Statistics of the most popular names over the past year and their origin
- Jakub – from Hebrew “born again”;
- Jan – from Hebrew “merciful God”, “merciful gift of God”, “given by God”;
- Tomas (Tomáš) – biblical name with Aramaic roots “twin, twin”;
- Lukash (Lukáš) – from Latin “Lukanian, resident of Lucania”;
- Matěj – from Hebrew “God’s gift”;
- Matthias (Matyáš) – from Hebrew “gift of God”;
- Adam (Adam) - a biblical name with Aramaic roots “from red clay”, “inhabitant of the earth”, “man”;
- Philip (Filip) - from Greek “horse lover”;
- Vojtěch – Slavic name “reinforcement for the army”, “consolation”;
- Ondřej - from Greek “brave, courageous, courageous.”
- Teresa – associated with the Greek island of Thera, associated with the words “protection”, “summer”, “warmth”, “security”;
- Eliška – Czech form Jewish name Elizabeth "who worships God";
- Anna (Anna) - from Hebrew “merciful, merciful, sweet, amiable”;
- Adela – from German “sublime creature”;
- Carolina (Karolína) - derived from the Latin male name Carolus and means “free man”;
- Natalia (Natálie) – from Latin name Natalis "alive". The name Natalia is usually given to girls born on Christmas Eve, as it is used to designate it (Christi natalia);
- Kateřina – from Greek “pure”, “moral”;
- Christina (Kristýna) – from Greek “Christian”;
- Lucie – from Latin “light, radiant”;
- Barbora – from Greek “foreigner”, Western European version of Barbara.
Pronunciation and meaning of popular Czech names
The Czech Republic is a Slavic country with its capital in Prague. It is inhabited mainly by Catholics. Faith had a great influence on their names for many centuries. Just a few decades ago the country was filled with Josephs and Marys.
Today traditional names are still popular among the population. Although there is a tendency to name children with exotic names. More often they are given to girls. For example: Nela, Emma, Vanessa, Joanna, Sofia, Flora, Leontina, Zdislava, Berta, Sarah. There are also such rare names as Zyuzanna or completely comical for the Russian language like Maika. Among the names of boys, such as Samuel, Kristof, Matthias, Oliver, Tobias are increasingly common.
Over the past three years, the statistics of female and male names have remained virtually unchanged. Only a few names change in the rating table, but do not leave it.
Since the Czech Republic is a Slavic country, many names are identical to Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian. Such as Alena, Veronika, Kristýna, Klára, Anna, Dana, Dáša. There are also modifications of Slavic female names - Katka, Verča, Lenka, Tana, Helena, as well as male ones - Petra, Andrea, Michaela, Nikola.
However, due to the Latin alphabet, many of them are pronounced differently. So the Czech “h” should be pronounced as softly as the letter “g” in the Ukrainian language. In Russian, it is conveyed by the transcription of the usual “g”. For example, Hanuš - Hanush, Hostislav - Gostislav, Havel - Havel.
The Czech "y" should be pronounced somewhere between "i" and "s". Russian transcription more often renders it as “and”.
The Czech consonant “l” is pronounced a little softer than in Russian. There is no real soft “l” in the Czech language. They pronounce these names like this: Albert, Lubomír, Silvestr, Ráchel. Taking into account the traditions of pronunciation, in the Russian version these names can be rendered as Albert, Lyubomir, Sylvester, Rachel. But many are still transmitted according to the rules: Karel, Pavel, Havel.
The stress in Czech is also different from Russian. It is not related to the length of the sound, but to the strength of pronunciation, that is, dynamic. It usually falls on the first syllable, although this is difficult to determine without communication experience. Often the same word contains long vowels (á, é, ó, í, ú, ý), which in our language are associated with stress.
But knowing the names of Czechs is not enough to address them. Since they, like the Ukrainian language, have a seventh vocative case. So if a name ends in “-tr” (Peter) – its vocative form is Petrshe!; if “-a”, “-ya” (Sveta, Nastya) - “Sveto!”, “Nastya!”; if “-dr” (Alexander) – “Alexander!”; if with “-iy” (Gregory) – “Grigory!”
