Trávníček (feminine: Trávníčková) or Travnicek is a Czech surname, a diminutive form from the Slavic word Travnik (Czech: trávník).
Variant forms
editVariants include Trávníček, Travnicek, Travniczek, Trawniczek, Travnitschek, Trawnitschek, Trawnitscheck, Travnizek, Trawnizek and Travnicsek.
Notable people with this name
edit- Cornelia Travnicek (born 1987), Austrian writer
- František Trávníček (1888–1961), Czech linguist
- Jiří Trávníček, Czech bohemist[1]
- Josef Trávníček (Josef Travnicek, Joseph Trávníček), also Germanised
- Josef Trauneck (Joseph Trauneck) (1898–1975), Czech-Austrian musician
- Josef Jan Trávníček (see Czech article)
- Michal Trávníček (born 1980), Czech ice hockey player
- Mojmír Trávníček, Czech literary historian, critic and editor,[2] (see Czech article)
- Pavel Trávníček (born 1950), Czech actor
- An alter ego of the post-war Austrian cabaret artist Helmut Qualtinger
Place name
edit- Trávníček (Bílá), a place nearby Liberec, Czech Republic (see Czech article)
References
edit- ^ "Prof. PhDr. Jiří Trávníček, M. A." Institute of Czech Literature (in Czech). Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
- ^ "Zemřel znalec spisovatelů ve stínu" (in Czech). Lidové noviny. 2011-07-12. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
See also
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