# Vanek

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For the village, see [Vanek, Armenia](/source/Vanek,_Armenia).

**Vaněk** (feminine **Vaňková**) is a [Czech language](/source/Czech_language) surname that is a diminutive of the name [Václav](/source/V%C3%A1clav) or Veceslav, which means "greater glory", from the [Old Slavic](/source/Proto-Slavic) elements **viece** "greater" and **slav** "glory".[1][2] Alternative spellings of the name include Vaněk, Vaňková, Vankova, Waniek and Wanek. The name may refer to:

- [Chase Wright Vanek](/source/Chase_Wright_Vanek) (born 1996), American actor
- [Danuta Waniek](/source/Danuta_Waniek) (born 1946), Polish politician and academic teacher
- [Connie Wanek](/source/Connie_Wanek) (born 1952), American poet
- [František Vaněk](/source/Franti%C5%A1ek_Van%C4%9Bk) (1931–2020), Czech ice hockey player
- [Henryk Waniek](/source/Henryk_Waniek) (born 1942), Polish artist, stage-set designer
- [Herbert Waniek](/source/Herbert_Waniek) (1897–1949), Austrian stage actor, theatrical producer and impresario
- [Jan Vaněk](/source/Jan_Van%C4%9Bk) (born 1979), Czech athlete
- [Jaroslav Vanek](/source/Jaroslav_Vanek) (1930–2017), American economist
- [Jean-Pierre Vanek](/source/Jean-Pierre_Vanek) (born 1969), Luxembourgian footballer
- [Jiří Vaněk (tennis)](/source/Ji%C5%99%C3%AD_Van%C4%9Bk_(tennis)) (born 1978), Czech tennis player
- [Joe Vaněk](/source/Joe_Van%C4%9Bk) (born 1948), British opera designer and director
- [Karel Vaněk](/source/Karel_Van%C4%9Bk) (1895–1958), Czech chess master
- [Kateřina Vaňková](/source/Kate%C5%99ina_Va%C5%88kov%C3%A1) (born 1989), Czech tennis player
- [Ludmila Vaňková](/source/Ludmila_Va%C5%88kov%C3%A1), Czech writer
- [Margit Vanek](/source/Margit_Vanek) (born 1986), Hungarian athlete
- [Marilyn Nelson Waniek](/source/Marilyn_Nelson_Waniek) (born 1946), American poet and translator
- [Miroslav Wanek](/source/Miroslav_Wanek) (born 1962), Czech writer
- [Ollie Vanek](/source/Ollie_Vanek) (1908–2000), American baseball player and manager
- [Ondřej Vaněk](/source/Ond%C5%99ej_Van%C4%9Bk) (born 1990), Czech footballer
- [Richard Vaněk](/source/Richard_Van%C4%9Bk) (born 1991), Czech footballer
- [Ronald G. Wanek](/source/Ronald_G._Wanek) (born 1941), American businessman
- [Šárka Vaňková](/source/%C5%A0%C3%A1rka_Va%C5%88kov%C3%A1) (born 1987), Czech singer
- [Thomas Vanek](/source/Thomas_Vanek) (born 1984), Austrian ice hockey player
- [Todd R. Wanek](/source/Todd_R._Wanek) (born 1963), American businessman
- [Zdeněk Vaněk](/source/Zden%C4%9Bk_Van%C4%9Bk) (born 1968), Czech handball player

## Fictional characters

- [Ferdinand Vaněk](/source/Ferdinand_Van%C4%9Bk), fictional character in the works of Václav Havel and other
- Quartermaster Sergeant-Major Vaněk from *[The Good Soldier Švejk](/source/The_Good_Soldier_%C5%A0vejk)*

## See also

- [Vanek (disambiguation)](/source/Vanek_(disambiguation))

## References

1. *Dictionary of American Family Names*. ["Vanek Family History"](http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=vanek), Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved on 14 January 2016.

1. *Dictionary of American Family Names*. ["Vacek Family History"](http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=vacek), Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved on 14 January 2016.

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