"Tamas Farkas - ODT Personal Data Sheet." 2002. Farkas indicated that, in addition to "Móré," the names "Bangó," "Lolé," "Pusoma" may, linguistically, be of Roma origin, "but all of them may have come from the Hungarian language as well, and they are not so frequent names [in Hungary]" (Farkas 20 Dec. 2017). Folia Geographica. The Hungarian Central Statistical Office (Központi Statisztikai Hivatal, KSH) indicates that, according to the 2011 census, 54,339 individuals had either Romani [Romany] or Bea as their mother tongue, whereas 48,438 individuals did in 2001 (Hungary 2011). "Welcome to Romlex." Corroborating information could not be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate within the time constraints of this Response. 6. [Accessed 14 Dec. 2017], Rombase. Brono is connected with the Sanscrit pindala , which signifies a bridge, and Aljenicato is a modification of the Gypsy aljenique , derived from the Arabic alain, which signifies the fountain. using their husband's given name, with the suffix "né," and keeping their whole maiden name; using their husband's surname, adding the suffix "né" to it, and using their whole maiden name; using the initials of their husband's surname and keeping their whole maiden name; using their given name and their husband's surname (INTERPOL Mar. N.d.a. 5. [Accessed 13 Dec. 2017], Kemény, István. Hungarian adopted the Croatians' name for themselves, Hrvat. According to Pásztor et al., the Sintos and Vend Roma live along the western border of Hungary (Pásztor et al. Edited by Maria Giovanna Arcamone, Donatella Bremer, Davide De Camilli and Bruno Porcelli. 1. 2006, 15). The Slovaks, Hungarians, Croats, Rusyns, part of the Romanians, Germans, Serbs, Roma (Gypsies) shared the kingdom, moved about their homeland, and the linguistic mixture of the family names in the kingdom's descendant countries, Slovakia, Croatia, Hungary, parts of Ukraine (Subcarpathian Rus', now Transcarpathian Ukraine), Romania (Transylvania), Serbia (Vojvodina), shows that. An illustration of Budapest's 19th-20th century practice is a Slovak's last name Čerňan, based on čierny, "black," respelled as Csernyan in Hungarian by the authorities, while the person would still be under pressure to drop it entirely in favor of the last name Fekete, based on the Hungarian for "black.". Farkas indicated that once an individual change her or his name after marriage, official documents should be changed to reflect the new name (Farkas 20 Dec. 2017). The names "Orsós" and "Kolompár" are "really known as Roma surnames" (Farkas 20 Dec. 2017). Vol. According to Rombase, a website on "the socio-cultural and socio-historical situation of the Roma" that is supported by the European Community and the Austrian Academy of Sciences (Rombase Jan. 2004), the Vlach are also called the Walachian Roma (Rombase Feb. 2003, 6). 2016, 8). Budapest, had services almost exclusively in Slovak, Slovak introduces variations to last names. Roma of Hungary. A 2013 article on the prevalence of ethnonymic surnames in the Hungarian language written by Farkas indicates that the most common surname of "Romanian/Gypsy/Hungarian origin" in Hungary is "Móré," which means "Romanian, Gypsy" (Farkas 2013, 506). [Accessed 14 Dec. 2017], University of Pécs. A. 2. Internet sites, including: ecoi.net; Minority Rights Group International; UN – Refworld. Lukáč, from the Latin (Greek) Lucas (Luke in English). [Accessed 15 Dec. 2017]. 2017. [Accessed 20 Dec. 2017]. 14 November 2014. When a man moved out of his ethnic majority area, his ethnic identity became one of the obvious attributes to turn into his and his family’s last name. Atti del XXII Congresso Internazionale Antroponomastica. FamilyEducation does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Nagy, "large" ("tall" in naming), Hungarian origin, 6. Similarly, the article by Pásztor et al. Messing, Vera. N.d. Igazságügyi Minisztérium, Emberi Jogi Munkacsoport Titkársága. "Linguistic Groups and Usage Among the Hungarian Gypsies/Roma." Balog, from the Hungarian bal, "left," Ugric origin; or Old Slavic blg, "marsh," or both, 13. Derived from the given name MÁRTON. Among the ones relevant to Slovakia's last names were the old words for "blacksmith," "miller," and others. Central European University (CEU). Budapest began to force the inhabitants of the kingdom to use the Hungarian spelling for their names and even replace their original names with their Hungarian parallels especially in the decades preceding World War I. "The Number and Spatial Distribution of the Roma Population in Hungary - In the Light of Different Approaches." (Pásztor et al. