Němec (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɲɛmɛts], feminine: Němcová (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɲɛmtsovaː])) is a common Czech surname, meaning German, "mute", or "(he) does not speak (Slavic)". It comes from Proto-Slavic *němьcь ("foreigner" or "German"), from *němъ ("mute") (Czech: němý). The unaccented variant Nemec is mainly found in Slovakia and Slovenia, with Nemcová being the feminine form in the former.

Němec or Nemec may refer to:

• Adam Nemec, Slovak footballer
• André Nemec, American screenwriter
• Corin Nemec, American actor
• David Nemec, American baseball historian
• Dejan Nemec, Slovenian footballer
• Horst Nemec, Austrian footballer
• Jan Němec, Czech filmmaker
• Jiří Němec, Czech footballer
• Ondřej Němec, Czech ice hockey player
• Rudolf Němec (1936–2015), Czech artist
• Šimon Nemec (b. 2004), Slovak ice hockey player
• Vernita Nemec (b. 1942), American artist and arts activist
• Zdeněk Němec, Czech athlete

Němcová may refer to:

• Božena Němcová (1820–1862), Czech writer
• Dana Němcová (1934–2023), Czech psychologist and dissident
• Eva Němcová (b. 1972), Czech basketball player
• Jiřina Němcová, Czech athlete
• Kateřina Němcová (b. 1990), Czech chess player
• Marie Němcová, Czech canoeist
• Miroslava Němcová (b. 1952), Czech politician, former Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic
• Pavlína Němcová, Czech-born supermodel and actress
• Petra Němcová, Czech model

Surname list

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