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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Czech (Světlík), Slovak (Svetlík), and Slovenian : nickname from Czech světlý, Slovak svetlý, Slovenian svetel ‘bright’.
  • Czech (Světlík) and Slovak : perhaps from a pet form of any of various traditional personal names containing the Old Slavic element svat ‘holy’, e.g. Svatoslav, Svatopluk, Svatomir (see Svatek).

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