The most common Czech surname. Czech names Czech female names

All Czech female names are of Slavic, Christian and European origin. They can be single or double. You can also find names that are found in the Catholic calendar. Such names have ancient Greek and Latin roots. Today there are many original Czech and borrowed names. All Czech and borrowed names have abbreviated and reduced forms.

How are they chosen?

Parents choose a Czech name for a girl or following fashion trends or they opt for a name associated with church personalities.

Names are often chosen famous people: politicians, celebrities, writers and others. Most of the names come from the names of saints. Parents believe that such names can protect the baby from all evil. Parents can also choose the so-called magical names that drive away evil spirits from the girl.

Important! When choosing names, of course, parents pay attention to their meaning. The girl receives a name that is fraught with qualities and traits that parents would like to see in her.

List of options in Russian and their meaning

Due to the fact that among Czech names there are a large number of borrowed names, their list is quite extensive. We present you the most beautiful Czech names with meaning and brief interpretation.

• Agatha means "good". Persistent, firm in desires, restrained, secretive, too straightforward and uncompromising. You will never hear complaints about life from her.
• Adela- the meaning of the name "noble". Always sets clear goals and achieves them. Stubborn, proud, purposeful, active, easily converges with people, but it is difficult for her to put her emotions on display.
• Adele- "noble". Calm and balanced, gentle and faithful, good friend Easily finds a common language with strangers.
• Alika- "noble appearance". Purposeful, always achieves her goals, artistic and inventive, distinguished by insight and intuitiveness.
• Aneta- "benefit", "grace". Happy, romantic, wise, original, self-sufficient nature with a cautious and prudent mind.
• Bara- "foreign". Endowed with a strong, penetrating character, initiative, high stress resistance. Sometimes there is a sense of ownership.
• Baraska means "weird". It has high spiritual qualities, is able to forgive offenders, empathy, empathy are inherent, and a well-developed flair.
• Baruna- "foreign or strange." Appreciates and cherishes family and friendly ties, has extraordinary thinking, is proactive, does not like routine and monotony.
• Bertha- is interpreted as "bright". The girl is inquisitive, sometimes with a difficult character, persistent, conflict, knows her own worth, a lover of boasting.
• Blanca- "white". Curious, talkative, has a good memory, hardly forgives insults, never forgets insults or comments received in her address.
• Bronislava- "glorious protector." A girl with this name is distinguished by exactingness towards herself and others. He loves animals, meek, kind, suspicious, hospitable, in the future a skilled hostess.
• Vladislav- "ruling with glory." She is characterized by an optimistic character, creative and organizational skills, fears new acquaintances, avoids conflicts and quarrels, is squeamish, hospitable.
• Power- the meaning of the name "native". Creative personality with a rich imagination and inner world, delicate taste, good sense of humor, optimistic and charismatic.
• Dana- "given to the world." A modest, truthful nature with a controversial character, restrained. She has a developed sense of duty, successful, always achieves her goals.
• Jharka- "spring". Modest, timid, impulsive, purposeful, affectionate, able to forgive, honest, kind, able to empathize, has a well-developed instinct.
• Jarmila- translates as "spring". Happy, romantic, wise, original, self-sufficient person with a sharp and prudent mind. Likes to take risks.
• Joseph- "increasing". It is characterized by pride, stubbornness, isolation, complexes, limitations. Does not love noisy companies with difficulty making new acquaintances.
• Jolana- purple flower. An open, cheerful, cheerful, optimistic, artistic and resourceful girl. Guided in everything logical thinking.
• Julia means "youth". Always help in difficult situation, reliable, kind, honest, peaceful, economic, prudent, capricious, requires increased attention to herself.
• Dominica- "belonging to the lord." Cheerful, serene child. Bold, stubborn, touchy, has an independent character, likes to spend most of the time alone.
• Zofi- "wisdom". The baby is characterized by a rich inner world, delicate taste, good feeling humor, constancy, charisma, optimism, sociability.
• Zuzana- translation "lily". Diligent, intuitive, understanding, friendly, open, constant, sometimes touchy baby.
