Given name & surname
Lajos
“a well-known holy man”
Lajos is used as a given name and a surname. One Hungarian interpretation is “a well-known holy man.”
Original HungarianLajcsi
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hungarian interpretation is “a well-known holy man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hungarian.
The story
Lajos is a form of Louis. The history of Louis gives this family its wider story. Louis has a history of use among French royal or aristocratic families.
Explained through its name family
Lajos’s family of names
In Hungarian usage, Lajos has a diminutive in Lajcsi. Lajos shares a linguistic root with Ludwig. Lajos is a form of Louis.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Lajos has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Hungarian roots to each of them.
Hungarianwhere Lajos comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 7
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 20
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Lajos
- Lajos KossuthHungarian politician (1802–1894)
- Louis I of HungaryKing of Hungary, Poland and Croatia1326–1382
- Lajos BatthyányHungarian politician (1807–1849)
- Lajos TichyHungarian footballer (1935-1999)
- Lajos PortischHungarian chess player (1937–)
- Lajos ZilahyHungarian novelist and playwright (1891–1974)
- Lajos BíróHungarian novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (1880–1948)
- Lajos KassákHungarian artist, poet, writer, politician (1887-1967)
- Lajos CsordásHungarian footballer (1932-1968)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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