Svoboda is a common
Czech surname. Svobodová is a feminine form of the surname. For more than century it is one of the three
most common Czech surnames.
Etymology
The primary meaning of the word is 'freedom' or '
liberty' in Czech. As a surname, it used to refer to "free men" (to distinguish them from "serfs").[1] In the
old Czech orthography the word was written as
Swoboda and this spelling is still preserved in countries where the letter "w" is common, such as Poland or
German-speaking countries. The Slovak, Croatian and Serbian version is written as "
Sloboda".
People named Svoboda
Adam Svoboda (1978–2019), Czech ice hockey goaltender
This page lists people with the
surnameSvoboda. If an
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given name(s) to the link.
Svoboda is a common
Czech surname. Svobodová is a feminine form of the surname. For more than century it is one of the three
most common Czech surnames.
Etymology
The primary meaning of the word is 'freedom' or '
liberty' in Czech. As a surname, it used to refer to "free men" (to distinguish them from "serfs").[1] In the
old Czech orthography the word was written as
Swoboda and this spelling is still preserved in countries where the letter "w" is common, such as Poland or
German-speaking countries. The Slovak, Croatian and Serbian version is written as "
Sloboda".
People named Svoboda
Adam Svoboda (1978–2019), Czech ice hockey goaltender
This page lists people with the
surnameSvoboda. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.