Němec

Němec

Language(s)	Czech
Origin
Meaning	"mute; German"
Region of origin	Czech Republic
Other names
Variant form(s)	Nemetz, Niemiec, Németh

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]). Slovak and Slovenian form is Nemec, Slovak feminine is Nemcová. Nemec is used in other languages.

People

Němec

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
• Ondřej Němec, Czech ice hockey player
• Rudolf Němec (1936–2015), Czech artist
• Šimon Nemec (b. 2004), Slovak ice hockey player
• Vernita Nemec (b. 1942), American artist and arts activist
• Zdeněk Němec, Czech athlete

Němcová

Němcová may refer to:

• Božena Němcová (1820–1862), Czech writer
• Dana Němcová (1934–2023), Czech psychologist and dissident
• 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, former 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
• Nemtsov, Russian variant
• Čech, Czech surname meaning "Czech"