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Růžička

family name

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 18, 2025
Entity authorityQ16516818 ↗
Source-derived summary

Růžička (Czech pronunciation: [ˈruːʒɪtʃka], feminine Růžičková) is a Czech surname. Ružička (feminine Ružičková) is a Slovak surname. It is a diminutive form of růže/ruža, meaning 'rose'. Notable people with the surname include:

Adam Ružička (born 1999), Slovak ice hockey player

Andrea Růžičková (born 1984), Slovak actress

Antonín Růžička (born 1993), Czech ice hockey player

Dan Růžička (born 1991), Czech ice hockey player

David Růžička (born 1988), Czech ice hockey player

Gayle Ruzicka (born c.

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The public source identifies “Růžička” as family name. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Růžička, family and name.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1999, 1984, 1993, 1991—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Růžička, family and name providing the first useful test.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 18, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q16516818. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1999, 1984, 1993 and 1991.

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This entry incorporates text from “Růžička” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.