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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Czech and Slovak (Žilka) : from Czech žilka, diminutive of žíle ‘vein’, nickname for someone with noticeable veins, or from the same word in the sense ‘sinew’, ‘tendon’, applied as a nickname for a resilient or quick-witted individual.

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