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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Hungarian (Madár) and Jewish (from Hungary) : from madár ‘bird’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a fowler, or alternatively a nickname for someone thought to resemble a bird.
  • Slovak (Mad’ar) : ethnic name for a Hungarian (see Magyar).

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