Given name & surname · also Hungarian

Varga

“shoemaker”

Varga is a surname from Hungarian (ultimately Polish). It is used in English, Czech, Hungarian, and Slovak.

Original PolishWarga

Meaning & origin

What it means

Varga goes back to Hungarian Varga, meaning “shoemaker.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Varga comes from Hungarian, and ultimately from Polish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In English usage, Varga as a surname developed from WARGA.

Varga’s family of names

In English usage, Varga as a surname developed from the Polish form WARGA. In English usage, Varga as a surname has a related form in VARGHA. In English usage, Varga as a surname has a related form in WARGA.

Walk Varga’s family in the name graph

VargaВарґаVarghaWargaVargováВарга

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Varga has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Polish roots to each of them.

EnglishPolish

Polishwhere Varga comes from · 1 name

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Nicknames & forms 2

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 2

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

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