Dictionary of Family Names in the Visegrad Countries

MAŠEK

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Originof Czech origin
TypeFamily name referring to the connection with the father or another ancestor by that name

Description

The name is derived from the name Mašek (hypocoristic form of a Czech given name beginning with Ma-, e.g. Martin ‘Martin’, Matěj ‘Matthew’, Matouš ‘Matthew’, Marek ‘Mark’) and refers to the connection with the father or another ancestor by that name. Variant: Maška.