Czech surnames
Starý: what the name means
Starý means “old”.
In January 2017, 4,977 people in Czechia were named Starý or Stará (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha471
- Around Chrudim276
- Around Brno174
- Around Nové Město na Moravě157
- Around Liberec140
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 Stary.
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 Starý mean?
Starý means “old”.
How many people are called Starý in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 4,977 people in Czechia were named Starý or Stará, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Starý most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (471), Chrudim (276), Brno (174).