Many Czechs, when introducing themselves to a foreigner, pronounce their own name in the English manner, because they understand that they are too difficult to pronounce for people speaking other languages. So in one room there can be many Jans, Peters, Georges, etc. You should check with your interlocutor exactly how his name sounds in Czech. But then it is necessary to pronounce the heard name correctly.
You can find many useful information, including statistics about the most popular names in the Czech Republic. And now I will give a list of the most popular names in the Czech Republic.
Popular Czech female names
| Name in Czech | Other versions of the name | Name in Russian | Name decoding | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marie | Mařenka, Manka, Mánička, Mája, Maruška | Maria | 288950 | Hebrew for "rejected" or "sad" |
| Jana | Janička, Janinka, Janka | Yana | 269709 | From Hebrew "grace of God" |
| Eva | Evička, Evka, Evčule, Efička, Efí | Eva or Eva | 156658 | From Hebrew "life-giving" |
| Hana | Hanka, Hanička | Hannah | 148701 | From Hebrew "beloved of God" |
| Anna | Aňa, Andulka, Anička, Ančí | Anna | 140375 | Female name Jewish origin"favor, favor, favor" |
| Lenka | Lenča, Leni, Lenička, Lenuš, Lenčička | Lenka | 118933 | |
| Věra | Věruška, Věrča, Věrunka | Faith | 116855 | From Greek "faithful" |
| Kateřina | Katka, Káťa, Kačenka, Katuška, Kačka | Katerina or Ekaterina | 115122 | From Greek “pure”, “moral”, “innocent” |
| Lucie | Lucka, Lucinka | Lucia or Lucy | 108432 | From Latin “light, radiant, shining” |
| Alena | Alenka, Alik, Alca | Alyona | 107721 | |
| Petra | Petruš, Petruška, Peťa | Petra | 102501 | Female version of the name Peter |
| Jaroslava | Yaroslav | 90028 | Female equivalent of the name Yaroslav | |
| Veronica | Veronica | 85080 | From Greek “bringing victory” | |
| Martina | Martinka, Marsha | Martina | 81107 | From the Roman god of war |
| Jitka | Jituška, Jituška | Itka | 79647 | From Hebrew |
| Michaela | Míša, Miška, Mišulka, Míšánka, Mišák | Michaela | 76963 | From Hebrew "like god" |
| Tereza | Terezka, Terka, Terezie, Terina, Terinka, Terča | Theresa | 75948 | Name of Greek origin, associated with the island of Thera or translated from Greek as “protection”, “guard” |
| Zuzana | Suzana, Zusana, Zuzanna | Suzanne | 59503 | From Hebrew "lily" |
| Eliška | Alžběta | Eliska | 53669 | Czech form of the name Elizabeth, translated from Hebrew as “worshipper of God” |
| Barbora | Bara, Baruška, Barča | Barbora or Varvara | 53205 | From Greek "foreigner" |
| Kristina | Krista, Týna, Tina, Týnka | Christina | 47214 | From Greek "Christian" |
| Adela | Adélka, Adla, Ajdík, Áda, Aduška | Adela | 38847 | From Old German "noble" |
| Clara | Klarka, Klarinka | Clara | 36492 | From Latin “clear”, “light” |
| Nikola | Nikola | 35723 | Surely many people know the famous actress Nikola Jirásková)) | |
| Karolina | Karol, Karča, Karuska | Caroline | 32190 | Name of German origin |
| Natalia | Natka, Natkaš, Natalinka | Natalia | 28020 | The Latin word "natalis" means "native", "Christmas" or "born at Christmas" |
Popular Czech male names
| Name in Czech | Other versions of the name | Name in Russian | Number of people with this name in the Czech Republic | Name decoding |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jiří | Jirka, Jíra, Jiřin, Jura, Jurášek | Jiri | 306953 | From Greek "farmer" |
| Jan | Honza, Honzík, Jenda, Jeníček, Jeník | Ian | 295293 | From Hebrew “God’s gracious gift”, “given by God” |
| Peter | Petřík, Peťa, Peťka | Peter | 273036 | From Greek “rock”, “stone” |
| Josef | Jožka, Josífek, Jožin, Pepa | Josef or Joseph | 231320 | From Hebrew “will be added, will be added” |
| Pavel | Paul | 204260 | From Latin “small”, “small” | |
