What is the English equivalent of the 'Csatári' (<- Hungarian) surname? ?

Question

pls help

Answer 1

I don&#039;t think there is one.  If you&#039;re just trying to pick a similar sounding English name to give to English speaking friends for ease of conversation, then maybe Terry (works for males or females) or Star (cute name for a female only).

Answer 2

There isn&#039;t really an English equivalent. You&#039;re correct that the surname means &#039;from Csatár&#039;. The origin of the name of the town is disputed: some sources derive it from a Slavic (or Slavic-derived Hungarian) word meaning &#039;shieldmakers&#039;, while others say the evidence for this word is uncertain, and derive the placename instead from a &quot;native&quot; or &quot;secular&quot; masculine name (recorded in 1211 in a Latin document as &quot;Chatar, filius Emrici&quot;, meaning Csatár, Emeric&#039;s son). Many Hungarian placenames have similar derivations from unmodified men&#039;s names. The name probably had its origins in an everyday word (the same way that &#039;Heather&#039; and &#039;Violet&#039; are both names and words), but we don&#039;t know for sure what that word meant. It definitely didn&#039;t have the word&#039;s modern meaning of &#039;skirmisher, light troops&#039;, because that&#039;s a 19th century neologism, and it certainly didn&#039;t have the word&#039;s other modern meaning of &#039;soccer or basketball forward&#039; (or other similar sports positions).

Answer 3

as a word it means the following

figment, battle, set-to

but as a surname am not sure :)

Answer 4

I do believe that Csatári means &quot;From a place called Csatár&quot; otherwise, I don&#039;t know. Sorry.