Czech surnames
Slavíček: what the name means
Slavíček means “little nightingale”.
In January 2017, 2,864 people in Czechia were named Slavíček or Slavíčková (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha404
- Around Brno179
- Around Olomouc81
- Around Kolín76
- Around Ústí nad Labem70
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 Slavicek.
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 Slavíček mean?
Slavíček means “little nightingale”.
How many people are called Slavíček in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 2,864 people in Czechia were named Slavíček or Slavíčková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Slavíček most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (404), Brno (179), Olomouc (81).