Lilybett- In the Czech Republic, the suffix -ova is usually added to women’s surnames (in a few cases, only the letter A is added to the end of the surname). Basically, the male version of Eva’s surname is Herzig, which is why George’s surname is Herzig. Since Eva is a female, the suffix -ova is added to her name, so her surname is Hezigova. I am not Czech myself, but I have a friend who is, and she explained Czech surnames to me.

Is there a reason why they’re only using part of her surname- Herzig/Herzigova? Is there a big difference or is one czech for the other?

Stacey, if you read right, that could make sense since Jiri is the name of Eva’s father. they may have picked a more international version of the name, as a tribute to him.

i read that it’s jiri which is czech for george

That’s my father’s name! Good choice!

That’s my husbands’s name! Great choice!

The baby is called George, at least this has been mentioned in the czech news website