Dictionary of Family Names in the Visegrad Countries
ČECH
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| Origin | of multiple origin |
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| Type | Family name referring to some connection with an ethnic group |
| Family name referring to internal or external characteristics, circumstances or event |
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The name is derived from the Slovak or Czech ethnonym Čech meaning ‘Czech’ and refers to a similarity to or a connection (descendence or other) with the people or the area they inhabit. It may also be derived from the Hungarian ethnonym cseh meaning ‘Czech’ (spelling adaptation). Other variants: Čeh, Cseh, Csech. |