Given name & surname · also Yiddish
Farkas
“wolf”·“resembling a wolf”
Farkas is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “wolf” (Hungarian and Yiddish) and “resembling a wolf” (Hungarian). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “wolf” (Hungarian and Yiddish) and “resembling a wolf” (Hungarian). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Hungarian and Yiddish naming traditions.
Farkas’s family of names
In Hungarian usage, Farkas has a later derivative in Fărcaș. In Hungarian usage, Farkas has a conventional equivalent in the German form Wolfgang. Farkas has a related form in Farcas.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Farkas has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Hungarian roots to each of them.
4 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Farkas
- Farkas BolyaiHungarian mathematician1775–1856
- Farkas Molnárarchitect, painter (1897-1945)
- Vuk II Krsto FrankopanCroatian noble1578–1652
- Farkas RadnaiHungarian Catholic priest, Catholic deacon and Catholic bishop (1848–1935)
- Farkas PanethRomanian table tennis player (1917-2009)
- Farkas HellerHungarian economist (1877–1955)
- Farkas BethlenHungarian noble and chancellor of Transylvania (1639-1679)
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