• Ivanka- God is good. Since childhood, he has shown such qualities as: romanticism, kindness, honesty, peacefulness, optimism, sociability. Loves nature and art.
• Irenka- "world". A girl with a fine mental organization, sociable, insightful, simple, charming, a good conversationalist, resolute.
• Caroline means "human". It is characterized by decisiveness, sociability, receptivity, good intuition, speed of reaction, excessive excitability and irascibility.
• Katarina- "pure". Disinterested, always helps others, maintains family and friendly ties, insightful and slightly nervous.
• Christina- A follower of Christ. Insight, strong-willed character, extraordinary thinking, kindness, honesty, peacefulness accompany the baby through life.
• Ladmila – « folk love". A girl with a rich inner world, a chic sense of humor, delicate taste, sociability, charisma and optimism.
• Ladislava- "gets along with fame." Stubbornness, pride, isolation, complexes, limitations, logic and common sense characterize the bearer of this name.
• Libena- "Love". Artistic and inventive, economic and prudent, sociable and insightful, simple and charming. Good interlocutor.
• Lidmila- "sweet people." She is characterized by logical thinking, hard work, thriftiness, prudence, narcissism and neglect of others.
• Lubomir- "world of love". Open, cheerful, cheerful, hardworking, creative, artistic, inventive, partly narcissistic nature.
• Maria- "beloved". Sociable, always listens to the opinions of others, has extraordinary thinking, kind, honest, always comes to the rescue, caring.
• Market- "pearl". A girl with a well-developed flair, the ability to empathize, with creative abilities. Enjoys the love and recognition of others.
• Martha- "lady". Emotional, labile, eccentric, contradictory, hardworking, stubborn, importunate, straightforward, principled, independent nature.
• Milada- "benefit" or "grace". It is characterized by a fine mental organization, kindness, honesty, peacefulness, the desire to help, romanticism.
• Milena- "benefit, grace." Strong, strong-willed and resolute, sociable, insightful, somewhat mercantile and selfish, hardworking, but does not like boring and monotonous work.
• Nada- "hope". It is endowed with stubbornness, pride, strong and decisive character, striving for spiritual and physical balance, isolation. Loves home gatherings.
• Neidja means "hope". Differs in caring and traditional views, stable and confident, which sometimes makes her vulnerable and inert.
• Otili- "rich". She does not like abrupt changes, adheres to traditional views in everything, values ​​and cherishes family and friendship ties, is stable and self-confident.
• Paul- "small". Sociable, optimistic, easily makes new acquaintances, scrupulous, accurate in everything, attentive to the smallest detail, hardworking, does not like routine.
• Peacock- "small". Romantic, kind, honest, peaceful, resolute, strong, strong-willed girl. It is capricious and requires increased attention to itself.
• Radka- means happy. She is distinguished by insight, scrupulousness and unpredictability, as well as a thirst for new knowledge and diligence. Doesn't like routine.
• Rostislav- Growing Glory. She is characterized by well-developed intuition, extraordinary thinking, responsibility, leadership qualities, stubbornness and unpredictability.
• Ruzen- translates as "increasing." Secretive, by nature an introvert, therefore she prefers to spend most of her time at home, it is difficult for her to make new acquaintances.
• Svetlanka- "light". Stubbornness, empathy, empathy, developed flair, Creative skills, determination, the ability to achieve goals - all this is about a baby with this name.
• Sobieska- "own glory". A girl with a strong, strong-willed, penetrating character, persistent, hardworking, stubborn, proactive, with a high resistance to stress.
• Stepanka- "crown". She is scrupulous and accurate in everything, appreciates friendship, is a good conversationalist, is distinguished by excitement, always worries about other people.
• Theresa- "reaper". Communicative, insightful, organized, kind, fair, honest, peaceful, hardworking, caring. Adheres to traditional views.
• Hana- "God is good." She is sociable, decisive, has a strong character, is smart, attractive, takes care of her relatives.
• Shimon- listener. She is diligent, attentive to details, purposeful, always sets clear goals and achieves them.
• Evika- "living" or "life". Optimistic, sociable, kind, romantic, with well-developed intuition and logical thinking. Listens to the opinions of others.
• Emilia- "competitive". A baby with a rich imagination and inner world, optimistic, sociable.

