Given name & surname · also Slavic

Kollar

“wheelwright”

Kollar is a surname from Proto-Slavic (ultimately Polish).

Original PolishKolarz

Meaning & origin

What it means

Kollar goes back to Proto-Slavic *kolarь, meaning “wheelwright.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Kollar comes from Proto-Slavic, and ultimately from Polish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In English usage, Kollar as a surname developed from KOLAR. In English usage, Kollar as a surname developed from Kolarz.

Kollar’s family of names

In English usage, Kollar as a surname developed from the Slovenian form KOLAR. In Greek usage, Kollar as a surname is a transliteration of Κολλάρ. In English usage, Kollar as a surname developed from the Polish form Kolarz.

Walk Kollar’s family in the name graph

KollarΚολλάρKolarKolarzKolářKolár

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Kollar has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Slavic roots to each of them.

Proto-Slavic

5 related names in 5 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.

Spellings & scripts 1

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

Across languages 4

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

Similar names

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Slovak

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Slovak

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Slavic

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“beehive”

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Polish

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Polish

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Polish

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Polish

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