
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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).
Notable people with the surname include: