Czech surnames
Doležel: what the name means
Doležel: a nickname for a lazy man, from the verb doležet.
In January 2017, 4,639 people in Czechia were named Doležel or Doleželová (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Brno339
- Around Olomouc322
- Around Praha294
- Around Blansko269
- Around Prostějov263
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 Dolezel.
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 Doležel mean?
Doležel: a nickname for a lazy man, from the verb doležet.
How many people are called Doležel in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 4,639 people in Czechia were named Doležel or Doleželová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Doležel most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Brno (339), Olomouc (322), Praha (294).