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Horváth is a common Hungarian surname. "Horváth" is the 2nd [1] or 4th [citation needed] most common surname in Hungary as well as the most common in Slovakia. [2] [3] It's thought to derive from Hungarian horvát ("Croat") spelled without the final h in old orthography.
Horvat is a surname of Croatian origin. It is the most frequent surname in Croatia [1] and the second most frequent in Slovenia. [2] Its variant Horvath is very frequent in Hungary and Slovakia. [3] The surname originates in Croatia, Horvat being the older version of the word Hrvat, an autonym used by Croats.
M. Budimir saw in the name a reflexion of Indo-European *skwos "gray, grayish", which in Lithuanian gives širvas; S. K. Sakač linked it with the Avestan name Harahvaitī, which once signified the southwestern part of modern Afghanistan, the province Arachosia. [5] "
Hungarian names include surnames and given names. Some people have more than one given name, but only one is normally used. In the Hungarian language, whether written or spoken, names are invariably given in the "Eastern name order", with the family name followed by the given name (in foreign-language texts in languages that use Western name order, names are often given with the family name last).
For ease of use, the [i] in front of the last name, and the ending _ve, were dropped. If the last name ends in [a], then removing the [j] would give the name of the patriarch or the place, as in, Grudaj - j = Gruda (place in MM). Otherwise, removing the whole ending [aj] yields the name of founder or place of origin, as in Lekaj - aj = Lek(ë).
Ethnonymic surnames are surnames or bynames that originate from ethnonyms.They may originate from nicknames based on the descent of a person from a given ethnic group. Other reasons could be that a person came to a particular place from the area with different ethnic prevalence, from owing a property in such area, or had a considerable contact with persons or area of other ethnicity.
The name Moriarty is an Anglicized version of the Irish name Ó Muircheartaigh [oː ˈmˠɪɾʲɪçaɾˠt̪ˠiː] which originated in County Kerry in Ireland. Ó Muircheartaigh can be translated to mean 'navigator' or 'sea worthy', as the Irish word muir means sea (cognate to the Latin word mare for 'sea') and ceardach means skilled. [2]
An alternative elemental derivation has been theorized in which origination is from haer + vy meaning "battle/carnage worthy". [2] It is related to Old Welsh Haarnbiu . [ 1 ] An altogether separate origin in Ireland has been theorized where Harvey is an anglicization of the Gaelic personal name Ó hAirmheadhaigh , which is itself possibly ...