Czech surnames
Bílý: what the name means
Bílý means “white”.
In January 2017, 4,277 people in Czechia were named Bílý or Bílá (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha354
- Around Ostrava200
- Around Brno151
- Around Plzeň117
- Around Beroun108
Areas are the Interior Ministry’s; numbers under 5 are not shown.
In America the name was often written without the Czech accents, so family papers may say Bily.
To find the family in the old parish books, you need the village they came from.
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Questions
What does the surname Bílý mean?
Bílý means “white”.
How many people are called Bílý in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 4,277 people in Czechia were named Bílý or Bílá, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Bílý most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (354), Ostrava (200), Brno (151).