Kotek (Czech feminine: Kotková) is a Czech and Polish surname. It probably originated as a diminutive of the Slavic word kot ('tomcat'), but there is also a theory that it could be derived from the German given name Gottfried or from the old Slavic names Chotěbor, Chotěbud, etc. Notable people with the surname include:

Elliot V. Kotek, Australian producer and filmmaker Iosif Kotek (1855–1885), Russian violinist and composer Lenka Kotková (born 1973), Czech astronomer Olga Kotková (born 1967), Czech art historian and curator Tina Kotek (born 1966), American politician Vojtěch Kotek (born 1988), Czech actor

See also

Sibylle Bolla-Kotek (1913–1969), Austrian legal scholar

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