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Kofroň
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Czech
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Etymology
cs According to Geneanet, Patrick Hanks’ Dictionary of American Family Names (second edition, 2022) states “Kofron : Czech (Kofroň): nickname from Gafron the name of a place whose inhabitants were reputed to pontificate on matters they did not understand.” The only und Gafron I found is a German surname with that spelling (see w:de:Gafron); could this Czech surname be a borrowing thence? Or if it's a nickname from a toponym “Gafron”, its derivation might include cs oň; in which case cf. cs Bartoň, cs Duchoň, cs Radoň, cs Sedloň, and cs Štědroň.
Pronunciation
cs Ko f roň
Proper noun
m-an Kofroňová
cs m
Declension
m.an.surname
Further reading
Q82005590 Kofroň