Given name & surname
Flach
“foreigner”
Flach is a surname from German, ultimately from Middle High German.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Flach goes back to Czech Vlach, meaning “foreigner.”
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Where it comes from
Flach comes from German, and ultimately from Middle High German.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Flach as a surname developed from VLACH.
Flach’s family of names
In English usage, Flach as a surname developed from the Czech form VLACH. In English usage, Flach as a surname has a related form in FLOCH. In Greek usage, Flach as a surname is a transliteration of Φλαχ.
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Around the world
Flach has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its German roots to each of them.
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Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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