Čech (feminine: Čechová) is a Czech surname meaning 'inhabitant of Bohemia', 'Czech'. The surname was given to the Czech (Bohemian) people abroad, in Moravia and in the German-speaking regions of Bohemia. The surname could also have originated as an abbreviation of the given name Čechoslav. The German-language counterpart of the name is Böhm. Notable people with the surname include:
Dana Čechová (born 1983), Czech table tennis player Donovan Cech (born 1974), South African rower Eduard Čech (1893–1960), Czech mathematician Filip Čech (born 1980), Czech ice hockey player František Čech (born 1998), Czech footballer František Ringo Čech (born 1943), Czech musician and politician Heda Čechová (1928–2020), Czech television anchorwoman, radio presenter and politician Karel Čech (1844–1913), Czech opera singer Kateřina Čechová (born 1988), Czech athlete Marek Čech (Czech footballer) (born 1976), Czech footballer Marek Čech (Slovak footballer) (born 1983), Slovak footballer Martin Čech (1976–2007), Czech ice hockey player Miya Cech (born 2004), American actress Olga Čechová (1925–2010), Czech printmaker Petr Čech (born 1982), Czech footballer Petr Čech (hurdler) (1944–2022), Czech hurdler Soňa Čechová (1930–2007), Slovak translator Svatopluk Čech (1846–1908), Czech writer, journalist and poet Thomas Cech (born 1947), American chemist Vladimír Čech (1951–2013), Czech actor, presenter and politician
See also
Čeh, South Slavic variant Chekh, East Slavic variant Cseh, Hungarian variant Czech (surname), Polish variant
References
ru:Чех (значения)