Behind the Name: Hungarian Surnames

Hungarian names are used in the country of Hungary in central Europe. See also about Hungarian names.

There are 212 names matching your criteria.

ÁDÁM Hungarian
Hungarian form of ADAM.

AGÓCS Hungarian
Derived from a diminutive of the given name ÁGOSTON.

AGÓTS Hungarian
Variant of AGÓCS.

ALBERT English, French, Catalan, Hungarian, German
Derived from the given name ALBERT.

ALMÁSSY Hungarian
Derived from Hungarian alma meaning "apple", so it perhaps originally referred to a person who harvested or sold apples.

ANTAL Hungarian
Derived from the given name ANTAL.

ANTALL Hungarian
Variant of ANTAL

ARANY Hungarian
Means "golden" in Hungarian... [more]

BAJUSZ Hungarian
Means "moustache" from Hungarian bajusz.

BAKÓ Hungarian
Means "axeman" in Hungarian.

BALÁZS Hungarian
Derived from the given name BALÁZS.

BÁLINT Hungarian
Derived from the given name BÁLINT.

BALOG Hungarian
Means "left handed" in Old Hungarian.

BALOGH Hungarian
Variant of BALOG

BÁRÁNY Hungarian
Means "lamb" in Hungarian.

BARÁTH Hungarian
Derived from the vocabulary word barát meaning "friend" in Hungarian.

BARNA Hungarian
Means "brown" in Hungarian.

BARTA Hungarian
Derived from the shortened form of Bartalom, the old Hungarian form of BERTALAN.

BARTHA Hungarian
Variant of BARTA

BARTOS Hungarian
Hungarian form of BARTOŠ.

BÁTHORY Hungarian
Archaic spelling variant of BÁTORI.

BÁTORI Hungarian
Means "someone from Bátor". Bátor is a village in Hungary.

BECSKEI Hungarian
Indicated a person from Becske, a town in Hungary.

BENES Hungarian
Hungarian form of BENEŠ.

BÍRÓ Hungarian
Derived from bíró meaning "judge" in Hungarian.

BODNÁR Hungarian
Variant of BOGNÁR.

BODROGI Hungarian
Originally denoted someone living near the Bodrog, a river in the northeastern part of Hungary.

BOGNÁR Hungarian
Hungarian cognate of WAGNER.

BOKOR Hungarian
Topographic name derived from bokor meaning "bush"... [more]

BOKORI Hungarian
Variant of BOKOR

BORBÉLY Hungarian
Hungarian cognate of BARBER.

BOROS Hungarian
Derived from bor, the Hungarian word for "wine"... [more]

BRÜHN Hungarian
Hungarian variant of BRUN

BUDAI Hungarian
Derived from Buda, one of the towns that were joined to make Budapest... [more]

BUDAY Hungarian
Variant of BUDAI

BÜKI Hungarian
Derived from the name of Mount Bükk.

CINEGE Hungarian
Means "titmouse" in Hungarian.

CSÁSZÁR Hungarian
Means "kaiser, emperor" in Hungarian... [more]

CSEH Hungarian
Means "Czech" in Hungarian.

CSINTALAN Hungarian
Means "mischievous, naughty" in Hungarian.

CSIZMADIA Hungarian
Means "bootmaker" in Hungarian.

CSONKA Hungarian
Means "maimed, gammy, frustum" in Hungarian.

CSORBA Hungarian
Means "chipped, jagged" in Hungarian. It possibly originates from a nickname.

CZINEGE Hungarian
Archaic variant of CINEGE

DALI Hungarian
Derived from the word daliás that means "imposing, virile" in Hungarian.

DOBOS Hungarian
Derived from dob meaning "drum" in Hungarian... [more]

DUNAI Hungarian
From Duna, the Hungarian name for river Danube.

DURÁNDI Hungarian
From a place called Duránd, in the former Szepes county.

ERDOS Hungarian
Occupational name that means "forester" in Hungarian.

ERŐS Hungarian
Means "strong" in Hungarian.

ESZES Hungarian
Means "wise, clever" in Hungarian.

FÁBIÁN Hungarian
Derived from the given name FÁBIÁN.

FARAGÓ Hungarian
Means "woodcutter, hewer" in Hungarian.

FARKAS Hungarian
Means "wolf" in Hungarian.

