Family name origins & meanings
- Czech (Kosař) : from an agent noun derivative of kosa ‘scythe’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of sickles and scythes or a metonymic occupational name for a reaper.
- Hungarian (Kosár) : from the southern Slavic loanword kosár ‘basket’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a basketmaker.
- Bulgarian and Macedonian : from kosar, koser ‘beehive’, hence a metonymic occupational name for someone who made skeps or produced and sold honey.