Horváth is a common Hungarian surname. "Horváth" is the 2nd[1] or 4th[citation needed] most common surname in Hungary as well as the most common in Slovakia.[2][3] It's thought to derive from Hungarian horvát ("Croat") spelled without the final h in old orthography. The related Croatian surname Horvat, which is derived from an older version of the noun "Hrvat" ("Croat"), is the most common surname in Croatia or the Croatian diaspora.[4][5] Members of this family can be found across the world, and are most numerous in the United States.[6] Variations of the name include Horvat, Horvaty, Hrvat, Chorbadi, Orbath, Orvath, Orvat. The spelling of Horváth is of exclusive Hungarian origin.
People named Horváth or Horwath
edit- Ádám Horváth (born 1981), Hungarian chess grandmaster
- Adrián Horváth (born 1987), Hungarian footballer
- Adrian Pavel Horvat (born 1990), Romanian footballer
- Adrienne Horvath (1925–2012), French politician
- Alexander Horváth (1938–2022), Slovak footballer
- András Horváth (disambiguation)
- Andrea Horwath (born 1962), Leader of the New Democratic Party in Ontario, Canada of Hungarian ancestry (father)
- Antonio Horvath (1950–2018), Chilean senator of Hungarian ancestry
- Attila Horváth (disambiguation)
- Bronco Horvath (1930–2019), Canadian hockey player
- Csaba Horváth (canoeist) (born 1971), Hungarian sprint canoeist
- Csaba Horváth (chemical engineer) (1930–2004), Hungarian-American chemical engineer
- Csaba Horváth (chess player), Hungarian chess grandmaster
- Csaba Horváth (footballer) (born 1982), Slovak football central defender
- Dániel Horváth, Hungarian footballer
- Deana Horváthová (born 1958), Slovak actress and film producer
- Dezsö J. Horváth, Canadian businessman and educator
- Eva Horváthová (born 1974), Slovak physician and politician, MP (since 2012)
- Ethan Horvath (born 1995), American soccer player
- Ferenc Horváth (born 1973), Hungarian footballer
- Gábor Horváth (disambiguation)
- Gergely Horváth (born 1975), Hungarian javelin thrower
- Géza Horváth (1847–1937), Hungarian entomologist
- Joan Horvath, American astronomer, aeronautic scientist, writer, and entrepreneur
- Johann Horvath (1903–1968), Austrian footballer
- Johann Baptiste Horvath (1732–1799), Hungarian academic and university professor
- József Horváth (disambiguation)
- Karoly Horvath, Hungarian-American pediatric gastroenterologist
- Károly Horváth (1950–2015), Romanian-born Hungarian musician
- Laura Horvath (born 1997), Hungarian CrossFit athlete
- Les Horvath (1921–1995), American football player
- Michal Horváth, Slovak economist
- Mihály Horváth (1809–1878), Hungarian bishop, historian, and politician.
- Nick Horvath (born 1981), American-New Zealand basketball player
- Ödön von Horváth (1901–1938) German-writing Austro-Hungarian-born playwright and novelist
- Opika von Méray Horváth (1889–1977), Hungarian figure skater
- Pavel Horváth (born 1975), Czech footballer
- Péter Horváth (born 1974), Hungarian swimmer
- Polly Horvath (born 1957), American-Canadian author
- Rudolf Horvat (1873–1947), Croatian historian
- Rudolf Horváth (born 1947), Slovak Olympic handball player
- Ryan Horvath (born 1983), American college football player
- Sascha Horvath (born 1996), Austrian footballer
- Steve Horvath (born 1967), American aging researcher and inventor of the Horvath clock
- Tamás Horváth (born 1951), Hungarian chess master
- Vlastimil Horváth (born 1977), Romani singer
- William Horvath (born 1938), American politician and conservationist
- Zander Horvath (born 1998), American football player
- Zoltán Horváth (disambiguation)
Fictional characters
edit- Detective Carl Horvath character in the TV series Queer as Folk
- Dale Horvath in The Walking Dead
- Hannah Horvath, character in the TV series Girls
- Technical Sergeant Mike Horvath in Saving Private Ryan, portrayed by Tom Sizemore
- Dr. Anthony Horvath, a Galactic scientist in The Mote in God's Eye
- Villain in the movie The Sorcerers Apprentice portrayed by Alfred Molina
- Horvath Blayne, appearing in August Derleth's short fiction story The Black Island
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Családnév statisztika 2011. január 1" (xls) (in Hungarian). Népességnyilvántartó Hivatal (Bureau of Population Registration). Retrieved 9 October 2011.
- ^ Najčastejšie priezviska na Slovensku
- ^ Votruba, Martin. "Most Common Slovak Last Names". Slovak Studies Program. University of Pittsburgh. Archived from the original on 2015-10-27. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
- ^ :: Directory of Croatian Surnames - Horvat
- ^ "Last name Horvat around the world". mondonomo.ai. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
- ^ "Horvath Surname Meaning, Origins & Distribution". forebears.io. Retrieved 2019-04-24.