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Family name origins & meanings
- Czech (Kozař), Slovak (Koziar), Slovenian, Serbian, and Croatian : from an agent noun from Slavic koza ‘nanny goat’, either an occupational name for a goatherd or a nickname for an impoverished farmer who had only goats, because he could not afford cows.
- Slovenian and Croatian (Kožar) : from kožar, an occupational name for a skinner or a dealer in skins, from koža ‘skin’, ‘hide’ + the agent noun suffix -ar.