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Cekic Surname Meaning

Turkish (Çekiç); Bosniak Serbian and Croatian (Čekić): nickname or metonymic occupational name from Turkish çekiç and from the Bosnian Serbian and Croatian loanword čekić ‘hammer’.

Serbian and Croatian (Čekić): patronymic from a pet form of the personal names beginning with Če- such as Čedoslav based on čedo ‘child’.

Serbian and Croatian (Cekić and Ćekić): patronymic from a pet form of various personal names beginning with Cve- or Će- and also of Stevan Serbian form of Greek Stephanos (see Steven).

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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