| Jaroslav | Jarek, Jára, Jarouš | Yaroslav | 185819 | From Old Church Slavonic “strong”, “energetic” |
| Martin | Martin | 184533 | ||
| Tomáš | Tom, Tomík, Tomášek, Tomíno | Tomas or Foma | 175105 | From Aramaic "twin" |
| František | Franta, Ferda, Fanda, Fana | Frantisek or Franz | 134884 | From Old Germanic " unmarried man» |
| Zdeněk | Zdenek | 134094 | From the Old Slavonic “path of the chief” | |
| Michal | Michal or Mikhail | 120801 | From Hebrew "Who is like God?" | |
| Karel | Kaja, Karlik, Karlik | Charles | 111726 | From Old German "man" |
| Milan | Milan | 111578 | From Old Church Slavonic “dear”, “beloved” | |
| Lukáš | Lukášek | Lukash or Luka | 97133 | From Latin "Lucanian", "inhabitant of Lucania" |
| Jakub | Kuba, Kubik, Jakoubek | Yakub | 96801 | From Hebrew "following" |
| David | Davidek | David | 95165 | From the biblical “beloved”, “favorite” |
| Ondřej | Ondra, Ondrašek, Ondřík | Ondrej | 70191 | From Greek “brave”, “courageous”, “courageous” |
| Marek | Marek or Mark | 59595 | The name is derived from the Roman god "Mars" | |
| Daniel | Daniel or Daniel | 55861 | From Hebrew "God is my judge", "God is my judge" | |
| Vojtěch | Vojta, Vojtišek | Vojtech | 47567 | From Polish "joy of war" |
| Filip | Fíla, Fífa, Filda, Fíďák, Fík, Filis | Philip | 43916 | From Greek "horse lover" |
| Adam | Aďas, Adásek | Adam | 40017 | From Hebrew "man", "made of red clay" |
| Matěj | Matýsek, Máťa | Matei | 32304 | From Hebrew "gift of the Lord" |
| Dominic | Dominic | 28514 | From Latin "to dominate" | |
| Stěpán | Štěpánek, Štěpa, Štěpí | Stepan or Stepan | 20552 | From Greek “crown”, “diadem” |
| Matyas | Matthias | 15640 | From Hebrew "gift of God" | |
| Šimon | Šimi, Šíša, Šišoun, Šémon | Shimon or Semyon | 12745 | From Hebrew "heard by God" |
The most popular Czech surnames
Most often found in the Czech Republic Slavic names, the Catholic faith had a very strong influence on names. Traditional Czech names are still very popular today: Tomáš, Marek, Milan, Kateřina, Eliška. Sometimes they meet very exotic names, for example: Květoslav, Mojmír.
The Czech Republic is a Slavic country, so you can find a lot of names here that are identical to Russian, Ukrainian or Polish names: Lenka, Pavel, Jana, Petr, Roman, Olga, Ilona, Ivan, etc.
I’ll tell you about the main groups of Slavic names, which also apply to Czech names:
- Dibasic (Svatoslav, Bohdan, Bohumil, Miroslav);
- Names from participles (Ždan);
- Names from the animal and plant world (Květoslava);
- Names by birth order (Pervusha, Vtorak, Tretyak);
- Names based on human qualities (Brave).
Due to the presence of diacritics in the Czech language (gaček, čarek), many names are pronounced slightly differently than their Russian equivalents. The stress is most often placed on the first syllable. As you've probably noticed, many Czech names have a short version of the name, so don't be surprised if you don't understand what the Czechs meant the first time.
To properly address a Czech, you need to use the “vocative case” (the fifth case in Czech). I won’t go into the wilds of language, I’ll just say what it will look like: “Xenio!”, “Gricho!”, “Yano!”, “Misho!”.
There is another nuance in the Czech language that relates to female surnames - this is the addition of the ending -ova ( -ova). That is, normal surnames need to be distorted to make Paris Hiltonova, Michelle Pfeifferova, etc.
Popularity rating of Czech female names, 2013
Descending:
Jana, Kateřina, Lenka, Aneta, Lucie, Klára, Marketa, Anna, Tereza, Natálie, Eliška, Karolína, Adéla, Barbora, Zdeňka, Kristýna, Štěpanka, Daniela, Renata, Zuzana.
These are the most common Czech female names.
There are, of course, other names, for example Andrea, Michaela, Petra, Nikola, Jítka, Dominika, Marie, Radka, Hana, Hedvika, Simona, Eva.
