Given name & surname · also Dutch

Slack

“shallow valley”

Slack is a surname from Dutch, ultimately from Proto-Slavic.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Slack goes back to a word meaning “shallow valley.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Slack comes from Dutch, and ultimately from Proto-Slavic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Proto-Slavic *sъvolkъ.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Similar names

If you love Slack, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Slavic

Sladkey

“a glorious man”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Russian

Slaven

“man from the mountains”

No U.S. birth series

58% boys · 42% girls

Slavic

Tkac

Tkac is a surname from Slavic, ultimately from Proto-Slavic.

No U.S. birth series

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Slavic

Krak

Krak is a surname. It is used in Polish and Old Czech.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Slavic

Sostak

“sixth”

No U.S. birth series

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Slavic

Čermák

“redstart”

No U.S. birth series

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Slavic

Slavibor

“glory, renown” · “fight, battle”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Slavic

Slivka

“plum”

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

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