Given name & surname · also Czech

Vrana

“crow”

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

Original CzechVrána

Meaning & origin

What it means

Vrana goes back to Czech vrána, meaning “crow.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Vrana comes from Czech, and ultimately from Slovak.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In English usage, Vrana as a surname developed from Vrána.

Vrana’s family of names

In English usage, Vrana as a surname developed from the Czech form Vrána. In Greek usage, Vrana as a surname is a transliteration of Βράνα. In English usage, Vrana as a surname was borrowed from the Czech form Vrána.

Walk Vrana’s family in the name graph

VranaΒράναΒρανάWranaVrána

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Vrana has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Slovak roots to each of them.

GreekSlovak

4 related names in 4 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.

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 2

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

Similar names

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Slavic

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Slovene

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Czech

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Czech

Vrba

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Slovak

Michna

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Czech

Kudrna

Kudrna is a surname from Czech. It is used in English and Czech.

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