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Updated August 21, 2024

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Family name origins & meanings

  • Hungarian : occupational name from Hungarian varga ‘cobbler’, ‘shoemaker’.
  • Czech and Slovak : nickname for a miserable or complaining person, from vargat ‘lament’, ‘moan’, ‘complain’.
  • Slovak and Ukrainian : descriptive nickname from varga ‘lip’. Compare Polish Warga.

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