FAZEKAS Hungarian
Occupational name that means "potter" in Hungarian.

FEHÉR Hungarian
Means "white" in Hungarian, originally referring to a person with white hair or complexion.

FEJES Hungarian
Derived from fej that means "head" in Hungarian... [more]

FEKETE Hungarian
Hungarian cognate of BLACK.

FILEP Hungarian
Dialectical variant of FÜLÖP.

FODOR Hungarian
From the old Hungarian word fodor meaning "curly haired".

FÜLÖP Hungarian
Derived from the given name FÜLÖP.

GAÁL Hungarian
Variant of GÁL.

GÁL Hungarian
Derived from Gál, the shortened form of the given name Gálos, which is an old Hungarian form of GALLUS.

GÁRDONYI Hungarian
Originally denoted a person from Gárdony, a town near Budapest in Hungary.

GÁSPÁR Hungarian
Derived from the given name GÁSPÁR.

GEREBEN Hungarian
Means "hackle, hatchel" in Hungarian (a hackle is a tool used to comb out fibers).

GÖRÖG Hungarian
Means "Greek" in Hungarian.

GRANER German, Hungarian
Meaning "of Gran", Gran being the German name for Esztergom, a small city in northern Hungary.

GULYÁS Hungarian
Means "herdsman, stockman" in Hungarian.

HAJÓS Hungarian
Means "boatman" in Hungarian.

HALÁSZ Hungarian
Means "fisherman" in Hungarian.

HALMI Hungarian
Derived from Hungarian halom meaning "mound, small hill"... [more]

HEGEDÛS Hungarian
Means "fiddler", from Hungarian hegedû meaning "violin".

HERCEG Hungarian
Means "prince" or "duke" in Hungarian.

HERCZEG Hungarian
Archaic variant of HERCEG

HERCZOG Hungarian
Variant of HERCEG

HORVÁTH Hungarian
From horvát, that means "Croat, person from Croatia" in Hungarian... [more]

IGNÁCZ Hungarian
Derived from the given name IGNÁC.

ILLÉS Hungarian
Patronymic surname derived from the given name ILLÉS.

JAKAB Hungarian
Derived from the given name JAKAB.

JANKOVICS Hungarian
Hungarian variant of JANKOVIC

JÓ Hungarian
Means "good" in Hungarian.

JÓNÁS Hungarian
Derived from Jónás, the Hungarian form of JONAS (2).

JOÓ Hungarian
Archaic spelling variant of JÓ.

JUHÁSZ Hungarian
Occupational surname meaning "shepherd" in Hungarian.

KÁDÁR Hungarian
Means "cooper" in Hungarian (that is, a person who made or repaired wooden barrels).

KALMÁR Hungarian
Occupational surname that originated from the vocabulary word kalmár meaning "merchant, trader, trafficker" in Hungarian.

KARDOS Hungarian
From kard that means "sword" in Hungarian... [more]

KÁRPÁTHY Hungarian
Variant (and archaic spelling) of the surname KÁRPÁTI.

KÁRPÁTI Hungarian
Derived from the Hungarian name of the Carpathian mountains, Kárpátok.

KÁRPÁTY Hungarian
Variant of KÁRPÁTI.

KATÓ Hungarian
Derived from a diminutive of the Hungarian feminine given name KATALIN.

KATONA Hungarian
Means "soldier" in Hungarian.

KECSKEMÉTI Hungarian
Derived from the name of a town in Hungary, Kecskemét.

KEDVES Hungarian
Means "kind" in Hungarian.

KELEMEN Hungarian
Derived from the given name KELEMEN.

KELLER German, Hungarian
From Middle High German këller meaning "cellar"... [more]

KEMÉNY Hungarian
Means "firm, hard, tough" in Hungarian.

KEREKES Hungarian
Meaning "wheel-maker, wheeler" from the word kerék that means "wheel" in Hungarian.

KERTÉSZ Hungarian
Occupational surname meaning "gardener" in Hungarian.

KIRÁLY Hungarian
Means "king" in Hungarian. This was a nickname for a person who acted kingly.

KIS Hungarian
Nickname meaning "small" in Hungarian.

KISS Hungarian
Variant of KIS

KÓBOR Hungarian
From the word kóbor that means "wanderer, ranger" in Hungarian.

