Capek Family History
Capek Name Meaning
Czech (Čapek): from a diminutive of čáp ‘stork’ applied as a topographic or habitational name referring to a house distinguished by the sign of a stork. In some cases the surname may have derived from an image of the stork as a heraldic symbol. This surname is also found in Slovakia and Croatia. Compare Chapek . Croatian Slovak and Polish: nickname from a diminutive of cap ‘he-goat’ (see Cap ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022