Like in many places in the world, women have to change their last name when they get married, and this is the same thing that happens for Czech last names too.
But then, there is an interesting twist to Czech last names, there is a way that women change the spelling of the name to show the gender (this is clearly seen in the language).
If you are looking through the list of the Czech last names below, you may be able to see some of these peculiarities.
When you are also not sure of how to rewrite the last name, this list can also become handy for anyone on that quest.
Czech Last Names Starting With Letter ‘A’
- ADAMÍK – another version of Adam.
Czech Last Names Starting With Letter ‘B’
- BÁRTA – another form Bartolome
- BARTOŠ – another form Bartolomes
- BENEŠ – is a root source of the name Benedikt
- BERAN — means a ram (an animal)
- BERÁNEK – meaning a ram or lamb (a male version of it)
- BERNARD – meaning is from the version of Bernard
- BISKUP means is related to a Bishop
- BLÁHA
- BLAŽEK
- BOBAL meaning something related to bean.
- BROŽ — it is from the root word ‘broz’.
- BUREŠ – it does not have a certain meaning
Czech Last Names Starting With Letter ‘C’
- ČECH – meaning Czech.
- ČERMÁK – it means a bird (and the name of that bird is redstart)
- CERMAK it is a version of Cermak in the English form of it.
- ČERNÍK – it is another form of Cerny
- ČERNÝ – meaning dark or black.
- ČERVENKA – it is a different version for Cerveny
- ČERVENY – meaning red colour.
- CHALUPA – meaning a cottage.
- CHALUPNÍK – meaning a cottage and a land for a small-scale farmer.
- CHMELA – meaning a plant that is used to brew beer.
- CHVÁTAL – means to rush off.
- ČÍŽEK – it is a form of bird that belongs to the family of the finch.
- ČTVRTNÍK – is a rich person that owns up to 18 hectares of land.
Czech Last Names Starting With Letter ‘D’
- DAVID
- DOLEŽAL – it is a word used to refer to a lazy person, its literary is ‘lie down’
- DOUBEK – it means a small oak
- DUŠEK
- DVOŘÁK – it is take from the labour market and shows someone that worked in a manor.
Czech Last Names Starting With Letter ‘F’
- FIALA – means the colour of a violet and anyone from a violet-growing region can bear the name.
- FILIPEK
Czech Last Names Starting With Letter ‘H’
- HÁJEK – meaning the woods at haj or a thicket
- HASEK – it means a havel
- HAVEL – it also means a havel
- HAVELKA – it means the son of a havel
- HAVLÍČEK – it means a havel
- HLAVÁČ
- HLAVÁČEK – it means another version of Hlavac
- HOLUB – it means a bird, such as a dove or a pigeon.
- HORÁČEK – it has a source word from mountains or hills
- HORÁK – the same meaning as having a root word from the mountain
- HORNICK – it is from the word Hornik
- HORNÍK – means the people that are into the mining business
- HRABĚ – meaning the word ‘count’
- HRUBÝ – meaning to do something in an old-fashioned way
- HRUŠKA – a pear merchant
Czech Last Names Starting With Letter ‘J’
- JAHODA
- JANDA
- JANDAČEK
- JANIČEK
- JEDLIČKA – meaning from a fir tree
- JEHLIČKA – meaning a needle, used by fashion designers
- JELEN – meaning a stag
- JELINEK
- JEŽ
- JEŽEK – meaning a tiny or little hedgehog
Czech Last Names Starting With Letter ‘K’
- KADLEC – meaning a weaver
- KAŠPAR
- KLADIVO – meaning is a hammer for the blacksmiths
- KLIMA
- KLÍMEK
- KLIMY
- KOHOUT – meaning a rooster
- KOLÁŘ – meaning a wheelwright
- KOPECKY – meaning a person that an abode very close to a mountain or hill
- KOSTELECKY – means a person that comes from a community called Kostelec
- KOVÁČ
- KOVAC
- KOVÁŘ
- KRALL – having something to do or related to the king
- KRAMR
- KRATOCHVIL
- KREJCI – it means a fashion designer or tailor
- KRIŽ – meaning the cross
- KUCERA – meaning someone with a curly hair
- KUDRNA
- KYSELY – meaning sour
Czech Last Names Starting With Letter ‘L’
- LANIK
- LÁSKA – meaning love and adoration.
- LUKSKA
Czech Last Names Starting With Letter ‘M’
- MACEK
- MACHÁN
- MALY – meaning pretty small
- MAREK
- MARTIN
- MARTÍNEK
- MARTINEK
- MARUŠKA – taken from the root source Marie
- MARUSKA
- MAŠEK—meaning a name from the root word of Masek
- MÁSELNÍK
- MATĚJKA – meaning a root source word of Matek
- MATOUŠEK
- MLYNARIK – meaning a miller.
- MORAVEC
- MUSIAŁ
- MUSIL
- MYSKA – meaning a mouse
Czech Last Names Starting With Letter ‘N’
- NAVRÁTIL – meaning to return.
- NEDBALEK – meaning to describe someone that is careless.
- NEDVĚD
- NEMEC – meaning German-related
- NEMEČEK
- NOSEK – meaning small nose.
- NOVÁČEK
- NOVÁK
- NOVOSAD – meaning a new place or new settler
- NOVOTNY
Czech Last Names Starting With Letter ‘P’
- PECHÁČEK
- PEŠEK
- PODSEDNIK
- POKORNY – meaning a word from tame
- POLAK – meaning a person from Poland.
- POLOLANIK
- POSPÍŠIL – meaning to be in a hurry
- PRAŽAK – meaning someone that has come from Prague
- PROCHÁZKA – meaning to search around and to walk
- PULKRÁBEK
