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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Czech : nickname for a cheerful person, from a noun derivative of veselý ‘cheerful’ (see Vesely).
  • Czech : from veselka ‘marriage’, an ironic nickname for someone who wanted to marry but could not find a bride.

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