Given name & surname

Kolos

“a scholar”

Kolos is used as a given name and a surname. One Hungarian interpretation is “a scholar.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

One Hungarian interpretation is “a scholar.”

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is Hungarian.

The story

Kolos is a form of Claude. The history of Claude gives this family its wider story. Claude’s historical associations include various early saints.

Explained through its name family

Kolos’s family of names

Kolos shares a linguistic root with Claude. In Hungarian usage, Kolos has a conventional equivalent in the Greek form Κλαύδιος. Kolos is a form of Claude.

Walk Kolos’s family in the name graph

KolosКолосClaudeΚλαύδιος

Inner ring: spellings · 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

Kolos has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Hungarian roots to each of them.

Hungarian

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.

Spellings & scripts 1

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

Across languages 2

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

People named Kolos

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Kolos, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Hungarian

Coloș

Coloș is a surname from Hungarian. It is used in Romanian.

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Hungarian

Copos

Copos is a surname from Hungarian. It is used in Romanian.

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Hungarian

Kormoš

Kormoš is a surname from Hungarian. It is used in Slovak.

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Hungarian

Cordoș

Cordoș is a surname from Hungarian. It is used in Romanian.

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Hungarian

Čatloš

Čatloš is a surname from Hungarian. It is used in Slovak.

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Hungarian

Čakloš

Čakloš is a surname from Hungarian. It is used in Slovak.

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Hungarian

Cociș

“coachman”

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Hungarian

Kardos

“one who wields a sword”

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Kolos’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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