Dictionary of Family Names in the Visegrad Countries
HANÁK
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| Origin | of Czech origin |
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| Type | Family name referring to the place of residence, origin or estate |
| Family name referring to the connection with the father or another ancestor by that name |
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The name is derived from the name Hanák (Czech hypocoristic form of the German given name Johann/es ‘John’) and refers to the connection with the father or another ancestor by that name. It may also be derived from the Czech ethnonym Hanák meaning ’person coming from the Haná region’ and refer to a place of residence or origin. |