Many Czech female names have the same meanings, but they all differ in beauty and sound. When choosing a Czech name for your daughter, look not only at its interpretation.

Most popular names statistics Last year and their origin

1. Yakub (Jakub) - from Hebrew "born again";
2. Jan (Jan) - from the Hebrew "God is merciful", "the merciful gift of God" "given by God";
3. Tomas (Tomáš) - biblical name with Aramaic roots "twins, twin";
4. Lukash (Lukáš) - from Latin "Lukan, inhabitant of Lucania";
5. Matey (Matěj) - from the Hebrew "God's gift";
6. Matthias (Matyáš) - from the Hebrew "gift of God";
7. Adam (Adam) - a biblical name with Aramaic roots "from red clay", "inhabitant of the earth", "man";
8. Philip (Filip) - from Greek "lover of horses";
9. Vojtěch - Slavic name "reinforcement for the army", "consolation";
10. Ondřej - from the Greek "brave, courageous, courageous."

1. Teresa (Tereza) - associated with the Greek island of Thera, associated with the words "protection", "summer", "warmth", "protection";
2. Eliška - Czech form Jewish name Elizabeth "worshiping God";
3. Anna (Anna) - from the Hebrew "merciful, merciful, sweet, kind";
4. Adela (Adéla) - from the German "exalted creature";
5. Carolina (Karolína) - derived from the Latin male name Carolus and means "free man";
6. Natalia (Natálie) - from the Latin name Natalis "alive". The name Natalia is usually given to girls born on Christmas Eve, as it is used to designate it (Christi natalia);
7. Katerzhina (Kateřina) - from Greek "pure", "moral";
8. Christina (Kristýna) - from the Greek "Christian";
9. Lucia (Lucie) - from the Latin "light, radiant";
10. Barbora (Barbora) - from the Greek "foreigner", the Western European version of Barbara.

Pronunciation and meaning of popular Czech names

The Czech Republic is a Slavic country with its capital in Prague. It is inhabited mainly by Catholics. Faith has had a great influence on their names, for many centuries. A few decades ago, the country was overflowing with Josefs and Marias.

Today traditional names are still popular with the public. Although there is a tendency to call children exotic names. More often they are given to girls. For example: Nela, Emma, ​​Vanessa, Joanna, Sofia, Flora, Leontina, Zdzislava, Berta, Sarah. There are also such rare names as Zyuzanna or completely comical for the Russian language like Mike. Among the names of boys, such as Samuel, Krishtof, Matthias, Oliver, Tobias are increasingly common.

Over the past three years, the statistics of female and male names have practically not changed. Only some names change in the rating table, but do not leave it.

Since the Czech Republic belongs to Slavic countries, many names are identical to Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian. Such as Alena, Veronika, Kristýna, Klára, Anna, Dana, Dáša. There are also modifications of Slavic female names - Katka, Verča, Lenka, Tana, Helena, as well as male ones - Petra, Andrea, Michaela, Nikola.
However, due to the Latin alphabet, many of them are pronounced differently. So the Czech “h” should be pronounced as gently as the letter “g” in Ukrainian. In Russian, it is transmitted by transcription of the usual "g". For example, Hanuš - Ganush, Hostislav - Gostislav, Havel - Havel.

The Czech "y" should be pronounced as something between "i" and "ы". Russian transcription often conveys it as "and".
The Czech consonant "l" is pronounced a little softer than in Russian. Real soft "l" in Czech No. They pronounce these names like this: Albert (Albert), Lubomir (Lubomír), Sylvester (Silvestr), Rachel (Ráchel). Given the traditions of pronunciation, in the Russian version these names can be transmitted as Albert, Lubomir, Sylvester, Rachel. But many are still transmitted according to the rules: Karel (Karel), Pavel (Pavel), Havel (Havel).

