Hi, my name is Christopher Tupa. I live in Texas. I am trying to learn czech and really enjoy your site and message board. Right now I have only one question, my whole family is czech and I was wondering if anyone knew what our names meant? Tupa Kresta Thank you very much for your time! Christopher
Tupa is an adjective (femininum) and means blunt Kresta is a noun derived from Krestan = a Christian Good luck with your Czech!
Besides the adjective last names "Tupý (masc.)/Tupá (fem.)", there are also "Tupa" (without accents) - 16 times and "Ťupa" (with hacek above T) - 149 times in the Czech Republic. (BTW, "Kresta" - 324 times, for comparison: "Novák" - 34522 times; source: Ministry of the Interior of the CR - www.mvcr.cz).
Wow, theres not very many of us! Thank you very much! I appreciate all your help! Dekuji Christopher Tupa