Oblak Family History & Genealogy

Summary

Slovenian surname meaning "cloud".

History

A very old surname.

Name Origin

Oblak means "cloud" in the Slovenian language.

Spellings & Pronunciations

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Nationality & Ethnicity

The country of origin of the surname OBLAK is Slovenia, a small country in Central Europe, a member of the European Union. There are only 2 million Slovenians, but we have our own language and culture.
Until World War I, Slovenia was part of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, then part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and after World War II Tito's communist Yugoslavia, which was not part of the Warsaw Pact, but a leading country in the Non-Aligned Movement. Slovenia has been an independent country since 1991. Modern Slovenia is a democratic country, a member of NATO.
Slovenia is the most developed of the post-communist eastern members of the European Union. It has a very strong economy and is an important tourist destination in Central Europe. Its strongest industry is chemical, especially pharmaceuticals. The automotive industry is also strong. If you buy a German car, it will contain a lot of Slovenian parts. Slovenia is an extremely social country. It is the country with the smallest social differences in the world. No one is very rich, but no one is very poor either. The country has three excellent public universities and one private one. Studying at public universities is free. Slovenia has a powerful public service, which is free for citizens, but of course this means high taxes - they are double compared to the USA. But our culture is such that whoever has more contributes more, and then everyone gets the service for free. We like that. :)
Slovenes are a Slavic nation. The Slavs came to the territory of today's Slovenia in the 6th century, were independent until the 9th century, and then voluntarily joined the Frankish Empire, under the leadership of Prince Borut, that Charlemagne defended them from the dangerous Avars. Later they became part of the Holy Roman Empire of the German nation, except for a small part of the Slovenian territory, which became part of the Kingdom of Hungary.
Before the arrival of the Slavs, today's Slovenian territory was part of the Roman Empire. Celts were here even before the Romans, and other peoples before them. Modern Slovenians are a mixture of all this. With the Slavic cultural influence dominating. The Slovenian language is Slavic. But very special, because in addition to the singular and plural, it also has a dual - a special form for two.
The Romans founded most of our cities. One of the Roman emperors was elected in the oldest Slovenian city of Ptuj. In the Slovenian capital Ljubljana, which was called Emona at the time, a dispute happened, because of which the Christian Western Roman Emperor Constantine attacked the pagan Eastern Roman Emperor Licinius. Thus began a long war between Christians and pagans. This war also ended on the territory of today's Slovenia much later, with the battle at Cold river, which today is called Vipava. And archaeologists have found a lot of arrowheads there, indicating a battle. ( I write about all this in my new book. My name is Borut Tone Oblak. I am Slovenian and I live in Slovenia. The book will be published soon.
More about it on my website borut-tone-oblak-english.blogspot.com .)

Famous People named Oblak

Amalija Oblak Hermannsthal (1813—?), painter
Anton Oblak (1871—1953), priest
Anton Oblak (1914—1973), geographer
Anton Oblak (1886—1935), machinist and member of the TIGR organization
Bogdan Oblak - "Hamurabi" (1947—1999), electrical engineer, financial publicist, author of unofficial slovenian Lipa currency
Branko Oblak (*1947), soccer player, coach
Breda Oblak (*1937), music teacher, Univ. prof.
Ciril Oblak (*1934), architect
Ciril Oblak (1953—2010), urologist
Floris Oblak (1924—2006), painter and graphic artist
France Oblak (1845—after? 1917), lawyer, publicist, writer
Franjo Oblak (1897—?), forestry expert
Henrik Oblak (*1938), economist, Univ. prof.
Ignacij Oblak (1834—1916), painter
Irena Oblak, oncologist, specialist. director of the Oncology Institute
Jaka Oblak (*1986), ski jumper
Jan Oblak (*1993), soccer player
Janez Nepomuk Oblak (1780—1858), lawyer
Janja Pretnar Oblak, neurologist, prof. MF
Jerica Oblak Parker (*1966), composer
Josip Oblak (1883—1956), judge
Josip Ciril Oblak (1877—1951), writer and essayist
Jože Oblak (1922—?), journalist, company-pol. worker, director of the Idrija Psychiatric Clinic
Jože Oblak (1935—2021), gymnast, sports teacher, school teacher
Katja Oblak (*1975), sculptor, performer
Leobard Oblak (Bard Iucundus) (1949—1986), painter
Leon Oblak (*1966), prof. BF for the economics of natural resources management - woodwork BF UL, poet, music songwriter
Leopold Oblak (1949—2004), businessman
Ludvik Oblak (Cecilij Urban), bibliographer, translator, writer
Luiza Oblak (1822—1909), writer
Maja Oblak (*1983), judoka
Maks Oblak - Milan (1917—?), partisan, political commissar
Maks Oblak (*1944), machinist, university prof.
Marija Oblak-Čarni (1932—2020), historian, archivist
Marjan Oblak (1926—2008), lawyer, mountain worker
Marko Oblak (*1957), pharmacist
Maruša Geymayer Oblak (*1966), actress
Milica Oblak (1925—2007), agronomist, berry expert
Nika Oblak (*1975), painter, visual and conceptual artist
Pavel Oblak (1922—2018), singer and translator of musical texts
Pavel M. Oblak, roboticist
Peter Oblak (1929—2005), dentist, surgeon, prof. MF
Polde Oblak (1924—1993), poet and geographer
Polde Oblak (1931—2020), painter and graphic artist, founder of fragmentist painting
Robert Oblak (*1968), soccer player
Seta Oblak (*1939), physicist and translator
Slavko Oblak (*1939), academic sculptor in Germany
Stanislav Oblak (1911—1979), agronomist, forester, businessman
Tanja Oblak Črnič, communication specialist, prof. VAT
Tatjana Oblak Milčinski (*1966), writer, theater & character designer; puppeteer, architect
Teja Oblak (*1983?), writer
Teja Oblak (*1990), basketball player
Tone Oblak (*1933), theater artist, scenographer, sculptor (in Argentina)
Valentin Oblak (1850—?), military writer
Valentin Oblak (1875—1951), priest, martyr
Vatroslav Oblak (1864—1896), linguist

Early Oblaks

These are the earliest records we have of the Oblak family.