Dictionary of Family Names in the Visegrad Countries
NOVÁK
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| Origin | of Czech origin |
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| Type | Family name referring to internal or external characteristics, circumstances or event |
| Family name referring to an occupation, activity or social status |
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The name is derived from the Czech common noun novák meaning ‘a person new to a certain environment, a newcomer’. It may also be derived from the common noun of the same form meaning ‘shoemaker or tailor who produced only new shoes/clothes and refused to repair old ones; a convert; innovator who preferred everything new’. In both cases it refers to a characteristic feature. |