Given name & surname · also Czech
Mucha
“fly”
Mucha is a surname from Czech, ultimately from Proto-Slavic. It is used in English, German, Polish, Czech, and 1 other language.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mucha goes back to Proto-Slavic *muxa, meaning “fly.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Mucha comes from Czech, and ultimately from Proto-Slavic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Czech Mucha, from Polish Mucha, from Slovak Mucha, from Proto-Slavic *muxa (“fly”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Mucha’s family of names
In Slovak usage, Mucha has a later derivative in MUHA. In English usage, Mucha as a surname has a related form in MUKHA. In English usage, Mucha as a surname has a related form in MUHA.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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