Czech surnames
Nedvěd: what the name means
Nedvěd means “bear”: from nedvěd, a dialect form of medvěd.
In January 2017, 3,353 people in Czechia were named Nedvěd or Nedvědová (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha514
- Around Kladno179
- Around České Budějovice127
- Around Teplice88
- Around Most71
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 Nedved.
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 Nedvěd mean?
Nedvěd means “bear”: from nedvěd, a dialect form of medvěd.
How many people are called Nedvěd in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 3,353 people in Czechia were named Nedvěd or Nedvědová, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Nedvěd most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (514), Kladno (179), České Budějovice (127).