Němec

Němec (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɲɛmɛt͡s]) is a common Czech surname, meaning German, "mute", or "(he) does not speak (Slavic)". It comes from Proto-Slavic *němьcь (“foreigner, German”), from *němъ (“mute”) (Czech němý). The feminine form is Němcová (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɲɛmt͡sovaː]).

Němec or Nemec may refer to:

• Tyler Nemec - American scholar
• Adam Nemec - Slovak footballer
• André Nemec - American screenwriter
• Corin Nemec - American actor
• David Nemec - American baseball historian
• Dejan Nemec - Slovenian footballer
• Horst Nemec - Austrian footballer
• Jan Němec - Czech filmmaker
• Jiří Němec - Czech footballer
• Michal Němec (b. 1980), Czech ski mountaineer
• Tomáš Němec (b. 1974), Czech ski mountaineer
• Vernita Nemec (b. 1942), American artist and arts activist

Němcová may refer to:

• Božena Němcová (1820–1862), Czech writer
• Eva Němcová (b. 1972), Czech basketball player
• Kateřina Němcová (b. 1990), Czech chess player
• Miroslava Němcová (b. 1952), Czech politician, current Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic
• Pavlína Němcová, Czech-born supermodel and actress
• Petra Němcová, Czech model

See also

Surnames meaning "German" of different origins:

• Douch (English)
• Németh (Hungarian)
• Tedesco (surname) (Italian)