Macak Family History
Macak Name Meaning
Slovak (Macák) and Polish: patronymic from a pet form of the personal name Matej (see Matej ) Polish also Maciej equivalents of Matthew . Slovak (Mačák): nickname from a derivative of máčať ‘to soak to macerate’. Croatian and Serbian (Mačak): from the vocabulary word mačak ‘tom cat’ hence probably a nickname denoting either a cautious or a skillful person. Compare Machak
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022