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Beroun, named by Czech immigrants from Beroun, Czech Republic. Bohemian Flats, a former residential area of Minneapolis that was settled by Czechoslovakian and other European immigrants. Litomysl, named after Litomyšl, Czech Republic. New Prague, named by Czech immigrants after Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic.
In the Czech Republic, names are simply known as jména ("names") or, if the context requires it, křestní jména ("baptismal names"). The singular form is jméno.A native Czech given name may have Christian roots or traditional Slavic pre-Christian origin (e.g. Milena, Božena, Jaroslav, Václav, Vojtěch).
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Pages in category "Czech-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 882 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Czech Americans (Czech: Čechoameričané), known in the 19th and early 20th century as Bohemian Americans, are citizens of the United States whose ancestry is wholly or partly originate from the Czech lands, a term which refers to the majority of the traditional lands of the Bohemian Crown, namely Bohemia, Moravia and Czech Silesia.
In conjunction with migration to Europe or America, Indonesians without surnames often adopt a surname based on some family name or middle name. The forms for visa application many Western countries use, has a square for writing the last name which cannot be left unfilled by the applicant.
A map of the surname Griffin in the U.K., Ireland and the Isle of Man. Surname maps are maps which display and indicate the highest concentration of residents with a particular surname, or set of surnames. This information can be useful for studying the current or historic distribution of surnames, and occasionally their origin.
Frank William Taussig, of Czech ancestry, economist and educator, credited with creating the foundations of modern trade theory. Vlasta Vraz, of Czech ancestry, worked for Czech war relief and other Czech causes in Prague and US; René Wellek, of Czech father, founder of literary criticism and comparative literature.