Kovach Family History
Kovach Name Meaning
Americanized form of Czech (Moravian) Slovak and Rusyn (from Slovakia) Kováč or Kovač Slovenian Serbian Croatian and Bosniak Kovač (see Kovac ) Hungarian Kovács (see Kovacs ) all meaning ‘smith’. Compare Kovack Kovash Kovatch and Kowatch ; see also 2 below. Rusyn and Ukrainian: occupational name from kovach a variant of koval ‘smith’ (see Koval ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022