KOCSIS Hungarian
Means "coachman" in Hungarian.

KOSZORÚS Hungarian
Derives from koszorú, a Hungarian word that means "garland, wreath, girdle"... [more]

KOVÁCH Hungarian
Archaic spelling variant of KOVÁCS.

KOVÁCS Hungarian
Hungarian form of KOWALSKI

KOVÁTS Hungarian
Hungarian form of KOWALSKI

KÖVÉR Hungarian
Means "fat" in Hungarian.

KURUCZ Hungarian
Derived from the Hungarian word kuruc... [more]

LAKATOS Hungarian
Means "locksmith" in Hungarian.

LANTOS Hungarian
Means "minstrel, bard" from the Hungarian word lant "lyre".

LÁSZLÓ Hungarian
Derives from the given name LÁSZLÓ.

LÁZÁR Hungarian
Patronymic surname originating from the given name LÁZÁR.

LENGYEL Hungarian
Means "Polish" in Hungarian.

LOVÁSZ Hungarian
Means "horseman, stableman, ostler" in Hungarian.

LUKÁCS Hungarian
Derives from the given name LUKÁCS.

MAGYAR Hungarian
Means "Hungarian" in Hungarian.

MAREK Czech, Polish, Hungarian
Derived from the given name MAREK.

MARKÓ Hungarian
Derived from the given name MARKO.

MÁRTON Hungarian
Derived from the given name MÁRTON.

MEGGYESFALVI Hungarian
Derives from Meggyesfalva, a village, literally meaning "cherry village" from the elements meggy "cherry" and falu "village".

MÉSZÁROS Hungarian
Means "butcher" in Hungarian.

MOLNÁR Hungarian
Occupational name meaning "miller" in Hungarian.

NAGY Hungarian
From a nickname meaning "big" or "great" in Hungarian, referring to one's characteristics... [more]

NEMES Hungarian
Means "noble, gentle" in Hungarian.

NÉMET Hungarian
Means "German" in Hungarian.

NÉMETH Hungarian
Variant of NÉMET.

NOVÁK Hungarian
Hungarian variant of NOVAK

NYILAS Hungarian
Means "archer, bowman" in Hungarian.

NYITRAI Hungarian
Indicated someone from Nyitra, a historic administrative county of Hungary (now situated in Slovakia).

OLASZ Hungarian
Means "Italian" in Hungarian.

ORBÁN Hungarian
Derived from the given name ORBÁN.

OROSZ Hungarian
Means "Russian" in Hungarian.

PÁL Hungarian
Derived from the given name PÁL.

PAPP (1) Hungarian
Means "pope" from the Latin papa... [more]

PÁSZTOR Hungarian
Means "herd, shepherd" in Hungarian.

PATAKI Hungarian
Derives from the vocabulary word patak, which means "creek, brook" in Hungarian... [more]

PÉK Hungarian
Means "baker" in Hungarian.

PESTI Hungarian
Derived from Pest, one of the towns that were joined to make Budapest... [more]

PESTY Hungarian
Variant of PESTI

PÉTER Hungarian
Derived from the given name PÉTER.

PETES Hungarian
Derived from Pete, a diminutive of PÉTER.

PETHES Hungarian
Variant of PETES

PETŐ Hungarian
Derived from Pető, an old diminutive of PÉTER.

PETŐCS Hungarian
Derived from Pető, an old Hungarian diminutive of PÉTER.

PETŐFI Hungarian
Means "son of Pető" in Hungarian... [more]

POKORNI Hungarian
Hungarian variant of POKORNY

PROHÁSZKA Hungarian
Hungarian variant of PROCHAZKA

PUSKÁS Hungarian
Occupational surname meaning "gunsmith", from the word puska that means "gun" in Hungarian.

PUSZTAI Hungarian
From puszta, that means "steppe, prairie" in Hungarian... [more]

RIGÓ Hungarian
From rigó, a word that means "blackbird" in Hungarian.

RÓZSA Hungarian
Variant of ROSE (2)... [more]

RUZSA Hungarian
Dialectical variant of RÓZSA.

SALOMON English, French, Italian, German, Danish, Norwegian, Polish, Jewish, Hungarian
Derived from the given name SALOMON.

SAMSA Hungarian
Derived from a diminutive of the given name SÁMUEL.

