Němec Explained
Němec (pronounced as /cs/, feminine: Němcová (pronounced as /cs/)) is a common Czech surname, meaning German, "mute", or "(he) does not speak (Slavic)". It comes from Proto-Slavic *němьcь ("foreigner" or "German"), from *němъ ("mute") (Czech: němý). The unaccented variant Nemec is mainly found in Slovakia and Slovenia, with Nemcová being the feminine form in the former.
People
Němec
Němec or Nemec may refer to:
- Adam Nemec, Slovak footballer
- André Nemec, American screenwriter
- Corin Nemec, American actor
- David Nemec, American baseball historian
- Dejan Nemec, Slovenian footballer
- Horst Nemec, Austrian footballer
- Jan Němec, Czech filmmaker
- Jiří Němec, Czech footballer
- Ondřej Němec, Czech ice hockey player
- Rudolf Němec (1936–2015), Czech artist
- Šimon Nemec (b. 2004), Slovak ice hockey player
- Vernita Nemec (b. 1942), American artist and arts activist
- Zdeněk Němec, Czech athlete
Němcová
Němcová may refer to:
- Božena Němcová (1820–1862), Czech writer
- Dana Němcová (1934–2023), Czech psychologist and dissident
- Eva Němcová (b. 1972), Czech basketball player
- Jiřina Němcová, Czech athlete
- Kateřina Němcová (b. 1990), Czech chess player
- Marie Němcová, Czech canoeist
- Miroslava Němcová (b. 1952), Czech politician, former Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic
- Pavlína Němcová, Czech-born supermodel and actress
- Petra Němcová, Czech model
