Given name & surname · also Czech
Kovac
Kovac is a surname from Czech, ultimately from Serbo-Croatian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Kovac comes from Czech, and ultimately from Serbo-Croatian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Kovac as a surname developed from Kovač. In English usage, Kovac as a surname developed from Kováč.
Kovac’s family of names
In English usage, Kovac as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with KOVACH. In English usage, Kovac as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with KOVACK. In English usage, Kovac as a surname developed from the Slovenian form Kovač.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Kovac has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Serbo-Croatian roots to each of them.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
Similar names
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“cone” · “cossack”
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Kosek
“blackbird”
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Kotik
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Kolek
“peg”
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Kudrnac
“curly head”
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Kostic is a surname from Serbo-Croatian.
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Sibling ideas
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