To the Russian ear, some names sound very beautiful, while others, on the contrary, are very funny. For example, girls named Andrea and Michaela are abbreviated as Misha, Mikhalka, Andreika, Stepanka (in Russian Stepa).
Almost always the names are pronounced in a rude form: Lenka, Radka, Ganka, Simonka, Yanka, Adelka, etc.
Popularity ranking of Czech male names
Descending:
Jakub, Jan, Tomáš, Lukáš, Filip, David, Ondřej, Matěj, Adam, Vojtěch, etc. In Russian it sounds like Jakub, Jan, Tomas, Lukash, Ordřej, Matěj, Vojtěch, etc.
How to address a Czech by name
As it turned out in practice, it is absolutely not enough to know the name of a Czech in order to contact him.
Unlike the Russian language, the Czech language has vocative case(seventh), the essence of which boils down to approximately the following:
if your name ends in “-tr” (Peter), then the vocative form is “Petrshe!” (Petře!), if “-dr” (Alexander) - “Alexandre!” (Alexander!).
If it’s “-a, I, e” (Adela, Misha, Lucia), then it will be “Adelo, Misha, Lutsiyo.”
If it starts with “-iy, iya” (Grigory, Natalia), then it will sound like “Grigoriji, Natalija”.
In general, be prepared for the fact that the Czechs will distort your name and pronounce it as they please, but not in the way you are used to.
The most common Czech surnames
Husbands and wives in the Czech Republic have completely different surnames. Moreover, Czechs are very fond of inclining the names of foreigners. For this reason, they will pronounce Nicole Kidman's name as Nicole Kidmanova. That is, the ending - ova is added almost everywhere.
Differences between male and female Czech surnames
| 1 Novák(Novak) | Novakova(Novakova) |
| 2 Svoboda(Freedom) | Svobodova(Svobodova) |
| 3 Novotny(Novotny) | Novotna(Novotna) |
| 4 Dvořák(Dvorak) | Dvořáková(Dvorakova) |
| 5 Černý(Black) | Černá(Cherna) |
| 6 Procházka(Prohaska) | Procházková(Prokhazkova) |
| 7 Kučera(Kuchera) | Kučerova(Kucherova) |
| 8 Vesely(Funny) | Vesely(Vesela) |
| 9 Horák(Gorak) | Horáková(Gorakova) |
| 10 Němec(German) | Němcová(Nemtsova) |
Also very common are the surnames Bogach, Shafer, Kabelka (bag in Russian), Bely, Mudry, Vesely, Gladky, Straw, etc.
Another interesting feature of the “distortion” of foreign surnames in the Czech Republic.
If your name is Ekaterina Guseva, for example, then according to any Czech documents you will be listed as Ekaterina Guseva.
Modern women's and male Czech names extremely beautiful and varied. They have a very interesting and original sound. Irena, Lenka, Mihalka, Jiri, Lubosh, Radek - bearers of such names simply cannot go unnoticed in the Russian-speaking society. They are doomed to constantly remain in the spotlight.
The meaning of beautiful male and female Czech names
However, a beautiful and unusual sound is far from the only advantage of Czech names for boys and girls. Their internal content is no less attractive than their external appearance. These names are filled deep meaning. Their meaning is associated with the best - kindness, courage, grace, nobility, etc. In addition, it can indicate various plants, natural phenomena, animals, jewelry, and in some cases, all sorts of abstract categories. For a more detailed acquaintance with the meaning of Czech names and surnames, I suggest that you familiarize yourself with the lists below.
