Frequency: (153)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Czech: 1. from a pet form of the personal name Voldřich, a derivative of Oldřich. 2. from a diminutive of vůl ‘ox’, a nickname for a big clumsy man or an occupational name for an oxherd.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
