Pecháček
Pecháček (feminine: Pecháčková) is a Czech surname. According to the most likely theories, it was derived either from the given name Petr, or from the German word Pech. The word Pech means 'bad luck' (which would mean that the surname originated as a term for a person afflicted with bad luck), but also 'resin' (which would mean that the surname originated as a term for a person working with resin). Similar names with the same origin theories are e.g. Pech, Pecha and Pechanec.[1] The surname has also spread to the United States and Austria, where it appears in the Anglicized and Germanized form as Pechacek.[2]
Notable people with the surname include:
- Adam Pecháček (born 1995), Czech basketball player
- František Pecháček (1896–1944), Czech gymnast
- František Martin Pecháček (1763–1816), Czech violinist and pedagogue
- Franz Pecháček (1793–1840), Austrian-German violin virtuoso and composer
- Jiří Pecháček (born 1943), Czech equestrian
- Judit Bárdos, married Pecháček (born 1988), Slovak actress
References
- ^ "Příjmení Pechanec". Ptejte se knihovny (in Czech). National Library of the Czech Republic. Retrieved 2025-08-07.
- ^ "Pechacek Surname Meaning & Statistics". Forebears.io. Retrieved 6 August 2025.