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The surname is also common among ethnic Hungarians in the northern [[Serbia]]n province of [[Vojvodina]], where it is spelled [[Nađ]] ({{Lang-sr-Cyrl|Нађ}}) and may be transliterated in other languages as [[Nadj]].
The surname is also common among ethnic Hungarians in the northern [[Serbia]]n province of [[Vojvodina]], where it is spelled [[Nađ]] ({{Lang-sr-Cyrl|Нађ}}) and may be transliterated in other languages as [[Nadj]].

The top three most frequent surnames in Hungary are [[Nagy]], [[Kovács]], and [[Tóth]].<ref>Tamás Farkas, [https://edit.elte.hu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10831/43636/Farkas%20T_Surname%20typology.pdf A Surname Typology Project: The Lessons Learnt from the Distribution of the Most Frequent Hungarian Surnames]</ref>


In [[Romania]], the name Nagy is sometimes rendered as [[Naghi (surname)|Naghi]].
In [[Romania]], the name Nagy is sometimes rendered as [[Naghi (surname)|Naghi]].
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* [[Christine Nagy]], actress and American radio personality
* [[Christine Nagy]], actress and American radio personality
* [[Dániel Nagy (disambiguation)]], several people
* [[Dániel Nagy (disambiguation)]], several people
* [[Dávid Nagy]] (born 1981), Hungarian guitarist
* [[Dávid Nagy (guitarist)|Dávid Nagy]] (born 1981), Hungarian guitarist
* [[Dennis M. Nagy]], former director of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency
* [[Dennis M. Nagy]], former director of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency
* [[Dick Nagy]], American college basketball coach
* [[Dick Nagy]] (born 1942), American college basketball coach
* [[Ferenc Nagy]] (1903–1979), Hungarian politician
* [[Ferenc Nagy]] (1903–1979), Hungarian politician
* [[Ferenc Nagy (boxer)]] (1916–1977), Hungarian boxer
* [[Ferenc Nagy (boxer)]] (1916–1977), Hungarian boxer
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* [[György Nagy]] (1924–2004), Hungarian basketball player
* [[György Nagy]] (1924–2004), Hungarian basketball player
* [[György Nagy (curler)]] (born 1965), Hungarian curler
* [[György Nagy (curler)]] (born 1965), Hungarian curler
*[[Hugo Nagy]] (born 2008), Slovakian Judoka
* [[Ibolya Nagy]] (1864–1946), Hungarian actress
* [[Ibolya Nagy]] (1864–1946), Hungarian actress
* [[Ilona Nagy]] (born 1951), Hungarian handball player
* [[Ilona Nagy]] (born 1951), Hungarian handball player

Latest revision as of 22:35, 19 August 2024

Nagy (Hungarian: [ˈnɒɟ]) is a common Hungarian surname, meaning "big".[1]

The surname is also common among ethnic Hungarians in the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, where it is spelled Nađ (Serbian Cyrillic: Нађ) and may be transliterated in other languages as Nadj.

The top three most frequent surnames in Hungary are Nagy, Kovács, and Tóth.[2]

In Romania, the name Nagy is sometimes rendered as Naghi.

Nagyová is a Czech-language and Slovak-language feminine surname derived from the Hungarian surname Nagy according to the rules of Czech name formation.

It is transliterated into Russian and Ukrainian as Надь and rendered in English as Nad.

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Notable people with the given name include:

Surname

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Notable people with the surname include:

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References

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  1. ^ Farkas, Tamás (2013). Felecan, Oliviu (ed.). "Surnames of ethnonymic origin in the Hungarian language" (PDF). Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Onomastics "Name and Naming". 2. Cluj-Napoca: Editura Mega: 505. ISBN 9786065433434. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  2. ^ Tamás Farkas, A Surname Typology Project: The Lessons Learnt from the Distribution of the Most Frequent Hungarian Surnames