The baby name Nepomuk is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced Czech: /ˈnɛpomuk/ (NEH-poh-mook); English approximation: /nəˈpoʊmʌk/ (nuh-POH-muk).
The baby name Nepomuk is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced Czech: /ˈnɛpomuk/ (NEH-poh-mook); English approximation: /nəˈpoʊmʌk/ (nuh-POH-muk).
Nepomuk is Czech, Slavic in Origin.
Nepomuk is a Central European male given name from the Czech toponym Nepomuk; in Latin the byname is Nepomucenus, “of Nepomuk.” It became linked to Jan (John) of Nepomuk (c. 1345–1393), a Bohemian martyr venerated as patron of bridges and confessors. As a personal name, Nepomuk therefore means “from (the town of) Nepomuk,” a habitational label turned baptismal name.
Use spread after his 1729 canonization across Habsburg lands and Catholic Poland, where it became a favored devotional middle name. It is most familiar in combinations such as Johann Nepomuk (German/Austrian), Jan Nepomuk or Jan Nepomucký (Czech), Ján Nepomuk (Slovak), János Nepomuk (Hungarian), Jan Nepomucen (Polish), and Juan/João/Giovanni Nepomuceno (Spanish/Portuguese/Italian). Other forms include Nepomucen and Nepomuceno. As a standalone first name it is now rare but persists in Bavaria, Austria, the Czech Republic, and South Tyrol.
Nepomuk is rarely chosen. We have only 13 recorded uses of it on record, from 2 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | Boys | 0 | #941 | 12 | 5,697 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,033 | 1 | 16,355 |
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