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Waniek
__NOTOC__ Vaněk (feminine Vaňková) is a Czech language surname that is a diminutive of the name Václav or Veceslav, which means "greater glory", from the Proto-Slavic, Old Slavic elements ' "greater" and ' "glory".''Dictionary of American Family Names''"Vacek Family History" Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved on 14 January 2016. Alternative spellings of the name include Vaněk, Vaňková, Vankova, and Wanek. The name may refer to: *Chase Wright Vanek (born 1996), American actor *Connie Wanek (born 1952), American poet *František Vaněk (born 1931), Czech ice hockey player *Jan Vaněk (born 1979), Czech athlete *Jaroslav Vanek (1930–2017), American economist *Jean-Pierre Vanek (born 1969), Luxembourgian footballer *Jiří Vaněk (tennis) (born 1978), Czech tennis player *Joe Vaněk (born 1948), British opera designer and director *Karel Vaněk (1895–1958), Czech chess master *Kateřina Vaňková (born 1989), Czech tennis player *Ludmila Vaňková, Czech writer *Margit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Václav
Václav () is a Czech male first name of Slavic origin, sometimes translated into English as Wenceslaus or Wenceslas. These forms are derived from the old Slavic/Czech form of this name: Venceslav. Nicknames are: Vašek, Vašík, Venca, Venda For etymology and cognates in other languages, see Wenceslaus. Václav or Vácslav * Saint Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (907–935 or 929) (svatý Václav) * Václav Noid Bárta, singer, songwriter, and actor * Václav Binovec, Czech film director and screenwriter * Václav Brožík, painter * Václav Hanka, philologist * Václav Havel, last President of Czechoslovakia (1989 – 1992) and first President of the Czech Republic (1993 – 2003) * Václav Holek, Designer of the ZB-26 light machinegun for Zbrojovka Brno and its descendants * Václav Hollar, graphic artist * Vaclav Jelinek, a Czechoslovak spy, who worked in London under the assumed identity of Erwin van Haarlem * Václav Jiráček, Czech actor * Václav Jírů, Czech phot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |