# Vacek

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'''Vacek''' (feminine '''Vacková''') is a Czech surname, also found in Slovakia. It is derived from the name "Václav" (in Latin, Wenceslaus), being a diminutive or nickname thereof, or denoting "son of Václav". Notable people include:

* [Dan Vacek](/source/Dan_Vacek), American cannabis rights activist
* [Daniel Vacek](/source/Daniel_Vacek), Czech tennis player
* [Edward Collins Vacek](/source/Edward_Collins_Vacek), SJ and professor of Catholic Studies at Loyola New Orleans
* [Jan Vacek](/source/Jan_Vacek), Czech tennis player
* [Jaroslav Vacek](/source/Jaroslav_Vacek), Czech linguist
* [Jiří Vacek](/source/Ji%C5%99%C3%AD_Vacek), Czech mystic, writer and translator of spiritual literature
* [Josef Vacek](/source/Josef_Vacek), Czech politician
* [Kamil Vacek](/source/Kamil_Vacek), Czech footballer
* [Karel Vacek](/source/Karel_Vacek), Czech cyclist
* [Mathias Vacek](/source/Mathias_Vacek) (born 2002), Czech cyclist
* [Růžena Vacková](/source/R%C5%AF%C5%BEena_Vackov%C3%A1), Czech art historian
* [Václav Vacek](/source/V%C3%A1clav_Vacek), Czech politician 

There are many variants or derivatives of this surname:
*Watzek - a Germanized spelling.
*Watsek- an English spelling derived from the German spelling upon immigration to the United States.
*Watzke - a Germanized derivation, dating back to the late Middle Ages. Other spellings such as   Watsky, Watzky, Watski have been noted in various countries.
*Vacke - a re-Czechized or Slovacized spelling of Watzke.
*Watzka - a Germanized derivation, of some antiquity.
*Vacka - a re-Czechized or Slovacized spelling of Watzka.
*Watz - an aristocratic Austrian arms-bearing family, believed to be derived from Vacek/Watzek.
*Wacke - a spelling found in Poland; it is also the archaic Czech spelling.
*Wacyk/Vacyk - a Ukrainianized spelling found in Galicia.
*Watsko/Watzko - a Ukrainian (Galician) derivative.<ref>From the genealogies of the Watzke and Watzka families. All of the reference books on Czech and German surnames, invariably attribute Watzke and Watzka as deriving from Vacek (Watzek)</ref>

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