Sedlák
Appearance
Origin | |
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Language(s) | West Slavic (Czech, Slovak) |
Meaning | Old Bohemian (Old Czech) for 'farmer who owns his own land' with the Indo-European raoot sed- 'to sit, stay' |
Region of origin | Czech Republic (Bohemia and Moravia), Slovakia |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Sedláček (diminutive form) |
Sedlák (feminine: Sedláková) is a Czech surname, which means a 'peasant farmer' or 'freeman farmer' who was relatively wealthy and owned his own land.[1]
People
[edit]- Adam Sedlák (born 1991), Czech ice hockey player
- Anthony Sedlak (1983–2012), Canadian chef
- Borek Sedlák (born 1981), Czech ski jumper
- David Sedlak, American environmental engineer
- Gabriela Sedláková (born 1968), Czech athlete
- Jan Sedlák (born 1994), Czech footballer
- Justin Sedlák (born 1955), Slovak basketball player
- Kateřina Sedláková (born 1990), Czech basketball player
- Lukáš Sedlák (born 1993), Czech ice hockey player
- Martin Sedlák (born 2000), Czech footballer
- Miroslav Sedlák (born 1993), Slovak footballer
- Nikola Sedlak (born 1983), Serbian chess grandmaster
- Oldřich Sedlák (1922–1985), Czech ice hockey player
- Pavol Sedlák (born 1979), Slovak footballer
- Pavol Sedlak (volleyball), Slovak volleyball player
- Tomáš Sedlák (born 1983), Slovak footballer
- Vítězslav Sedlák (born 1991), Czech darts player
- Włodzimierz Sedlak (1911–1993), Polish biochemist
- Zdeněk Sedlák (born 1974), Czech ice hockey player
References
[edit]- ^ Dictionary of American Family Names. "Sedlak Family History", Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved on 17 January 2016.