Czech surnames
Slavík: what the name means
Slavík means “nightingale”: perhaps a good singer.
In January 2017, 8,952 people in Czechia were named Slavík or Slavíková (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha1,074
- Around Chrudim307
- Around Brno276
- Around Ostrava231
- Around Plzeň179
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 Slavik.
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 Slavík mean?
Slavík means “nightingale”: perhaps a good singer.
How many people are called Slavík in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 8,952 people in Czechia were named Slavík or Slavíková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Slavík most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (1,074), Chrudim (307), Brno (276).