List of common Czech names for boys
- Vaclav. Czech version named after Vyacheslav = “more glorious”
- Jiri. Czech boy name meaning "farmer"
- Lukash. From Greek Lucas = "light"
- Lubosh. Translated into Russian it means “beloved”
- Milan. Male Czech name, meaning “grace”
- Ondrej. Interpreted as "warrior"
- Peter. Translated into Russian it means “rock”
- Tomas. Czech boy name which means "twin"
- Stefan. Interpreted as "crown"
- Yakub. Corresponds to the name Jacob = “the one who comes next”
List of beautiful Czech names for girls
- Agnieszka. Czech version of the name Agnes = “pure”
- Blanca. Female Czech name meaning "white"
- Batka. Affectionate from Elizabeth = “oath to God”
- Irenka. Translated into Russian it means “peaceful girl”
- Kveta. Czech girl name which means "flower blossom"
- Pavel. Interpreted as "little girl"
- Petra. Female equivalent of the name Peter = “rock”
- Radka. Czech girl name meaning "lucky woman"
- Elichka. Translated into Russian it means “God is my oath”
How to choose a beautiful Czech name for a boy or girl
In order to choose the best Czech name for a girl or boy, parents should pay attention to several important criteria. The first thing to consider is the sound. The name must be beautiful, non-trivial and easy to remember. The second factor that needs to be focused on is interpretation. It is best to choose such beautiful Czech names for girls and boys, the meaning of which is related to appearance and character. Don’t forget about the child’s personal horoscope. A name chosen according to the zodiac sign is considered the most favorable for a person.
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Czech Republic, 2014
State in Central Europe. It borders Poland, Germany, Austria and Slovakia. The capital is Prague. Population – 10,505,445 (2011 census). Official language– Czech. 90.4% of the population are Czechs. The majority of believers are Catholics: 10.3% of the country's population (2011 census). 34.2% called themselves atheists. 45.2% did not indicate their attitude towards religion.
Statistics on newborn names for the entire Czech Republic can be found on the website of the Czech Statistical Office – czso.cz. It publishes data on the frequency of names of children born in January. Counting just one month is, in my opinion, insufficient. Data is provided on the 10 and 50 most popular names in the country. Data available since 1999. The most current data is for 2012. Statistics on the names of fathers and mothers of newborns are also given so that intergenerational differences in names can be seen. In addition, maps are provided with the three or five (different for different years) most common names in each administrative unit of the Czech Republic. The CSU website provides links to the websites of regional statistical offices, where, if desired, you can also find name statistics.
More accurate statistics are available on the website of the Ministry of the Interior – mvcr.cz. Based on the population register, statistics on all first and last names are updated here annually. At the same time, separate tables show statistics of names and surnames by year of birth (since 1897, but more or less representative - since 1919), separate ones - by settlements. The list of personal names currently contains 61587 lines.
The inconvenience is that male and female names are presented in one list (alphabetically). Considering that some children in the Czech Republic receive two names, in order to obtain a more accurate picture of the frequency of names, it is necessary to perform certain actions with the data from these tables. So, to the frequency of names, we probably need to add the amount of use of these names as the first and second names in constructions of two names. If visually, then to the frequency, for example, name Jakub it is desirable to increase the frequency of its use in combinations like Jakub Jiří, Jakub Petr, Jakub Vojtěch.
I will give statistics on the 20 most popular names of newborns for 2014. At the same time, the frequency of names in constructions of two names was not taken into account. I will also give a list of the ten most common Czech names.
Top 20 baby boy names
Place Name Frequency 1 Jakub (Yakub) 2902 2 Jan 2659 3 Tomáš (Tomas) 2033 4 Adam (Adam) 1861 5 Matyáš (Matiash) 1660 6 Filip (Philip) 1601 7 Vojtěch (Vojtech) 1591 8 Ondřej 1552 9 David 1526 10 Lukáš (Lukash) 1493 11 Matěj (Matej) 1483 12 Daniel 1249 13 Martin 1200 14 Šimon (Shimon) 1185 15 Dominik (Dominic) 1087 16 Petr (Peter) 1064 17 Štěpán (Stepan) 950 18 Marek 949 19 Jiří (Jiri) 924 20 Michal (Michal) 886 Top 20 baby girl names
Place Name Frequency 1 Eliška 2332 2 Teresa (Teresa) 1900 3 Anna (Anna) 1708 4 Adela (Adela) 1535 5 Natalie (Natalia) 1386 6 Sofie (Sofia) 1180 7 Kristina (Christina) 1164 8 Ema (Ema) 1147 9 Karolina (Carolina) 1140 10 Viktorie (Victoria) 1086 11 Barbora 1078 12 Nela (Nela) 1063 13 Veronika (Veronica) 1018 14 Lucie (Lucia) 981 15 Kateřina 973 16 Klára (Clara) 805 17 Marie (Maria) 740 18 Laura (Laura) 736 19 Aneta (Aneta) 721 20 Julie (Julia) 707
