The gnagy Surname
gnagy Name Meaning and History
- Hungarian: from the common Hungarian family name Nagy, with the addition of the letter g- representing the first character of someone’s initials, their place of origin, or a nickname. This method of altering the most frequent surnames such as Kis ‘small’ (see Kiss), Nagy ‘big’, Kovács ‘smith’ (see Kovacs), or Szabo ‘tailor’ is a peculiar feature of Hungarian naming.
- Possibly an altered spelling of Swiss German Gnägi (see Gnagey 1).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Johannes Gnagy 1720 | Rodney Lehman | 0 |
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| GNAGY graves in Lenora South Cemetery, Norton Co., Kansas |
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| Gnagy/Kaufman |
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