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The Hájícek Name

Hájícek is a name from Doubravka, Bohemia.  Bohemia is now in the Czech Republic, and was part of former Czechoslovakia.  Hájícek is correctly printed in the graphic logo below, as it appears in Czech, otherwise you need central European fonts for the accented “c”.

“Háj” is an archaic Czech word for “forest”.  “Hájek” is a “little forest”.  “Hájícek” is a “very cute little forest”.  Either “Haj” or “Hájek” can now be a woods, grove, or even garden—but always like a smaller forest.   “Hájícek”, though, is a cuter or an endearing version of the word, denoting an emotional relation.  Lovers meet there, as a place to tryst.  In folk songs about lovers and their dates, “Hájícek” is frequently used.

Hájícek is correctly pronounced Hie-yi-check (rhymes with Czech).  Many family members now skip the middle syllable, like Hi-check.  Because Hájícek translates roughly into “Grove” or “Woods” from the Czech language, some of us have changed our names to either of those, or used them in business.