Votava Family History
Votava Name Meaning
Czech: from (v)otava literally ‘aftermath’ i.e. a second crop of grass or hay from the same field after a first crop has been mown in early summer. As a surname this may be a topographic name for someone who lived by a field that yielded two crops a year or an anecdotal nickname.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022