Given name & surname · also Hungarian

Kantor

Kantor is a surname from Hungarian, ultimately from Serbo-Croatian. It is used in English and Czech.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Kantor comes from Hungarian, and ultimately from Serbo-Croatian.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Kantor’s family of names

In English usage, Kantor as a surname has a related form in KANTER. In Greek usage, Kantor as a surname is a transliteration of Κάντορ. In Russian usage, Kantor as a surname is a transliteration of Кантор.

Walk Kantor’s family in the name graph

KantorКанторΚάντορKanterKantorová

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Kantor has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Serbo-Croatian roots to each of them.

Serbo-Croatian

3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Sibling ideas

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