Czech surnames
Novotný: what the name means
Novotný means “the new one”: a newcomer, a new settler.
In January 2017, 49,239 people in Czechia were named Novotný or Novotná (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha6,005
- Around Brno1,959
- Around Hradec Králové1,053
- Around České Budějovice1,021
- Around Pardubice936
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 Novotny.
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 Novotný mean?
Novotný means “the new one”: a newcomer, a new settler.
How many people are called Novotný in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 49,239 people in Czechia were named Novotný or Novotná, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Novotný most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (6,005), Brno (1,959), Hradec Králové (1,053).