Given name & surname · also Czech
Kolek
“peg”
Kolek is a surname from Czech, ultimately from Polish. It is used in English and Czech.
Original PolishKołek
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Kolek comes from Czech, and ultimately from Polish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Czech Kolek, from Polish Kolek, from Polish Kołek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Kolek’s family of names
In English usage, Kolek as a surname was borrowed from the Polish form Kołek. In Greek usage, Kolek as a surname is a transliteration of Κόλεκ.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
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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