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 It can be converted to English. I use this as a way of determining the possible correct spellings of Czech names. If I can find it in the directory, I take the chance that the spelling is the correct one. I think the rule is something like this: If the name ends in a vowel, you drop the vowel and add ova to make the feminine version of the name. The rule has much more to it -- but this is my best guess. Welcome any more guesses. Susan W.
Susan Williams, How do you start the directory search? I put in a surname but can't start the search. Mike Martin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Williams" <swilliams1200@comcast.net> To: <CZECH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 2:46 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 > > It can be converted to English. > I use this as a way of determining the possible correct spellings of Czech > names. If I can find it in the directory, I take the chance that the > spelling is the correct one. > > I think the rule is something like this: If the name ends in a vowel, you > drop the vowel and add ova to make the feminine version of the name. > The rule has much more to it -- but this is my best guess. Welcome any more > guesses. Susan W. > > > > ==== CZECH Mailing List ==== > Czech Message Boards are at > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=topics.ethnic > >