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Mucha Lucha!
Mucha (; Czech and Slovak feminine: Muchová) is a Slavic surname, derived from ''mucha'', meaning "fly".''Dictionary of American Family Names''"Mucha Family History" Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved on 4 January 2016. Mucha is the standard form for males in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and for people of both genders in Poland. In other Slavic countries, the surname may appear as Mukha or Muha. Mucha may refer to: *Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939), Czech painter *Anna Mucha (born 1980), Polish actress *Barb Mucha (born 1961), American golfer *Fred Mucha (1999–present), Kenyan academician *Geraldine Mucha (1917–2012), British composer *Ján Mucha (born 1982), Slovak footballer *Ján Mucha (footballer, born 1978), Slovak footballer *Ján Mucha (ice hockey) (born 1984), Slovak ice hockey player *Jan Mucha (speedway rider) (1941–2014), Polish motorcyclist *Jaroslava Muchová (1909–1986), Czech painter *Jiří Mucha (1915–1991), Czech writer *Joanna Mucha (born 1976) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slavic Surname
A Slavic name suffix is a common way of forming patronymics, family names, and pet names in the Slavic languages. Many, if not most, Slavic last names are formed by adding possessive and other suffixes to given names and other words. Most Slavic surnames have suffixes which are found in varying degrees over the different nations. Some surnames are not formed in this way, including names of non-Slavic origin. They are also seen in North America, Argentina, and Australia. An example using an occupation is '' kovač'', '' koval'' or ''kowal'', which means blacksmith. It is the root of the names Kovačević, Kovačić, Kowalski, Kowalchuk, Kowalczyk, Kovachev, Kovalenko, Kovalyov, and Kovalev. All mean "descendant of a blacksmith". The given name Petr, Petro or Petar (equivalent to Peter) can become Petrov, Petriv, Petriw, Petrenko, Petrovsky, Petrović, Petrić, Petrič, Petrich, etc. All mean "descendant of Peter". This is similar to the use of "-son" or "-sen" in Germanic lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |