Czech/English Name Equivalents

Czech             English           Czech         English

Alois                    Louis                    Aloisie              Alozsia

Arnošt                 Ernest                   Alžběta             Elizabeth

Augustin             August                  Amalie             Amelia

Bartoloměj           Bartholemew        Anežka             Agnes

Bedřich                Frederick              Emilie                Emily

Bohumil              Godfrey                Františka            Frances

Bohumír              Theophil               Josefa                 Josephine

Eduard                Edward                 Kateřina            Catherine

František             Frank                     Magdalena        Madiline

Ignác                   Ingatius                 Marie                Mary

Jakub                  Jacob or James       Markéta            Margaret

Jan or Johan        John                       Royalie              Rosalie

Jinřich                 Henry                    Rozina               Rose

Jiří                       George                  Tekla-Thekla      None

Josef                    Joseph or Joe         Věra                  Vera or Faith

Karel                   Charles                  Veronika           Veronica-Bernice

Kašpar                Casper                    Zuzana             Susan

Ludvík                Louis                      Žofie                 Sophia

Matěj                   Matthias

Ondřej                Andrew

Štěpán                 Steven

Thomás               Thomas

Václav                 Wencelslaus

Vavřinec              Lawrence

Vincenc               Vincent

Vojtěch                Albert

Name Equivalents excepted from the book, The Hope Has its Name--Texas, by MUDr. Josef Šimíček, and published by the Czech Heritage Society

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