The stress in Czech is also different from Russian. It is connected not with the length of the sound, but by the strength of pronunciation, that is, dynamic. It usually falls on the first syllable, although this is difficult to determine without communication experience. Often in the same word there are long vowels (á, é, ó, í, ú, ý), which in our language are associated with stress.
But knowing the names of Czechs is not enough to address them. Because they, like in the Ukrainian language, have a seventh vocative case. So if the name ends with "-tr" (Peter) - its vocative form is Petrshe!; if “-a”, “-ya” (Sveta, Nastya) - “Light!”, “Nastyo!”; if "-dr" (Alexander) - "Alexandrzhe!"; if on “-th” (Gregory) - “Gregory!”.

Many Czechs, when introducing themselves to a foreigner, pronounce their own name in an English manner, because they realize that they are too difficult to pronounce for people who speak other languages. So in one room there can be many Jans, Peters, Georges, etc. You should check with the interlocutor how exactly his name sounds in Czech. But then it is necessary to pronounce the heard name correctly.

At birth, each person receives his personal name and family name (surname), indicating that he is the son (or daughter) of his father, grandson - grandfather, great-grandson - great-grandfather.

The surname can be rare and widespread, majestic or funny, but all of them can tell why the ancestors of a person began to be called that way.

Origin of Czech surnames

In the Czech Republic today there are over four tens of thousands of surnames, and the first of them appeared in the 14th century. At first, surnames were a kind of nicknames and may change throughout life. For example, Sedlak (peasant), Shilgan (oblique), Halabala (loafer). Moreover, each family member could have his own nickname. These middle names helped to better identify people, more precisely to register them. And to prevent unrest in the collection of taxes, future surnames began to be inherited. In 1780, the Czech Emperor Josef II legalized the use of generic names.

The writer Božena Němcová is the most famous bearer of a common Czech surname.

Czech surnames sometimes corresponded to the occupation of a person, for example, Mlinarzh (miller), Sklenarzh (glazier), and coincided with his own name or the name of the father, for example, Janak, Lukash, Alesh, Urbanek (remember Viktor Pavlik). The generic names of people living in the city and the village were also different. The surnames of the townspeople sometimes corresponded to their belonging to a certain stratum of society. As a rule, the place of residence of the clan was added to the noble family name. For example, Kozheshnik from Trotsnow, Lansky from Lobkowitz. The nobles, much earlier than the commoners, began to pass on generic names by inheritance, thus showing his noble origin. One of the oldest noble families in the country is the Chernin family (11th century).

Vladimír Mlynář is a famous Czech politician and financier. With us, he would be Vladimir Melnik.

Surnames such as Knedlik, Kolash (pie), Cibulka (onion) make it clear that Czechs have always been great gourmets, and nature served as a source of inspiration for them (Brzhiza - a birch, Gavranek - a crow, Shipka - a wild rose, Vorzhishek - a mongrel, etc.). Czech generic names were used, which reflected religion: Krzhestyan (Christian), Lutrin (Lutheran).

Alexey Mlinarzh - Russian master table tennis with the same speaking Czech surname. And after all, no miller.

Appeared funny surnames , which were called representatives of religions that are non-Catholic (Pogan - pagan), or who spoke about some quality of a person's character (Sodomka - from Sodom known from the Bible). And apparently due to the fact that the ancestors of modern Czechs with humor were fine, there are such family names as Geisek (dandy), Beran (ram), Tsisarzh (emperor), Voganka (tail), Pletiha (gossip), Brykhachek ( pot-bellied) and others.

Today, some Czechs go to the registry offices with a request to change the names that seem to them funny or even obscene. And the employees of these institutions, as a rule, go towards citizens who want to get rid of such generic names as Graysemnou, which means "play with me", Vratsesase, which translates as "come again", Vrazhdil - "killed", Vitamvas, meaning greetings.

