Given name & surname · also Russian

Valko

Valko is a surname from Russian, ultimately from Hungarian.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Valko comes from Russian, and ultimately from Hungarian.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In English usage, Valko as a surname developed from Valér.

Valko’s family of names

In English usage, Valko as a surname developed from Valér. In Greek usage, Valko as a surname is a transliteration of Βάλκο. In English usage, Valko as a surname was borrowed from the Ukrainian form Валько.

Walk Valko’s family in the name graph

ValkoΒάλκοValérВалько

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Valko 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 Valko

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

Similar names

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Hungarian

Vanyo

Vanyo is a surname from Hungarian.

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Russian

Vättö

Vättö is a surname, possibly from Russian. It is used in Finnish.

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Russian

Vankka

Vankka is a surname from Russian. It is used in Finnish.

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Hungarian

Walko

Walko is a surname from Polish, ultimately from Hungarian.

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Polish

Varga

“shoemaker”

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67% boys · 33% girls

Hungarian

Vároš

Vároš is a surname from Hungarian. It is used in Czech.

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Hungarian

Varjú

“crow”

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Slavic

Vajda

Vajda is a surname from Hungarian, ultimately from Proto-Slavic. It is used in English, Czech, Hungarian, and Slovak.

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Sibling ideas

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