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Kohout

“rooster”

Kohout is a surname from Czech. It is used in English, German, and Czech.

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Meaning & origin

What it means

Kohout goes back to a word meaning “rooster.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Kohout comes from Czech.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Kohout’s family of names

In Czech usage, Kohout as a surname shares a linguistic root with the Polish form KOGUT. In Czech usage, Kohout as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the German form Hahn. In English usage, Kohout as a surname has a related form in KOHUT.

Walk Kohout’s family in the name graph

KohoutKohutHahnKohoutováKogut

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Kohout has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Czech roots to each of them.

Czech

3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Slovene

Kopac

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Polish

Koska

Koska is a surname from Czech, ultimately from Polish. It is used in English and Slovak.

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Czech

Kosik

Kosik is a surname from Polish, ultimately from Czech.

No U.S. birth series

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Slavic

Kovach

“to forge”

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Czech

Kostal

Kostal is a surname from Czech.

No U.S. birth series

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Polish

Kosek

“blackbird”

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Slavic

Komar

“mosquito”

No U.S. birth series

70% boys · 30% girls

Hungarian

Kovack

Kovack is a surname from Czech, ultimately from Hungarian.

No U.S. birth series

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