If you got here for a reason, but with serious intentions, for example, you set yourself the goal of moving there for permanent residence, then we have a couple more articles for you. In learning a language, it is worth starting with the basics, that is, with the Czech alphabet - - it turns out that it is not at all so simple, and the letters in it are apparently invisible.

The most common surnames in the Czech Republic

If you look at the list of Czech surnames, the most common one will be the generic name Novak. This equivalent of the surname Ivanov is a "family" symbol of the country, and its bearer is the hero of numerous Czech jokes. Today, more than 70 thousand men and women in the Czech Republic bear the surnames Novak and Novakov. This suggests that the ancestors of the Czechs often changed their place of residence, and when they arrived in another city or village, they became newcomers - Novaks. If such a "tumbleweed" was also low, it was called Novachek.

There are slightly fewer Czech citizens with the surname Svoboda, from which the generic names Svobodnik, Svobodny, etc. were formed. The third place in the list of Czech surnames is Novotny, as a derivative of Novak, and the fourth is Dvořák (everyone who knows and loves music knows this famous surname ).

Karel Svoboda - Czech composer - it was he who wrote the famous song for the cartoon "The Adventures of Maya the Bee". His surname is one of the most common in the Czech Republic.

Not the most common, but certainly the most famous, is the name of the Czech Czapek. Writer Karel Capek and composer Antonin Dvorak really need no introduction. It is believed that the surname Chapek comes from the word "chap", which means "stork" in translation. Maybe the writer's ancestors had long legs, or maybe they had a long nose, and perhaps a stork was depicted on their house.

And since we are talking about music, let us note that the Czech Republic is very musical country, and on our website there is one dedicated to her. Great composers and street ensembles, the well-known organ-grinder in a hat on Charles Bridge and the player on crystal glasses on Republic Square. Or maybe organ music? Shall we go to church?

Features of the formation of Czech surnames

If we compare Russian surnames with Czech ones, it is clearly seen that most Russian generic names answer the question: “whose?” (Ivanov, Petrov, Sidorov), and Czech, like English, German, etc., directly call a person (Smith, Hess, Novak, Nedbal, Smolarzh).

And in the Czech language, despite the fact that it is also Slavic, there is different attitude in grammar to masculine and feminine words. As a result, the formation of a female surname from a male one occurs by adding the suffix "-ova". For example, Novak - Novakova, Shpork - Shporkova. Moreover, Czechs also incline foreign female surnames without regard to meaning. It turns out sometimes very interesting, if not funny. For example, Smirnov - Smirnovova, Beckham - Beckham, Putin - Putinova. In the Czech periodical press one can read: Demi Murova, Sarah-Jessica Parkerova, Sharon Stounova. It is a well-known fact that Kylie Minogue did not go to the Czech Republic after learning that on posters her name looked like Kylie Minogue. True, there are female surnames to which the named suffix is ​​\u200b\u200bnot added, these are Nova, Krasna, Stara and others denoting an adjective.

Some representatives of the weaker sex say that adding the suffix "-ova" to a male surname to form a female one shows the woman's dependence on the man, her subordinate role. Some Czechs believe that it would be more logical to use the masculine form of the Czech female surname due to the fact that people today travel a lot abroad. In the Senate, there was even a proposal from the Civic Democrats to allow women to “stop” their surnames. But the project was not approved, so as not to speed up the natural process of development of the Czech language. True, the Institute of the Czech Language recommended tolerating women who prefer to introduce themselves by giving the male form of their surnames, which does not apply to official documents.

Anyone who has read the article almost to the end will definitely be interested in learning more about the most popular and rare names in the Czech Republic. This girl's name is Petra. Isn't it a beautiful name? By the way, she is a famous Czech model. An article about names is being prepared and we will publish it soon. Follow us.

The surname is one of the most important components of a person's identity. History knows the facts of renaming a person who became a slave. And the declension of female surnames is part of the Czech identity. Perhaps this is what makes patriots perceive the desire of some citizens to violate Golden Rule Czech grammar as a great loss of the Czech language.

You can find a lot of useful information, including statistics about the most popular names in the Czech Republic. And now I will give a list of the most popular names in the Czech Republic.

