Patek Family History
Patek Name Meaning
Czech (Pátek): from the personal name Pátek from pátek ‘Friday’. Illegitimate children were sometimes given the name of the day of the week on which they were baptized. Polish and Jewish (from Poland): relationship name or nickname from Polish patek ‘godfather’. As a Jewish name this was perhaps a nickname for a person bringing a child in for circumcision.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022