Daněk (Czech feminine: Daňková) or Danek is surname and a given name. In Czech, it may literally mean "fallow deer". In general, in a number of Slavic languages Danek is a diminutive form of the given names Daniel, Danylo, Danomír, Danoslav, Bohdan, etc.[1]
Surname
edit- Adrian Danek (born 1994), Polish footballer
- Benedikt Danek (born 1986), Austrian basketball player
- Jan Daněk (born 1982), Czech footballer
- Josef Danek, Austrian slalom canoeist
- Kryštof Daněk (born 2003), Czech footballer
- Ludvík Daněk (1937–1998), Czech athlete
- Lukáš Daněk (born 1997), Czech skier
- Michal Daněk (born 1983), Czech footballer
- Oldřich Daněk (1927–2000), Czech writer
- Václav Daněk (born 1960), Czech footballer
- Włodzimierz Danek (1943–2022), Polish sports shooter
Given name
edit- Danek Mozdzenski (born 1952), Canadian sculptor
- Danek Nowosielski (born 1966), Canadian fencer
References
edit- ^ "Danek Name Meaning", Dictionary of American Family Names, 2013, Oxford University Press, as cited by ancestry.com