Czech surnames
Kopřiva: what the name means
Kopřiva means “nettle”: a prickly man.
In January 2017, 4,974 people in Czechia were named Kopřiva or Kopřivová (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha590
- Around Brno311
- Around Ostrava155
- Around Židlochovice115
- Around Plzeň95
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 Kopriva.
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 Kopřiva mean?
Kopřiva means “nettle”: a prickly man.
How many people are called Kopřiva in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 4,974 people in Czechia were named Kopřiva or Kopřivová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Kopřiva most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (590), Brno (311), Ostrava (155).