Doležel

Doležel (feminine: Doleželová) is a Czech surname. It has its root in the verb / , which meant 'to age' (about food) and 'to live to see'. The surname originated as a nickname for a lazy person. A similar surname with the same etymology is Doležal. An Anglicised and Germanised form of the surname is Dolezel. Notable people with the surname include:

*Clint Dolezel (born 1970), American football coach *Dieter Dolezel (born 1977), German musician *Jana Doleželová (born 1981), Czech actress and model *Lubomír Doležel (1922–2017), Czech literary theorist *Milena Doleželová-Velingerová (1932–2012), Czech sinologist *Tom Dolezel (born 1984), Canadian rugby union player Provided by Wikipedia