Kůrka (feminine: Kůrková) is a Czech surname. It is a diminutive of the word kůra, which translates as 'bark' or 'crust'. There is a theory that it was a nickname for a poor person ("used to eating hard crusts"). In Old Czech, the word figuratively meant 'glove' and the surname may also have originated as a designation for a glove maker. Notable people with the surname include:
František Kůrka (1903–1952), Czech water polo player Jan Kůrka (born 1943), Czech sport shooter Kateřina Emmons, née Kůrková (born 1983), Czech sport shooter Petr Kůrka (born 1960), Czech sport shooter Tomáš Kůrka (born 1981), Czech ice hockey player Věra Kůrková (born 1948), Czech mathematician and computer scientist
See also
Kurka (surname)
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