Dictionary of Family Names in the Visegrad Countries

BAKÓ

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Originof Hungarian origin
TypeFamily name referring to an occupation, activity or social status
Family name referring to the connection with the father or another ancestor by that name

Description

The name is derived from the Hungarian common noun bakó meaning ‘butcher’ (or ‘executioner’) and refers to an occupation. It may also be derived from the medieval Hungarian name Bakó (hypocoristic form of a given name beginning with Ba-, e.g. Balázs ‘Blaise’, Barnabás ‘Barnabas’) and refer to the connection with the father or another ancestor by that name.