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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Czech (Čapek) : from a diminutive of čáp ‘stork’, applied as a habitational name for someone who lived at a house distinguished by the sign of a stork. In some cases the family name may have derived from a heraldic symbol.
  • Polish : nickname from cap ‘he-goat’ (see Cap).
  • Croatian (northwestern Croatia) : nickname, perhaps from cap ‘he-goat’ or from capa ‘paw’.

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