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’.