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Updated January 11, 2024

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Family name origins & meanings

  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : habitational name from Hořovice in central Bohemia, now in the Czech Republic, which is named with a short form of a personal name formed with Hoř, as for example Hořimir, Hořislav.

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