Czech surnames
Vodička: what the name means
Vodička means “a little water”: perhaps a man by a spring.
In January 2017, 5,448 people in Czechia were named Vodička or Vodičková (the women’s form).
Where the name was most common in 2017
- Around Praha785
- Around Brno207
- Around Olomouc185
- Around Plzeň159
- Around Hradec Králové139
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 Vodicka.
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 Vodička mean?
Vodička means “a little water”: perhaps a man by a spring.
How many people are called Vodička in the Czech Republic?
In January 2017, 5,448 people in Czechia were named Vodička or Vodičková, according to the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
Where in Czechia is the name Vodička most common?
In 2017 the largest numbers lived around Praha (785), Brno (207), Olomouc (185).