Čermák
Čermák (feminine: Čermáková) is a Czech surname. The word čermák is a colloquial name for the bird common redstart, but there is also a theory that the name was derived from the Old Czech word čermný ('red'), which referred to someone with red hair, someone who turned red, or who cultivated red soil, etc.[1] Notable people with the surname include:
- Adrián Čermák (born 1993), Slovak footballer
- Aleš Čermák (born 1994), Czech footballer
- Anton Cermak (1873–1933), American politician
- Evžen Čermák (1932–2018), Czech alpine skier
- František Čermák (born 1976), Czech tennis player
- František Čermák (painter) (1822–1884), Czech painter
- Hynek Čermák (born 1973), Czech actor
- Jaroslav Čermák (1929–2011), Czech resistance fighter
- Jaroslav Čermák (painter) (1831–1878), Czech painter
- Jiřina Čermáková (1944–2019), Czech field hockey player
- Karl Čermak (1888–1924), German politician
- Leoš Čermák (born 1978), Czech ice hockey player
- Marcel Čermák (born 1998), Czech footballer
- Miloslav Čermák (born 1986), Czech ice hockey player
- Ota Čermák (1919–1963), Czech organist
- Petr Čermák (born 1942), Czech rower
- Tomáš Čermák (born 1943), Czech engineer, rector of the Technical University of Ostrava
- Vladimír Čermák (1929–2004), Czech philosopher, politologist, lawyer and judge
See also
- All pages with titles containing Cermak
- Leokadia Makarska-Čermák, Polish painter and designer
References
- ^ "O původu příjmení: Čermák" (in Czech). Czech Radio. 2017-03-27. Retrieved 2025-09-01.