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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Hungarian (Császár) : from császár ‘emperor’, probably a nickname given to a self-important person or a status name for a servant of the emperor. Old Hungarian names meaning ‘king’, ‘prince’, ‘noble’, ‘magistrate’, etc. were given to serfs, not to nobles or dignitaries.

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