Given name & surname
Hynek
Hynek is a masculine given name. It is used in Czech, Old Czech, and Slovak.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Czech usage, Hynek is a diminutive of Jindřich.
Hynek’s family of names
In Czech usage, Hynek has a diminutive in Hyneček. In Czech usage, Hynek has a conventional equivalent in the English form Henry. In Czech usage, Hynek is a diminutive of Jindřich.
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Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 36
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- HenryEnglish
- Ericequivalent
- Erikequivalent
- Enriqueequivalent
- Harryequivalent
- Haroldequivalent
- Henrikequivalent
- Henriequivalent
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- Hendrikequivalent
- Henriqueequivalent
- Henrykequivalent
- Enricoequivalent
- Heinrichequivalent
- Erichequivalent
- Haraldequivalent
- Eirikequivalent
- Erykequivalent
- Enricequivalent
- Hendricequivalent
- Henrichequivalent
- Heinzequivalent
- Henkequivalent
- Heinequivalent
- Hinnerkequivalent
- Henricusequivalent
- Henrikasequivalent
- Èricequivalent
- Henrihequivalent
- Hendricusequivalent
- Éricequivalent
- Henkeequivalent
- Henkleequivalent
- Andrinequivalent
- Eiríkurequivalent
- Ericusequivalent
- Hinrichequivalent
People named Hynek
- Hynek FajmonCzech member of Czech Parliament (1998–2006)born 1968
- Hynek BočanCzech director and screenwriterborn 1938
- Hynek BlaškoCzech politicianborn 1955
- Hynek ZohornaCzech ice hockey playerborn 1990
- Hynce Ptáček of PirkštejnCzech hofmeister and nobleman (1404-1444)1400–1444
- Hynek VojáčekCzech faggotist, music educator, composer, choirmaster and collector of regional songs (1825–1916)
- Hynek ČermákCzech actorborn 1973
- Hynek Boček of PoděbradyBohemian-Moravian nobles and followers of the Hussites, uncle of the Bohemian King George of Podebrady1400–1426
- Hynek Krušina of LichtenburgCzech nobleman1392–1454
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