What's In a Name?

My thanks to Sampson and Del. This was, I thought, really cool, and it deserved it's own post in honor of the coolness. And i am gonna forward the info to my family - I dunno if they know all of this, but they will once they get it.


What does the name mean?
Last Name: Wentzell
German: variant spelling of Wentzel, or in some cases probably an altered spelling of the same name.

What does the name mean?
Last Name: Wentzel
German: variant spelling of Wenzel, or in some cases probably an altered spelling of the same name.

What does the name mean?
Last Name: Wenzel
German: from the personal name Wenzel, a pet form (with the German diminutive suffix -el) of the Middle High German personal name Wenze, a borrowing from Slavic representing a short form of the Old Czech personal name Vęceslav (see Vacek; the borrowing took place before Czech lost its nasal vowels).

What does the name mean?
Last Name: Vacek
Czech: from a pet form of the personal name Václav, Old Czech Vęceslav (cognate with Polish Więcesław, Latinized as Wenceslas). It is composed of the Old Slavic elements viece ‘greater’ + slav ‘glory’. It was borne by a 10th-century duke of Bohemia who fought against a revival of paganism in his territory, and after his death became patron saint of Bohemia.


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So I am related to Good King Wenceslas. Very cool, even if it's a non-relation sort of relation. Thanks again to Del and Sampson for this - it's really neat.