Mudrunka--Mudrunkova Could also be Mudrunek. Joan Peterson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Williams" <swilliams1200@comcast.net> To: <CZECH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 1:46 PM Subject: Re: [CZ] Surnames > I know there are rules to do with names - ie. male and female versions of > the same surname. It might be in the archives. > > But my guess is the name would Mudrunka. > I checked the on-line czech telephone directory and found several men with > the surname Mudrunka; and several women with the surname Mudrunkova. > Here is the link to the telephone directory: > http://phonebook.quick.cz/index.php?fce=10&VYMAZFORM=on&id=1 >

--=======47F973D4======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-45064AA; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit I do not know if this is relevant to this discussion of the masculine form of a surname but there is a link at the CZECH Mail List web list called "Surname Frequency (males) and Surname Frequency (females) in the Czech Republic. It is under Czech Genealogical Research at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~elainetmaddox/czgenealogy.htm The category is called: "Czech Genealogical Research" At one time, another subscriber gave the rules for converting surnames to the feminine form, but they are not easy to remember. Ron At 04:36 PM 09/08/2004, you wrote: >Mudrunka--Mudrunkova > >Could also be Mudrunek. > >Joan Peterson > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Susan Williams" <swilliams1200@comcast.net> >To: <CZECH-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 1:46 PM >Subject: Re: [CZ] Surnames > > > > I know there are rules to do with names - ie. male and female versions of > > the same surname. It might be in the archives. > > > > But my guess is the name would Mudrunka. > > I checked the on-line czech telephone directory and found several men with > > the surname Mudrunka; and several women with the surname Mudrunkova. > > Here is the link to the telephone directory: > > http://phonebook.quick.cz/index.php?fce=10&VYMAZFORM=on&id=1 > > > > > >==== CZECH Mailing List ==== >The mailing list is configured to reply only to the list. If you are >making a personal reply to a poster, it will be necessary to delete the >list address and add the individual's address. > > > >--- >Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.752 / Virus Database: 503 - Release Date: 09/03/2004 --=======47F973D4======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-45064AA Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.752 / Virus Database: 503 - Release Date: 09/03/2004 --=======47F973D4=======--

That's true, Joan. Didn't think of that. I think the rule also states that if there is an "e" between two consonants like n e k, the "e" is eliminated and then you add the ova. Susan W.