First name origin & meaning: Czechoslovakian: Little innocent one Last name origin & meaning: Czech and Croatian (eastern and northern Croatia): from a
diminutive of zeleny ‘green’. The application as a surname is
uncertain: it may be a nickname for someone who habitually dressed in
green or who was ‘green’ in the sense of being immature or
inexperienced, or for someone with a sickly ‘greenish’ complexion.
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