In a previous article, ipoehls@wgn.net ("Irvin F. Poehls") says: > >I note that many Czech surnames, such as Cizek, end in -ek. Is there a >meaning or significance to the suffix, -ek? > As a final syllable it is not all that significant. It is a common termination of nouns in general, not just with surnames. Often it occurs with nouns denoting persons, human beings, but that is just a vague generality. Note this however, that in surnames, -ek names are males only. When such surnames are appied to females, the "e" is dropped and ova' (long "a" with accent mark) is added. So... Cizek (male) Cizkova' (female) Capek (male) Capkova' (female) Marek (male) Markova' (female) etc. -- Gary N. Deckant bs039@yfn.ysu.edu Youngstown, Ohio