SÁNDOR Hungarian
Derives from the given name SÁNDOR.

SARKA (3) Hungarian
Americanized form of SZARKA.

SÁRKÖZI Hungarian
Someone from Sárköz, Sárköz being a region of Hungary.

SÁRKÖZY Hungarian
Spelling variant of SÁRKÖZI.

SAS Hungarian
Means "eagle" in Hungarian.

SASS Hungarian
Variant of SAS

SCHMIDT German, Hungarian
From the occupation of schmied, which is "smith" or "metalworker" in English.

SCHMITT German, Hungarian
Variant of SCHMIDT

SERES Hungarian
Dialectical variant of SÖRÖS.

SIMON Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Jewish
Derived from the Hebrew given name SIMON.

SIPOS Hungarian
Means "fife player, piper" from the Hungarian síp.

SÓLYOM Hungarian
Means "hawk, falcon" in Hungarian.

SOMOGYI Hungarian
Derived from Somogy, which is one of the counties of Hungary... [more]

SÖRÖS Hungarian
From sör that means "beer" in Hungarian... [more]

SOVÁNY Hungarian
Means "thin, lean" in Hungarian.

SVÉD Hungarian
Means "Swedish" in Hungarian.

SZABÓ Hungarian
Means "tailor" in Hungarian. It is a rather frequent name in Hungary.

SZABOLCSI Hungarian
From Szabolcs, a county of Hungary... [more]

SZÁNTÓ Hungarian
Means "ploughman, tiller" in Hungarian. The name was given to farmers.

SZARKA Hungarian
From the Hungarian szarka meaning "magpie"... [more]

SZARVAS Hungarian
Means "deer" in Hungarian.

SZÉKELY Hungarian
Denoted a person who hailed from the Székely people who were Hungarians who lived in Romania.

SZEKERES Hungarian
Derived from szekér that means "cart, wagon" in Hungarian... [more]

SZÉP Hungarian
Means "beautiful, lovely" from the Hungarian szép.

SZŐKE Hungarian
Means "blonde, fair haired" from the Hungarian szőke.

SZOMBATHY Hungarian
Means "from Rimaszombat", Szombat(i) may mean "sabbatical".

SZÛCS Hungarian
Occupational name that means "furrier" in Hungarian.

TAKÁCS Hungarian
Means "weaver, webster" in Hungarian.

TAMÁS Hungarian
Derived from the given name TAMÁS.

TAR Hungarian
Derived from the word tar that means "bald" in Hungarian.

TARR Hungarian
Variant of TAR

TÍMÁR Hungarian
Occupational name that means "tanner" in Hungarian.

TISZA Hungarian
From the river name Tisza, Hungary's second largest river.

TOLVAJ Hungarian
Means "thief" in Hungarian.

TORDAI Hungarian
Derives from the name of a town called Torda... [more]

TÖRÖK Hungarian
Means "Turkish" in Hungarian.

TÓT Hungarian
Derived from tót that is a nickname for Slovaks in Hungary.

TÓTH Hungarian
Variant of TÓT

VADAS Hungarian
From vad meaning "wild animal".

VÁMOS Hungarian
Means "customs officer" in Hungarian.

VARGA Hungarian
Occupational name that means "cobbler" in Hungarian.

VARGHA Hungarian
Form of VARGA.

VASS Hungarian
Derived from the old Hungarian term vass meaning "iron", referring to a worker in iron, a miner of iron core or a vendor of goods so manufactured... [more]

VASTAG Hungarian
Means "bulky, stout" in Hungarian.

VASTAGH Hungarian
Variant of VASTAG

VENCEL Hungarian
Derived from the given name VENCEL.

VENCZEL Hungarian
Variant of VENCEL

VERES Hungarian
Dialectical variant of VÖRÖS.

VIDA Hungarian
From the given name VID.

VINCZE Hungarian
Patronymic surname, from the given name VINCE.

VIRÁG Hungarian
Means "flower" in Hungarian.

VÖRÖS Hungarian
Means "red" in Hungarian, referring to a person with red hair or face.

ZENTAI Hungarian
Means "from Zenta, Serbia".

ZOLTÁNFI Hungarian
Means "son of ZOLTÁN" in Hungarian.

ZSOLDOS Hungarian
Means "mercenary" in Hungarian.