{{Short description|Czech surname}} '''Pechanec''' (feminine: '''Pechancová''') is a Czech surname. According to the most likely theories, it was derived either from the given name Petr, or from the German word ''Pech'', which has two main meanings: 'bad luck' (which would mean that the surname originated as a term for a person afflicted with bad luck), as well as 'resin' (which would mean that it is an occupational surname originated as a term for a person working with resin). Similar names with the same origin theories are e.g. Pech, Pecha and Pecháček.<ref>{{cite web |title=Příjmení Pechanec|url=https://www.ptejteseknihovny.cz/dotazy/vyznam-prijmeni-23|work=Ptejte se knihovny|publisher=National Library of the Czech Republic|language=cs|access-date=2025-09-17}}</ref>
Notable people with the surname include:
*Antonín Pechanec (born 1991), Czech ice hockey player
==See also== *{{intitle|Pechanec}} *{{intitle|Pechancova}}
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Category:Czech-language surnames