Czech surnames
Tichý: what the name means
Tichý means “quiet”.
In January 2017, 11,787 people in Czechia were named Tichý or Tichá (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha1,517
- Around Brno409
- Around Ostrava348
- Around Olomouc318
- Around Hradec Králové273
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 Tichy.
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 Tichý mean?
Tichý means “quiet”.
How many people are called Tichý in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 11,787 people in Czechia were named Tichý or Tichá, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Tichý most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (1,517), Brno (409), Ostrava (348).