Surname · also Slovak
Kolesar
“wheelwright”
Kolesar is a surname from Slovak, ultimately from Serbo-Croatian.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kolesar goes back to Slovak kolesár, meaning “wheelwright.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Kolesar comes from Slovak, and ultimately from Serbo-Croatian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Kolesar as a surname developed from Kolesár.
Kolesar’s family of names
In English usage, Kolesar as a surname developed from the Slovak form Kolesár. In English usage, Kolesar as a surname has an alternative spelling in KOLESSAR. In English usage, Kolesar as a surname has a related form in KOLESSAR.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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