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Hungarian Names

Ádám
Usage: Hungarian
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Hungarian form of Adam.

Agócs
Usage: Hungarian
Derived from a diminutive of the given name Ágoston.

Agóts
Usage: Hungarian
Variant of Agócs.

Albert
Usage: Catalan, English, French, Hungarian, German
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Derived from the given name Albert.

Almássy
Usage: Hungarian
The name contains the word alma, which means "apple" in Hungarian, so it perhaps originally referred to a person who harvested or sold apples.

Antal
Usage: Hungarian
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Derived from the given name Antal.

Antall
Usage: Hungarian
Spelling variant of Antal.

Arany
Usage: Hungarian
Means "golden" in Hungarian. A famous bearer of the name was János Arany, a poet from the 19th century.

Bajusz
Usage: Hungarian
Means "moustache" from the Hungarian bajusz.

Bakó
Usage: Hungarian
Means "axeman" in Hungarian.

Balázs
Usage: Hungarian
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Derived from the first name Balázs.

Bálint
Usage: Hungarian
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Derived from the given name Bálint.

Balog
Usage: Hungarian
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Means "left handed" in Old Hungarian.

Balogh
Usage: Hungarian
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Variant of Balog.

Bárány
Usage: Hungarian
Means "lamb" in Hungarian.

Baráth
Usage: Hungarian
Derived from the vocabulary word barát, that means "friend" in Hungarian.

Barna
Usage: Hungarian
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Means "brown" in Hungarian.

Barta
Usage: Hungarian
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Derived from the shortened form of Bartalom, the old Hungarian form of Bertalan.

Bartha
Usage: Hungarian
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Variant of Barta.

Bartos
Usage: Hungarian
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Hungarian variant of Bartoš.

Báthory
Usage: Hungarian
Archaic spelling variant of Bátori.

Bátori
Usage: Hungarian
Means "someone from Bátor". Bátor is a village in Hungary.

Becskei
Usage: Hungarian
Means "from Becske". Becske is a town in Hungary.

Benes
Usage: Hungarian
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Hungarian form of Beneš.

Bíró
Usage: Hungarian
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Derived from bíró that means "judge" in Hungarian.

Bodnár
Usage: Hungarian
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Variant of Bognár.

Bodrogi
Usage: Hungarian
Means "someone living near the Bodrog". Bodrog is a river in the north-eastern part of Hungary.

Bognár
Usage: Hungarian
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Hungarian cognate of Wagner.

Bokor
Usage: Hungarian
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Means "bush". Bokor is also the name of a village in Hungary.

Bokori
Usage: Hungarian
Derives from bokor meaning "bush". Bokor is also the name of a village in Hungary.

Borbély
Usage: Hungarian
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Hungarian cognate of Barber.

Boros
Usage: Hungarian
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Derived from bor, the Hungarian word for "wine". Originally it could have either indicated someone who drank too much, or a person who owned a winery.

Brühn
Usage: Hungarian
Hungarian spelling variant of Brun.

Budai
Usage: Hungarian
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Derived from Buda, one of the towns that were joined to make Budapest. Originally it indicated someone from Buda.

Buday
Usage: Hungarian
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Spelling variant of Budai.

Büki
Usage: Hungarian
Derived from the name of Mt. Bükk.

Cinege
Usage: Hungarian
Means "tom-tit, titmouse" in Hungarian.

Császár
Usage: Hungarian
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Means "kaiser, emperor" in Hungarian. Originally it was applied to someone who acted kingly.

Cseh
Usage: Hungarian
Means "Czech" in Hungarian.

Csintalan
Usage: Hungarian
Means "mischievous, naughty" in Hungarian.

Csizmadia
Usage: Hungarian
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Means "boot-maker" in Hungarian.

Csonka
Usage: Hungarian
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Means "maimed, gammy, frustum" in Hungarian.

Csorba
Usage: Hungarian
Means "chipped, jagged" in Hungarian. Possibly originates from a nickname.

Czinege
Usage: Hungarian
Archaic spelling variant of Cinege.

Dali
Usage: Hungarian
Derived from the word daliás that means "imposing, virile" in Hungarian.

Dobos
Usage: Hungarian
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Derived from dob that means "drum" in Hungarian. Originally the name was given to someone who played the drum or made them.

Dunai
Usage: Hungarian
From Duna, the Hungarian name for river Danube.

Erdos
Usage: Hungarian
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Occupational name that means "forester" in Hungarian.

Erős
Usage: Hungarian
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Means "strong" in Hungarian.

Eszes
Usage: Hungarian
Means "wise, clever" in Hungarian.

Fábián
Usage: Hungarian
Derived from the given name Fábián.

Faragó
Usage: Hungarian
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Means "wood-cutter, hewer" in Hungarian.

