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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Czech and Slovak (Zelenák) : variant of Zelenka.
  • Perhaps an Americanized form of Slovenian Zelenjak, a derivative of zelen ‘green’, ‘immature’ (or perhaps a nickname from Slovenian dialect zelenjak ‘green woodpecker’).

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