What is "trnka"

Trnka is a Czech habitational surname, meaning a person who lived by a blackthorn bush, or trnka in Czech. The name may refer to:

• Jiří Trnka (1912–1969), Czech puppet maker
• Jiří Trnka (footballer) (1926–2005), Czech football player
• Pavel Trnka (born 1976), Czech ice hockey player
• Wenzel Trnka (1739–1791), Bohemian physician
• Justin Trnka (1989-2009), Murder Victim. Born 1989 in Berlin Germany, murdered (unsolved) 2009 in Newark Delaware.