Re: Surnames - about Kovaczicz
by Christo (guest)
3/29/2005, 3:54 AM
Kovacz (prn. Koh-vach) means smith and blacksmith in many Slavic languages. Perhaps, it is borrowed into Hungarian as well.
Kovacz is most probable a Hungarian surname. Corresponding Slavic surnames can be Kovaczicz (spelled also Kovachich or Kovacic) or Kovaczev (Kovachev).
Thus, Kovaczicz in this spelling can be either a Polish surname or a Serbo-Croatian surname written according to the Hungarian or Polish orthographic rules.