Dictionary of Family Names in the Visegrad Countries
SZABADOS
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| Origin | of Hungarian origin |
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| Type | Family name referring to an occupation, activity or social status |
| Family name referring to internal or external characteristics, circumstances or event |
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The name is derived from the Hungarian common noun szabados meaning ‘free’ and refers to social status (‘a free man, exempt from serfdom’). In the case of another (adjectival) meaning of the word (‘unbridled, indecent’) it may also refer to a characteristic feature (e.g. behaviour). |