Given name & surname · also Czech
Dvorak
“attendant, tenant farmer”
Dvorak is a surname from Czech, ultimately from Old Czech. It is used in English and German.
Original CzechDvořák
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dvorak goes back to Old Czech dvořák, meaning “attendant, tenant farmer.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Dvorak comes from Czech, and ultimately from Old Czech.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Czech Dvořák, from Old Czech dvořák (“attendant, tenant farmer”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Dvorak’s family of names
In English usage, Dvorak as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Azerbaijani form Dvorjak. In English usage, Dvorak as a surname has a conventional equivalent in Dvoržak. In English usage, Dvorak as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Lithuanian form Dvoržakas.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Dvorak has relatives in 32 languages. Lines run from its Czech roots to each of them.
Czechwhere Dvorak comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 30
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- דוואָרזשאַקYiddish
- Dvoržakvep
- دووزاکUrdu
- Дво́ржакUkrainian, Russian
- ดโวชากThai
- டுவோராக்Tamil
- Dvuoržakssgs
- Дво́ракRussian
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- ਡਵੋਜ਼ਾਕPunjabi
- DworzakPolish
- دورژاکPersian
- ड्वोराकnew
- द्वोराकMarathi
- ഡ്വാറക്Malayalam
- DvoržakasLithuanian
- DvoržāksLatvian
- 드보르자크Korean
- ドボルザークJapanese
- ドヴォルジャークJapanese
- ドヴォジャークJapanese
- ドヴォルザークJapanese
- דבוז׳אקHebrew
- ΝτβόρζακGreek
- დვორჟაკიGeorgian
- 德沃夏克Mandarin
- 德伏札克Cantonese
- দ্ভরাকBengali
- DvorjakAzerbaijani
- ԴվորժակArmenian
- دْفُورْجَاكArabic
Similar names
If you love Dvorak, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Dvořka
“royal female court attendant”
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Orsak
Orsak is a surname from Czech.
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Štverák
“vagabound”
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Vondrak
Vondrak is a surname from Czech.
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Vazač
“orderly”
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Bosák
“one who is barefoot”
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Jonák
“youngster”
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Polák
Polák is a surname from Old Czech. It is used in Czech and Slovak.
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Sibling ideas
Names that share Dvorak’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.
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