Czech surnames
Dobrovolný: what the name means
Dobrovolný means “voluntary”.
In January 2017, 2,273 people in Czechia were named Dobrovolný or Dobrovolná (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Brno230
- Around Třebíč207
- Around Praha136
- Around Jihlava124
- Around Žďár nad Sázavou90
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 Dobrovolny.
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 Dobrovolný mean?
Dobrovolný means “voluntary”.
How many people are called Dobrovolný in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 2,273 people in Czechia were named Dobrovolný or Dobrovolná, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Dobrovolný most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Brno (230), Třebíč (207), Praha (136).