Doležel (feminine: Doleželová) is a Czech surname. It has its root in the verb / , which meant 'to age' (about food) and 'to live to see'. The surname originated as a nickname for a lazy person. A similar surname with the same etymology is Doležal. An Anglicised and Germanised form of the surname is Dolezel.
Notable people with the surname include:
Clint Dolezel (born 1970), American football coach Dieter Dolezel (born 1977), German musician Jana Doleželová (born 1981), Czech actress and model Lubomír Doležel (1922–2017), Czech literary theorist Milena Doleželová-Velingerová (1932–2012), Czech sinologist Tom Dolezel (born 1984), Canadian rugby union player
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