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim for refugee protection. [Accessed 14 Dec. 2017], Council of Europe. 2006, 15). University of Pécs. Edited by Oliviu Felecan. Population Census 2011. MARKÓ Hungarian. Novotný (newman) A 2013 article on the prevalence of ethnonymic surnames in the Hungarian language written by Farkas indicates that the most common surname of "Romanian/Gypsy/Hungarian origin" in Hungary is "Móré," which means "Romanian, Gypsy" (Farkas 2013, 506). Közpoti Statisztikai Hivatal. Get in touch! The Palgrave Handbook of Slavic Languages, Identities and Borders. Farkas indicated that the "three major groups" of Roma in Hungary are the Romungros, the Olah and the "Boyash or Romanian" Roma (Farkas 20 Dec. 2017). ", Erzesbet Fercsik - ODT Personal Data Sheet, The Number and Spatial Distribution of the Roma Population in Hungary - In the Light of Different Approaches, Society and Lifestyles: Towards Enhancing Social Harmonisation Through Knowledge of Subcultural Communities. 250 Common Hungarian Surnames . 19th-century Hungarian majority areas (brown) in the kingdom (yellow) and 16th-century Hungarians' and Croats' flights from the Turks. He further noted that the surnames "Horvát(h)" and "Balog(h)" are not characteristically borne by Roma, as they are common in Hungary in general (Farkas 20 Dec. 2017). Hungarian names are unique in the sense that given names follow the family name. "Methodological Puzzles of Surveying Roma/Gypsy Populations." The same source gave the names "Kolompár Ramóna" and "Lakatos Rikárdó" as examples (Farkas 20 Dec. 2017). Sources indicate that Hungarian women can take their husband's full name after marriage and add the suffix "né" to the husband given name (INTERPOL Mar. A 2008 article written by Szilvia Lakatos, an adjunct professor at the University of Pécs (University of Pécs n.d.), and published by the University of Pécs as part of the research project on Society and Lifestyles (SAL), a research project of 15 partners in 10 countries that studies the values and beliefs of different communities, including Roma, in Eastern Europe (SAL 20 Mar. "Kemény, István (1925-2008)." Hungarian Sirnames, just like in other countries, often refer to a profession such as Smith, Tailor or Miller. According to Messing, the Beás speak Boyash, which is "a language based on archaic dialect of Romanian" (Messing 14 Nov. 2014, 813). N.d.b. Mega Edition and Argonaut Edition. The Slovaks, Hungarians, Croats, Rusyns, part of the Ro… This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. 2016, 8). "Erzesbet Fercsik - ODT Personal Data Sheet." MÁRTON Hungarian. Farkas, Tamás. 20 December 2017. 2010. [Accessed 14 Dec. 2017], Identifiants et Référentiels (IdRef). 2013. A 2014 article by Vera Messing, a research fellow in sociology at the Center of Policy Studies of the Central European University (CEU) and a research associate of the Institute of Sociology at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (CEU n.d.), indicates that the Boyash Roma are also known as the Beás (Messing 14 Nov. 2014, 813). 2016, 8). 2016, 8). Kovács, from the Slovak, Croatian kováč, "blacksmith"; Indo-European, 5. VISIT OUR HOME PAGE - Family-crests.com. The professions of a (black)smith and miller are among the most common surnames in several European nations. "National Data." 9. MAGYAR Hungarian. Nagy, "large" ("tall" in naming), Ugric origin, 2. January 2004. Sources indicate that most Romungros [Rumungri, Rumungro], a Roma community in Hungary, speak Hungarian as their native language (Marushiakova and Popov 2016; Lakatos 2008, 45; Farkas 20 Dec. 2017). Lonely Planet Publications. Procházka (itinerant) Sources note that, in Hungarian, the family name precedes the first name (Fercsik 2010, 1; INTERPOL Mar. at a market, Characteristically, the most frequent originally Ugric or unchanging Hungarianized names in Slovakia are concentrated near the border with Hungary: Horváth in Petržalka, Varga, Tóth, Nagy, and Molnár in Komárno, Szabó in Kolárovo. The internal migrations, along with the pockets of ethnically German population established throughout the kingdom, turned the ethnic names "Slovak," "Croatian," "German" into some of the most frequent last names in modern Slovakia and Hungary. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request. [Accessed 14 Dec. 2017], International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL). 2009), indicates that the Carpathian dialect of the Romani language can also be found in two "traditional communities [of Roma]" in Csobánka, Pest County, and in Versend in the Baranya County (Lakatos 2008, 45). "Romani Dialects." Svoboda (freeman) The Gypsies/the Roma in Hungarian Society. "The Roma of Hungary."