Hrubý

Hrubý (feminine Hrubá) is a Czech and Slovak surname, meaning crude, rough, gross or (in the old Czech) big. The last meaning is how the surname was formed. People with this surname include:

Anna Hruby, Australian actress
Berta Hrubá, Czech field hockey player
Jan Hrubý, Czech rock violinist
Jill Hruby, American engineer
Joy Hruby, Australian actress, producer, film-maker, author and agent
Ladislav Hrubý, Czech cross-country skier
Michaela Hrubá, Czech high jumper
Robert Hrubý, Czech footballer
Rudolf Hrubý (1954-2023), Slovak businessman
Tomáš Hrubý, Czech cyclist
Vincenz Hruby, Czech chess master
Vlastimil Hrubý, Czech footballer

The word and its derivatives are also contained in many names of places in the Czech Republic and Slovakia

Hrubá Skála, a village in Semily district
Hrubá Vrbka, a village in Hodonín district
Hrubčice, a village in Prostějov district
Hrubý Jeseník (Nymburk District), a village in Nymburk district
Hrubý Jeseník, mountains on the border between Moravia and Silesia
Hrubý Rohozec, a castle in Semily district
Hrubý Šúr, a village in Senec district

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