Slezak
title: "Slezak" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["czech-language-surnames", "slovak-language-surnames", "polish-language-surnames", "toponymic-surnames"] topic_path: "geography/poland" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slezak" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Slezak |
| meaning | derived from slezsko, meaning "Silesia" |
| region | Silesia |
| origin | Czech language |
| variant | Slezák, Ślęzak and Ślężak |
| :: |
|name = Slezak |pronunciation = |image = |imagesize = |caption = |meaning = derived from slezsko, meaning "Silesia" |region = Silesia |origin = Czech language |variant = Slezák, Ślęzak and Ślężak |footnotes = Slezak is a Czech, Slovak and Polish surname, which originally meant a person from Silesia, derived from the Czech word slezsko. Variants of the name include Ślązak, Slezák, Ślęzak, Slenzak, Szlezák, and Szlazak. The name may refer to:
- Dalibor Slezák (born 1970), Czech football player
- Erika Slezak (born 1946), American actress
- Janusz Ślązak (1907–1985), Polish rower
- Jim Slezak (born 1966), American politician
- John Slezak (1896–1984), American businessman
- Katarina Krpež Slezak (born 1988), Serbian handballer
- Leo Slezak (1873–1946), Czech opera singer
- Margarete Slezak (1901–1953), Austrian actress
- Ron Slenzak (born 1948), American photographer
- Victor Slezak (born 1957), American actor
- Walter Slezak (1902–1983), Austrian actor
- Zoltán Szlezák (born 1967), Hungarian footballer
References
References
- ''Dictionary of American Family Names''. [http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=slezak "Slezak Family History"], Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved on 16 January 2016.
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