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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Jewish (Sephardic) : occupational name for someone who polished wood, gems, metals, or armor, from Arabic ̣saqqāl ‘polisher’.
  • Hungarian (Szakál) : descriptive nickname from Hungarian szakál ‘beard’, Turkish sakal.

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