Popular Czech female names

Popular Czech male names

The most popular Czech surnames

In the Czech Republic, Slavic names are most often found, very strong influence the Catholic faith had a bearing on the names. Traditional Czech names are still very popular today: Tomáš, Marek, Milan, Kateřina, Eliška. Sometimes there are very exotic names, for example: Květoslav, Mojmir.

The Czech Republic belongs to the Slavic countries, so here you can find a lot of names that are identical to Russian, Ukrainian or Polish names: Lenka, Pavel, Jana, Petr, Roman, Olga, Ilona, ​​Ivan, etc.

I will tell you about the main groups of Slavic names, which also apply to Czech names:

• Dibasic (Svatoslav, Bohdan, Bohumil, Miroslav);
• Participle names (Ždan);
• Names from the animal and flora(Květoslava);
• Names in order of birth (Pervusha, Vtorak, Tretyak);
• Names by human qualities(Brave).

Due to the presence of diacritics in the Czech language (gachekov, charek), many names are pronounced a little differently than their Russian equivalents. The stress is most often placed on the first syllable. As you may have noticed, many Czech names have short version name, so do not be surprised if you do not understand the first time what name the Czechs had in mind.

To properly address Czech, you need to use the "vocative case" (the fifth case in Czech). I will not go into the wilds of the language, I will just say how it will look like: “Xenio!”, “Grisho!”, “Yano!”, “Misho!”.

There is another nuance in the Czech language, which refers to female surnames is the addition of the ending -ova ( -ova). That is normal surnames you need to distort to get Paris Hiltonova, Michelle Pfeifferova, etc.

Modern women's and male Czech names extremely beautiful and varied. They have a very interesting and original sound. Irena, Lenka, Mikhalka, Jiri, Lubosh, Radek - the bearers of such names simply cannot go unnoticed in the Russian-speaking society. They are doomed to constantly remain in the spotlight.

The meaning of beautiful male and female Czech names

However, a beautiful and unusual sound is far from the only advantage of the Czech names of boys and girls. Their internal content is no less attractive than the external "appearance". These names are filled deep meaning. Their meaning is associated with the best - kindness, courage, grace, nobility, etc. In addition, it can indicate various plants, natural phenomena, animals, jewelry, and in some cases - all sorts of abstract categories. For a more detailed acquaintance with the meaning of Czech names and surnames, I suggest that you familiarize yourself with the lists below.

List of Common Czech Names for Boys

1. Vaclav. Czech version of the name Vyacheslav = "more glorious"
2. Jiri. Czech boy's name meaning "farmer"
3. Lukash. From Greek Lukas = "light"
4. Lubos. Translated into Russian means "beloved"
5. Milan. Czech male name meaning "grace"
6. Ondrey. Interpreted as "warrior"
7. Peter. Translated into Russian means "rock"
8. Tomas. Czech boy name which means = "twin"
9. Stefan. Interpreted as "crown"
10. Yakub. Corresponds to the name Jacob = "the one who follows"

List of beautiful Czech names for girls

1. Agnieszka. Czech version of the name Agnes = "pure"
2. Blanca. Czech female given name meaning "white"
3. Batka. Affectionate of Elizabeth = "an oath to God"
4. Irenka. Translated into Russian means "peaceful girl"
5. Queta. Czech girl name which means = "flower bloom"
6. Paul. Referred to as "little girl"
7. Peter. Feminine analogue of the name Peter = "rock"
8. Radka. Czech girl name meaning "happy woman"
9. Elichka. Translated into Russian means "God is my oath"
   

How to choose a beautiful Czech name for a boy or girl

In order to choose the best Czech name for a girl or boy, parents should pay attention to several important criteria. The first thing to consider is the sound. The name must be beautiful, non-trivial and easy to remember. The second factor to focus on is interpretation. It is best to choose such beautiful Czech names for girls and boys, the meaning of which is related to appearance and character. Do not forget about the personal horoscope of the child. The name chosen according to the sign of the zodiac is considered the most favorable for a person.