Němec
Němec (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɲɛmɛts]) is a common Czech surname, meaning German, "mute", or "(he) does not speak (Slavic)". It comes from Proto-Slavic *němьcь (“foreigner, German”), from *němъ (“mute”) (Czech němý). The feminine form is Němcová (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɲɛmtsovaː]).
| Language(s) | Czech |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Meaning | "mute; German" |
| Region of origin | Czech Republic |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Nemetz, Niemiec, Németh |
Němec or Nemec may refer to:
- Adam Nemec - Slovak footballer
- André Nemec - American screenwriter
- Corin Nemec - American actor
- David Nemec - American baseball historian
- Dejan Nemec - Slovenian footballer
- Horst Nemec - Austrian footballer
- Jan Němec - Czech filmmaker
- Jiří Němec - Czech footballer
- Michal Němec (b. 1980), Czech ski mountaineer
- Tomáš Němec (b. 1974), Czech ski mountaineer
- Vernita Nemec (b. 1942), American artist and arts activist
- Zdeněk Němec, Czech athlete
Němcová may refer to:
- Božena Němcová (1820–1862), Czech writer
- Eva Němcová (b. 1972), Czech basketball player
- Jiřina Němcová, Czech athlete
- Kateřina Němcová (b. 1990), Czech chess player
- Marie Němcová, Czech canoeist
- Miroslava Němcová (b. 1952), Czech politician, current Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic
- Pavlína Němcová, Czech-born supermodel and actress
- Petra Němcová, Czech model
See also
- Němeček, Czech diminutive variant
- Németh, Hungarian variant
- Nemetz, German variant
- Niemiec, Polish variant
- Douch, English surname derived from "Deutsch"
- Tedesco (surname), Italian surname derived from "Deutsch"
- Čech, Czech surname meaning "Czech"
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