S U R N A M E S

G - M

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- G, H, CH -

Gebauer - G gebur = neighbour
Gellner - G Goldner = miner in gold-mine
Goll - G madman

Groh - G grau = grey
Gros - G gross = big
Gruber - G Grube = hole, mine

Grulich - G greulich = ugly
Haas
- G Hase = rabbit
Habart - G first name Eberhart, C catchpoll
Hadraba
- disputing man; ragamuffin
Hart,Hartl - G hart = hard; part of first name Hartmann or Erhart
Hauser - G head of farmily
Herold,Herout - herald
Hilbert,Hilpert - G first name Hildebert
Hilmar,Hilmer - G first name Hildemar
Hirsal - G Hirschel = small deer
Hladik - kind of plane (tool); make smooth
Hlinomaz - nickname of potter
Hofbauer - G richer farmer
Hofman - G farmer or farm steward
Hojda - C first name Hojislav
Holecek - very young man, young ragamuffin
Holy - beardless; poor
Horak - highlander
Horejs - upper
Hovorka - too much speaking man
Hrubes - big or tall man
Hula - see Holy
Chadima - ragamuffin
Chadraba - weed
Chaloupecky,Chalupecky - cottage
Chara - ugly
Chramosta - bush; vulgar man
Chyna - bluff; pretend

- J, K -

Jagr - G Jaeger = game-keeper
Jakes - C first name Jakub
Janda,Jandak - C first name Jan
Jansa - see Janda
Jarolim - C first name Jeronym
Jebavy - C jebat = rub
Jech - see Janda
Jicha - see Janda; soup or sauce
Jirak - C first name Jiri
Jiroutek - see Jirak
Jirsa - see Jirak
Jonak - young
Jost - Celtic first name Jodok
Jouza - C first name Josef
Jukl - C first name Jakub
Jursa - see Jirak
Kabrhel - C first name Gabriel
Kacaba - small man
Kadlec - weaver
Kalab - swamp; too much speaking man
Kalal - hew; brandish
Kalcik - weaver
Kalivoda - man making troubles
Kanda - see Kalivoda
Kazda - first name Kazimir; farmer
Klicpera - man who beats with bludgeon
Klumpar - man making pattens
Kmoch - godfather
Knobloch - garlic
Kofron - too much speaking man
Kokes - cock
Kopecky - man living at top or below hill
Kotrba - head
Kouba - C first name Jakub
Kunc - first name Kunrad
Kyncl - see Kunc

- L, M -

Lacina - cheap
Lang - G lang = long
Langmajer - G lang = long, G Meier = farm steward
Lehman - G tenant
Levy - left
Louda - man walking
slowly
Lukes - C first name Lukas
Macek - C first name Matej
Mach - C first name Marik, Matej, Martin
Macoun - see Macek
Madl - G Madel = maiden
Mahler - G painter
Majer - farm steward
Maly- small
Marek - biblical name
Masarik - butcher
Matl - C first name Matej
Mejstrik - farm stweard; shepherd
Mikes - C first name Mikulas
Minarik - miller
Moravec -man from Moravia
Motl - G version of surname Matl
Muller - G miller