Given name & surname

Telkes

Telkes is a surname from Hungarian. It is used in English, German, Hungarian, and Serbo-Croatian.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Telkes comes from Hungarian.

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How it developed

From Hungarian Telkes.

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Telkes’s family of names

In Greek usage, Telkes as a surname is a transliteration of Τέλκες.

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TelkesΤέλκες

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“terrible, awful”

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“red”

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Semeš

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