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Nedvěd (Czech pronunciation: [ˈnɛdvjɛt]) (feminine Nedvědová) is a Czech surname. It is an old variant of the Czech word Medvěd, which means 'bear'.

The following people have the surname Nedvěd:

• František Nedvěd (1950–2021), Czech singer and songwriter
• Jan Nedvěd (born 1946), Czech singer and songwriter
• Jaroslav Nedvěd (born 1969), Czech professional ice hockey player, brother of Petr
• Karel Nedvěd, Bohemian track and field athlete who competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics
• Karim Walid (born 1997), Egyptian professional football player nicknamed Nedvěd.
• Marta Nedvědová (born 1976), Czech sport shooter
• Miroslav Nedvěd, Czechoslovak slalom canoer
• Pavel Nedvěd (born 1972), retired Czech football player
• Petr Nedvěd (born 1971), retired Czech professional ice hockey player
• Vladimír Nedvěd (1917–2012), Czechoslovak-born Australian World War II veteran and war hero
• Zdeněk Nedvěd (born 1975), Czech professional ice hockey player

See also

All pages with titles containing Nedved

v t e Family names derived from the word "bear"
Germanic	North Germanic: Bjorn, Bjornson/Björnsson West Germanic: Baer, Bähr, Bär, Bear, Beer, Beers, Behr, De Beer, Berson
Romance	Iberian: Urso Italian: D'Urso, Orso, Orsi, Orsino, Orsini, Ourso
Slavic	Slavic: Medved, Medvedchuk, Medvedev, Medvedenko, Medvedko, Niedźwiedź, Nedvěd, Vedmid
Other	Baltic: Lācis Basque: Hartz Chinese: Xiong Estonian: Karu Finnish: Karhu, Karhunen Hungarian: Medve, Medveczky (borrowed from Slavic)

References

1. Nedvěd etymology (behindthename.com)

• Czech-language surnames
• Surnames from nicknames
• Bears in human culture