Jelinek Family History
Jelinek Name Meaning
Czech (Jelínek): nickname from jelínek a diminutive of jelen ‘deer’ (see Jelen ). Jewish (from Bohemia and Moravia): from the same Czech word as 1 above used as a calque of the Yiddish personal name Hirsh (see Hirsch ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022