Brabenec (feminine: Brabencová) is a Czech surname. Brabenec a dialect word for 'ant' (standard Czech: mravenec) and the surname probably originated as a nickname for someone small but hardworking or tireless. Notable people with the surname include:
Jakub Brabenec (born 2003), Czech ice hockey player Jaromír E. Brabenec (born 1934), Czech graphic designer and sculptor Josef Brabenec (born 1957), Canadian tennis player Kamil Brabenec (basketball) (born 1951), Czech basketball player Kamil Brabenec (ice hockey) (born 1976), Czech ice hockey player Karl A. Brabenec (born 1979), American politician Vratislav Brabenec (born 1943), Czech poet and musician
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