Farkas
Usage: Hungarian
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Means "wolf" in Hungarian.

Fazekas
Usage: Hungarian
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An occupational name that means "potter" in Hungarian.

Fehér
Usage: Hungarian
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It means "white" in Hungarian, originally referring to a person with white hair or complexion.

Fejes
Usage: Hungarian
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Derived from fej that means "head" in Hungarian. Originally it was applied to a stubborn person.

Fekete
Usage: Hungarian
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Hungarian cognate of Black.

Filep
Usage: Hungarian
Dialectical variant of Fülöp.

Fodor
Usage: Hungarian
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From the Old Hungarian word fodor that means "curly haired".

Fülöp
Usage: Hungarian
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Derived from the given name Fülöp.

Gaál
Usage: Hungarian
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Variant of Gál.

Gál
Usage: Hungarian
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Derived from Gál, the shortened form of the given name Gálos, which is an old Hungarian form of Gallus.

Gárdonyi
Usage: Hungarian
Means "from Gárdony". Gárdony is a town 45 kms from Budapest in Hungary.

Gáspár
Usage: Hungarian
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Derived from the given name Gáspár.

Gereben
Usage: Hungarian
Means "hackle, hatchel" in Hungarian.

Görög
Usage: Hungarian
Means "Greek" in Hungarian.

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

Gulyás
Usage: Hungarian
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It means "herdsman, stockman" in Hungarian.

Hajós
Usage: Hungarian
Means "boatman" in Hungarian.

Halász
Usage: Hungarian
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Means "fisherman" in Hungarian.

Halmi
Usage: Hungarian
Derived from halom, that means "mound, small hill" in Hungarian. Originally the name was given to someone who lived near or on a hill.

Hegedűs
Usage: Hungarian
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Means "fiddler", from hegedű that means "violin" in Hungarian.

Herceg
Usage: Hungarian
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Means "prince" or "duke" in Hungarian.

Herczeg
Usage: Hungarian
Archaic spelling variant of Herceg.

Herczog
Usage: Hungarian
Variant of Herceg.

Horváth
Usage: Hungarian
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From horvát, that means "Croat, person from Croatia" in Hungarian. The Croats and Hungarians have always had narrow and conflictive relations.

Ignácz
Usage: Hungarian
Derived from the given name Ignác.

Illés
Usage: Hungarian
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A patronymic surname derived from the first name Illés.

Jakab
Usage: Hungarian
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Derived from the first name Jakab.

Jankovics
Usage: Hungarian
Hungarian variant of Jankovic.

Usage: Hungarian
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Means "good" in Hungarian.

Jónás
Usage: Hungarian
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Derived from Jónás, the Hungarian form of Jonas.

Joó
Usage: Hungarian
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Archaic spelling variant of .

Juhász
Usage: Hungarian
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An occupational surname meaning "shepherd" in Hungarian.

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

Kalmár
Usage: Hungarian
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Occupational surname that origintes from the vocabulary word kalmár which means "merchant, trader, trafficker" in Hungarian.

Kardos
Usage: Hungarian
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From kard that means "sword" in Hungarian. It could have been applied to soldiers, sword makers, or one with a pugnacious nature.

Kárpáthy
Usage: Hungarian
Variant (and archaic spelling) of the surname Kárpáti.

Kárpáti
Usage: Hungarian
A surname derived from the Hungarian name of the Carpathian mountains, Kárpátok.

Kárpáty
Usage: Hungarian
Variant of Kárpáti.

Kató
Usage: Hungarian
Derived from a pet form of the Hungraian female personal name Katalin.

Katona
Usage: Hungarian
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Means "soldier" in Hungarian.

Kecskeméti
Usage: Hungarian
This surname is derived from the name of a town in Hungary, Kecskemét.

Kedves
Usage: Hungarian
Means "kind" in Hungarian.

Kelemen
Usage: Hungarian
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Derived from the given name Kelemen.

Keller
Usage: German, Hungarian
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From Middle High German këller meaning "cellar". This name is either an occupational name for a cellarer or it is for a person who lived in a cellar.

Kemény
Usage: Hungarian
Means "firm, hard, tough" in Hungarian.

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

Kertész
Usage: Hungarian
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Occupational surname meaning "gardener" in Hungarian.

Király
Usage: Hungarian
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Means "king" in Hungarian. This was a nickname for a person who acted kingly.

Kis
Usage: Hungarian
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Nickname meaning "small" in Hungarian.

Kiss
Usage: Hungarian
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Variant of Kis.

Kóbor
Usage: Hungarian
From the word kóbor that means "wanderer, ranger" in Hungarian.

Kocsis
Usage: Hungarian
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Means "coachman" in Hungarian.

Koszorús
Usage: Hungarian
Derives from koszorú, a Hungarian word that means "garland, wreath, girdle". This name was used for someone who made garlands.

