The name is derived from the Bulgarian word for blacksmith, kovach (ковач), either as a nickname of its residents or because it was founded by a blacksmith.
Kornelije Kovač | Robert Kovač | Kovač |
Anica Kovač (née Martinović) (born 3 March 1976 in West Berlin, West Germany) is a Croatian former model best known for being the First Runner-up in the Miss World 1995 competition and for her marriage to the Croatian football player Robert Kovač.
The village appears in the film Killing Season as the place of birth of main character Emil Kovač (played by John Travolta)
On July 10, 2008 the Slovak media reported that Kováč probably suffers from Parkinson's disease.