Trnka Explained

Trnka (feminine Trnková) is a Czech habitational surname, meaning a person who lived by a blackthorn bush, or trnka in Czech.^[1] The name may refer to:

• Dobroslav Trnka (1963-2023), Slovak lawyer
• Jaroslav Trnka (born 1983), Czech physicist, one of the authors who introduced amplituhedron
• Jiří Trnka (1912–1969), Czech puppet maker
• Jiří Trnka (footballer) (1926–2005), Czech football player
• Johann Trnka (died 1950), Austrian murderer
• Margareta Trnková-Hanne (born 1976), Czech athlete
• Pavel Trnka (born 1976), Czech ice hockey player
• Věra Trnková (1934–2018), Czech mathematician
• Veronika Trnková (born 1995), Czech volleyball player
• Wenzel Trnka (1739–1791), Bohemian physician

Notes and References

1. Dictionary of American Family Names. "Trnka Family History", Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved on 16 January 2016.