What is "stastny"

__NOTOC__ Šťastný is a Czech and Slovak surname which literally means "happy". The feminine form of the surname is Šťastná.

Spelling variants include Stiastny/Stiastna, Stiasny/Stiasna, Stiassny/Stiassna, etc..

The surname may refer to:

In sports:

• The Šťastný family of ice hockey:
  • First generation (all brothers):
    • Marián Šťastný (born 1953), Slovak–Canadian winger
    • Peter Šťastný (born 1956), Slovak–Canadian Hall of Fame centre; also notable as a politician in Slovakia
    • Anton Šťastný (born 1959), Slovak–Canadian winger
  • Second generation (both sons of Peter):
    • Yan Stastny (Ján Šťastný) (born 1982), Canadian–American centre
    • Paul Stastny (Pavol Šťastný) (born 1985), Canadian–American centre
• Andrej Šťastný (born 1991), Slovak professional ice hockey player (not related to the above family)
• Bohuslav Šťastný (born 1949), retired Czech professional ice hockey player (he is unrelated to the Slovak Šťastný family)
• František Šťastný (1927 − 2000), Czech Grand Prix motorcycle racer
• Leopold Šťastný (1911 − 1996), Slovak football (soccer) player and trainer

In the arts:

• Bohumil Šťastný (1905 − 1991), Czech photographer
• Jan Šťastný (violoncellist) (c. 1764 − ?), Czech composer and cellist
• Jan Šťastný (actor) (born 1965), Czech actor
• Marie Šťastná (born 1981), Czech poet
• Vladimír Šťastný (1841 − 1910), Czech priest and poet