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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Czech and Slovak (Pokorný), Polish, and Jewish (from Poland and Bohemia) : from Czech pokorný, Polish pokorny ‘humble’, ‘meek’, a nickname for a humble or self-effacing person. This name is also found in eastern Germany.

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