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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Czech (Pařízek) : nickname for a dumpy, strong, obstinate, or tenacious person, from Czech pařízek, diminutive of pařez ‘tree stump’.
  • Czech (Pařízek) : possibly also a habitational name from a place so called near Sobotka, which derives its name from pařez ‘tree stump’.

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