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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Italian : patronymic or plural form of Orso.
  • It may also be an Italianized form of Slovenian Uršič, metronymic from the female personal name Urša, short form of Uršula (Latin Ursula), or a patronymic from the male personal name Urh, Slovenian vernacular form of Ulrik, German Udalrich.
  • Hungarian (Örsi) : habitational name for someone from any of several places called Örs in Hungary.

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