Family name origins & meanings
- Czech (Hřivňák) and Slovak (Hrivnák) : nickname for an accomplished person, from hřivna ‘talent’.
- Czech (Hřivňák) and Slovak (Hrivnák) : from hřivnáč ‘wood pigeon’, ‘ring dove’, possibly a nickname for someone thought to resemble the bird in some way.
- Czech (Hřivňák) and Slovak (Hrivnák) : nickname for someone with particularly luxuriant hair, from hříva ‘mane’.