Chekh

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Chekh (pre-reform Russian: Чехъ; Russian: Чех; Ukrainian: Чех; Belarusian: Чэх) is an East Slavic surname, likely of ethnonymic origin, literally meaning "Czech person".[1][2]

A noble family bearing the surname Chekh (Russian: Чехъ) is recorded in the Taurida Governorate of the Russian Empire in 1833.[3]

Notable people with the surname include:

  • Artem Chekh (born 1985), Ukrainian writer and journalist
  • Maksym Chekh (born 1999), Ukrainian footballer
  • Yan Chekh (born 1991), Russian yachtsman

See also

  • All pages with titles containing Chekh
  • Čech, Czech and Slovak variant
  • Čeh, South Slavic variant
  • Cseh, Hungarian variant
  • Czech, Polish variant

References

  1. ↑ Редько, Юліан Костянтинович (1966). Сучасні українські прізвища [Modern Ukrainian Surnames] (in Ukrainian). Київ: «Наукова думка».
  2. ↑ Королева, Инна Александровна (2006). Словарь фамилий Смоленского края [Dictionary of Surnames of the Smolensk Region] (in кг). Смоленск: СГПУ. p. 107.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  3. ↑ Родословная книга дворян Таврической губернии. 1804 –1890 гг. Том 1 [Pedigree Book of the Nobility of Taurida Governorate] (in Russian). Moscow: Институт Наследия. 2023. p. 364. ISBN 978-5-907671-34-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
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