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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Czech (Paleček) : from a double diminutive of the personal name Pavel or some other personal name beginning with Pa-.
  • Czech (Paleček) : from a diminutive of palec ‘thumb’, hence a nickname for a small person or a dwarf, or for someone with a deformed or missing thumb.

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