Hungarian Submitted Surnames
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ANDRÁSSYHungarianman, warrior... a surname that derives from the personal name "Andreas", meaning manly, and was held by the first of Christ's disciples.
BARSIHungarianName for someone living in a village named Bars. This was the surname of American child actress Judith Barsi (June 6, 1978 - July 25, 1988).
CERTICHungarian (Modern)this is my father's family name. I did not grow up with him but have been told his family came here from Hungary. He was born in Marianna Pennsylvania.
DADYHungarianHabitational name for someone from a place called Dad, in Fejér and Komárom counties, or Dada, in Somogy and Szabolcs counties.
GUZIHungarianAs far as known, Guzi means 'friend' but as far as other meanings go, it is unknown. Due to its origin, the last name has two factions of distant family that pronounce it differently- One as "Guh-Zee" as the more uncommon pronunciation that actually follows the origin, and "Goo-Zee" as it is commonly pronounced in English.
JOBEnglish, French, German, HungarianEnglish, French, German, and Hungarian from the personal name
Iyov or
Job, borne by a Biblical character, the central figure in the Book of Job, who was tormented by God and yet refused to forswear Him...
[more] KUNHungarian, JewishHungarian: ethnic name for a member of a Turkic people known in English as the Cumanians (Hungarian kún). ...
[more] LAHNERGerman, HungarianHabitational name for someone from any of various places called Lahn in Hungary and Germany. In southern Germany and Austria, Lahn denotes a place where there had been an avalanche or landslide, from Middle High German laen, lēne meaning "avalanche".
LASKIPolish, Hungarian, JewishPolish (Laski) and Jewish (from Poland): habitational name from Lasko (now Lask) in Sieradz voivodeship, named with laz, lazy ‘clearing in a forest’. ...
[more] OLAHHungarianOláh (Olah) is a Hungarian surname that means Vlach/Romanian. A similar word is Olasz, meaning "Italian".Hungarian (Oláh): ethnic name from Hungarian oláh ‘Romanian’, old form volách, from vlach ‘Italian’, ‘speaker of a Romance language’.
ORCZYHungarianWas the surname of a family of Hungarian nobility (including Baroness Emmuska Orczy, author of *The Scarlet Pimpernel*) originating from the village Orczi (now called Orci).
PAPHungarianA populaur Hungarian surname meaning Priest. It is also a variant of
Papp.
PAUKOVITSHungarianHungarian or Austrian in origin. From the heilienkruz Austria/Hungary area
POLGARHungarianHungarian word for citizen. Taken on by Jewish Hungarians during World War Two to avoid Nazi attention for having 'Jewish' last names.
RAKPolish, Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, Hungarian, JewishPolish, Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, Hungarian (Rák), and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): from Slavic rak ‘crab’, ‘lobster’, or ‘crayfish’. This was applied as an occupational name for someone who caught and sold crayfish, crabs, or lobsters, or as a nickname to someone thought to resemble such a creature...
[more] ROMANCatalan, French, Polish, English, German, Hungarian, Romanian, Ukrainian, BelorussianFrom the Latin personal name
Romanus, which originally meant "Roman". This name was borne by several saints, including a 7th-century bishop of Rouen.
SÓHungarianMetonymic occupational name for a salt seller or producer, from
só ‘salt’.
URBANEnglish, French, German, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Hungarian, JewishFrom a medieval personal name (Latin Urbanus meaning "city dweller", a derivative of urbs meaning "town", "city").
VÁGÓHungarianOccupational name for a wood- or stonecutter, or butcher, from vágni ‘to cut’.
WILEHungarianno particular meaning. the word wile means to trick though.
ZSIROSHungarianHungarian surname derived from the Serbo-croation word
žȋr meaning "acorn".