Vojtěch
Vojtěch (Czech pronunciation: [ˈvojcɛx] ⓘ) and Vojtech are Czech and Slovak masculine given names. They can also appear as a surname (feminine: Vojtěchová, Vojtechová). They are composed of the roots voj ('troops', 'war(rior)') and těch/tech ('consolation'). The name is interpreted either as "consoler of the troops" or "reinforcement for the troops".[1]
The name Vojtěch has since the Early Middle Ages been perceived as the equivalent of the Germanic name Adalbert ("noble bright"), due to the saint Adalbert of Prague (Czech: svatý Vojtěch), who was the first recorded user of this name.[1] However, the two names have no linguistic relationship with each other. Using this same artificial process, the names Vojtěch/Adalbert have been assigned to the Hungarian name Béla ('noble').
Pet forms of the name include Vojta and Vojtek. A Polish equivalent of the name is Wojciech. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
[edit]Sports
[edit]- Vojtěch Bradáč (1913–1947), Czech footballer
- Vojtech Christov (born 1945), Slovak football referee
- Vojtěch Čihař (born 2007), Czech ice hockey player
- Vojtěch Dobiáš (born 2000), Czech ice hockey player
- Vojtěch Flégl (born 1967), Czech tennis player
- Vojtěch Heger (born 2000), Czech slalom canoeist
- Vojtěch Kubista (born 1993), Czech footballer
- Vojtěch Machek (born 1990), Czech footballer
- Vojtěch Mareš (1936–2025), Czech handball player
- Vojtěch Patrák (born 2000), Czech footballer
- Vojtěch Patzel (born 1998), Czech handball player
- Vojtěch Plát (born 1994), Czech-Slovak chess grandmaster
- Vojtěch Štajf (born 1974), Czech rally driver
- Vojtěch Varadín (1948–2018), Slovak footballer
- Vojtěch Vašíček (1956–2024), Czech paralympic athlete
- Vojtěch Zapletal (born 1998), Czech wildwater canoeist
Arts and entertainment
[edit]- Vojtěch Bartoněk (1859–1908), Czech painter and art restorer
- Vojtěch Dyk (born 1985), Czech actor and singer
- Josef Vojtěch Hellich (1807–1880), Czech painter and archaeologist
- Vojtěch Hřímalý (1842–1908), Czech composer and violinist
- Vojtěch Hynais (1854–1925), Czech painter and designer
- Vojtěch Jasný (1925–2019), Czech film director and screenwriter
- Adalbert Gyrowetz (Czech: Vojtěch Matyáš Jírovec; 1763–1850), Czech-Austrian composer
- Vojtěch Benedikt Juhn (1779–1843), Czech painter and engraver
- Vojtěch Kotek (born 1988), Czech actor
- Vojtěch Kubašta (1914–1992), Czech artist and illustrator
- Vojtěch Nejedlý (1772–1844), Czech poet and priest
- Vojtěch Preissig (1873–1944), Czech typographer and designer
- Rudolf Vojtěch Špillar (1878–1949), Czech painter and photographer
- Vojtěch Sucharda (1884–1968), Czech sculptor, woodcarver and puppeteer
- Vojtěch Ignác Ullmann (1822–1897), Czech architect
- Vojtech Zamarovský (1919–2006), Slovak writer
Science and academia
[edit]- Vojtech Alexander (1857–1916), Slovak radiologist
- Vojtěch Broža (1935–2026), Czech hydraulic engineer
- Vojtech Čelko (born 1946), Slovak-Czech historian
- Alberto Vojtěch Frič (1882–1944), Czech botanist and ethnographer
- Vojtěch Jarník (1897–1970), Czech mathematician
- Vojtech Mastny (historian) (born 1936), Czech-born American historian
- Vojtěch Merunka (born 1967), Czech computer scientist
- Vojtěch Petráček (born 1964), Czech nuclear physicist
- Vojtěch Rödl (born 1949), Czech-American mathematician
- Vojtěch Rosický (1880–1942), Czech geologist
- Alois Vojtěch Šembera (1807–1882), Czech linguist and historian of literature
- Vojtěch Šafařík (1829–1902), Czech chemist
- Vojtěch Suk (1879–1967), Czech medical doctor, anthropologist and ethnographer
Other
[edit]- Adalbert of Prague (Czech: Vojtěch; c. 956 – 997), Czech missionary, bishop and saint
- Vojtěch Adam (born 1950), Czech politician
- Vojta Beneš (born Vojtěch Beneš; 1878–1951), Czech educator and political leader
- Vojtěch Cikrle (born 1946), Czech Catholic prelate
- Vojtěch Filip (born 1955), Czech politician
- Vojtěch Mastný (1874–1954), Czech lawyer and diplomat
- Vojtěch Náprstek (1826–1894), Czech philanthropist, journalist and politician
- Vojtěch Mynář (1944–2018), Czech politician
- Vojtěch I of Pernštejn (1490–1534), Czech nobleman
- Vojtech Tuka (1880–1946), Slovak politician
Surname
[edit]- Adam Vojtěch (born 1986), Czech politician and lawyer
- Štěpán Vojtěch (born 1977), Czech rally driver
See also
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