Family name origins & meanings
- Czech and Slovak (Čech) : ethnic name meaning ‘Czech’, used in particular to distinguish a native or inhabitant of Bohemia (Czech Čechy) from Slovaks, Moravians, and other ethnic groups, or a speaker of the Czech language as opposed to German. The word itself is of unknown origin.
- Czech and Slovak : from a short form of the personal name Čechoslav.
- Perhaps an altered spelling of German Zech.