Kovách
Usage: Hungarian
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(Archaic) spelling variant of Kovács.

Kovács
Usage: Hungarian
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Means "forger" or "smith" in Hungarian.

Kováts
Usage: Hungarian
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Variant of Kovács.

Kövér
Usage: Hungarian
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Means "fat" in Hungarian.

Kurucz
Usage: Hungarian
Derived from the Hungarian word kuruc. The kurucs were armed anti-Habsburg rebels in Royal Hungary in the late 17th-early 18th century.

Lakatos
Usage: Hungarian
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Means "locksmith" in Hungarian.

Lantos
Usage: Hungarian
Means "minstrel, bard" from the Hungarian word lant "lyre".

László
Usage: Hungarian
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Derives from the given name László.

Lázár
Usage: Hungarian
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Patronymic surname originating from the given name Lázár.

Lengyel
Usage: Hungarian
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Means "Polish" in Hungarian.

Lovász
Usage: Hungarian
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Means "horseman, stableman, ostler" in Hungarian.

Lukács
Usage: Hungarian
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Derives from the given name Lukács.

Magyar
Usage: Hungarian
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Means "Hungarian" in Hungarian.

Marek
Usage: Czech, Polish, Hungarian
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Derived from the given name Marek.

Markó
Usage: Hungarian
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Derived from the given name Marko.

Márton
Usage: Hungarian
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Derived from the given name Márton.

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

Mészáros
Usage: Hungarian
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Means "butcher" in Hungarian.

Molnár
Usage: Hungarian
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Occupational name meaning "miller" in Hungarian.

Nagy
Usage: Hungarian
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From a nickname meaning "big" or "great" in Hungarian, referring to one's characteristics. This is a very common Hungarian surname.

Nemes
Usage: Hungarian
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Means "noble, gentle" in Hungarian.

Német
Usage: Hungarian
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Means "German" in Hungarian.

Németh
Usage: Hungarian
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Spelling variant of Német.

Novák
Usage: Hungarian
Hungarian variant of Novak.

Nyilas
Usage: Hungarian
Means "archer, bowman" in Hungarian.

Nyitrai
Usage: Hungarian
Means "someone from Nyitra". Nyitra is a historic administrative county of Hungary (now situated in Slovakia).

Olasz
Usage: Hungarian
Means "Italian" in Hungarian.

Orbán
Usage: Hungarian
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Derived from the given name Orbán.

Orosz
Usage: Hungarian
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Means "Russian" in Hungarian.

Pál
Usage: Hungarian
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Derived from the given name Pál.

Papp (1)
Usage: Hungarian
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Means "pope" from the Latin papa. Usually denoting a pompous man or one who played the part in a play.

Pásztor
Usage: Hungarian
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Means "herd, shepherd" in Hungarian.

Pataki
Usage: Hungarian
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Derives from the vocabulary word patak, which means "creek, brook" in Hungarian. It was given to people who lived near creeks.

Pék
Usage: Hungarian
Means "baker" in Hungarian.

Pesti
Usage: Hungarian
Derived from Pest, one of the towns that were joined to make Budapest. Originally it indicated someone from Pest.

Pesty
Usage: Hungarian
Spelling variant of Pesti.

Péter
Usage: Hungarian
Derived from the given name Péter.

Petes
Usage: Hungarian
Derived from Pete, a pet form of Péter.

Pethes
Usage: Hungarian
Spelling variant of Petes.

Pető
Usage: Hungarian
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Derived from Pető, an old pet form of Péter.

Petőcs
Usage: Hungarian
Derived from Pető, an old Hungarian pet form of Péter.

Petőfi
Usage: Hungarian
Means "son of Pető" in Hungarian. Pető is an old pet form of Péter.

Pokorni
Usage: Hungarian
Hungarian variant of Pokorny.

Prohászka
Usage: Hungarian
Hungarian variant of Prochazka.

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

Pusztai
Usage: Hungarian
From puszta, that means "steppe, prairie" in Hungarian. The name was given to someone living on a prairie.

Rigó
Usage: Hungarian
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From rigó, a word that means "blackbird" in Hungarian.

Rózsa
Usage: Hungarian
Variant of Rose (2). This is one of the limited number of matronymical surnames used in Hungary.

Ruzsa
Usage: Hungarian
Dialectical variant of Rózsa.

Salomon
Usage: English, French, Venetian, German, Danish, Norwegian, Polish, Jewish, Hungarian
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Derived from the first name Salomon.

Samsa
Usage: Hungarian
Derived from a pet form of the first name Sámuel.

Sándor
Usage: Hungarian
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Derives from the given name Sándor.

Sarka (3)
Usage: Hungarian
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Americanized form of Szarka.

Sárközi
Usage: Hungarian
Someone from Sárköz, Sárköz being a region of Hungary.

Sárközy
Usage: Hungarian
Spelling variant of Sárközi.

Sas
Usage: Hungarian
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Means "eagle" in Hungarian.

Sass
Usage: Hungarian
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Spelling variant of Sas.

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

Schmitt
Usage: German, Hungarian
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Variant of Schmidt.

Seres
Usage: Hungarian
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Dialectical variant of Sörös.

Simon
Usage: Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Jewish
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Derived from the Hebrew first name Simon.

Sipos
Usage: Hungarian
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Means "fife player, piper" from the Hungarian síp.

Sólyom
Usage: Hungarian
Means "hawk, falcon" in Hungarian.

Somogyi
Usage: Hungarian
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Derived from Somogy, which is one of the counties of Hungary. Originally it indicated someone from that region.

Sörös
Usage: Hungarian
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From sör that means "beer" in Hungarian. Originally the name was given to beer brewers, or someone who drank too much beer.

Sovány
Usage: Hungarian
Means "thin, lean" in Hungarian.

Svéd
Usage: Hungarian
Means "Swedish" in Hungarian.

Szabó
Usage: Hungarian
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Means "tailor" in Hungarian. A rather frequent name in Hungary.

Szabolcsi
Usage: Hungarian
From Szabolcs, a county of Hungary. Szabolcs is also a given name.

Szántó
Usage: Hungarian
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Means "ploughman, tiller" in Hungarian. The name was given to farmers.

Szarka
Usage: Hungarian
From the Hungarian szarka meaning "magpie". Szarka is often used as a euphemistic term for thieves.

Szarvas
Usage: Hungarian
Means "deer" in Hungarian.

Székely
Usage: Hungarian
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Denotes a person who hailed from the Székely people who were Hungarians who lived in Romania.

Szekeres
Usage: Hungarian
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Derived from szekér that means "cart, wagon" in Hungarian. Originally it was applied to wagoners, or simply someone who owned a wagon.

Szép
Usage: Hungarian
Means "beautiful, lovely" from the Hungarian szép.

Szőke
Usage: Hungarian
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Means "blonde, fair haired" from the Hungarian szőke.

Szombathy
Usage: Hungarian
Means "from Rimaszombat", Szombat(i) may mean 'sabbatical'.

Szűcs
Usage: Hungarian
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Occupational name that means "furrier" in Hungarian.

Takács
Usage: Hungarian
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Means "weaver, webster" in Hungarian.

Tamás
Usage: Hungarian
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Derived from the given name Tamás.

Tar
Usage: Hungarian
Derived from the word tar that means "bald" in Hungarian.

Tarr
Usage: Hungarian
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Variant of Tar.

Tímár
Usage: Hungarian
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Occupational name that means "tanner" in Hungarian.

Tisza
Usage: Hungarian
From river Tisza, Hungary's second largest river.

Tolvaj
Usage: Hungarian
Means "thief" in Hungarian.

Tordai
Usage: Hungarian
Derives from the name of a town called Torda. Originally the name was given to someone from that town.

Török
Usage: Hungarian
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Means "Turkish" in Hungarian.

Tót
Usage: Hungarian
Derived from tót that is a nickname for Slovakians in Hungary.

Tóth
Usage: Hungarian
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Spelling variant of Tót.

Vadas
Usage: Hungarian
From vad meaning "wild animal".

Vámos
Usage: Hungarian
Means "customs officer" in Hungarian.

Varga
Usage: Hungarian
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Occupational name that means "cobbler" in Hungarian.

Vargha
Usage: Hungarian
Form of Varga.

Vass
Usage: Hungarian
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Derived from the old Magyar term vass meaning "iron", referring to a worker in iron, a miner of iron core or a vendor of goods so manufactured. Alternatively, from the same root word, it may have been a nickname referring to distinctively strong constitution.

Vastag
Usage: Hungarian
Means "bulky, stout" in Hungarian.

Vastagh
Usage: Hungarian
Spelling variant of Vastag.

Vencel
Usage: Hungarian
Derived from the given name Vencel.

Venczel
Usage: Hungarian
Variant of Vencel.

Veres
Usage: Hungarian
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Dialectical variant of Vörös.

Vida
Usage: Hungarian
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From the given name Vid.

Vincze
Usage: Hungarian
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A patronymic surname, from the first name Vince.

Virág
Usage: Hungarian
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Means "flower" in Hungarian.

Vörös
Usage: Hungarian
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Means "red" in Hungarian, referring to a person with red hair or face.

Zentai
Usage: Hungarian
Means "from Zenta, Serbia".

Zoltánfi
Usage: Hungarian
Means "son of Zoltán" in Hungarian.

Zsoldos
Usage: Hungarian
Means "mercenary" in Hungarian.

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