Oláh (surname)
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Oláh or Olah is a Hungarian language surname, which means "Romanian", derived from the word volách, and from that vlach, meaning "Italian" or "speaker of a Romance language".[1]
It's unclear how the surname came about. People who have this surname might have Romanian ancestry and possibly went through a process of Magyarization in the past.
Related names include Vlach and Olasz. The surname may refer to:
- Adrian Olah (born 1981), Romanian football player
- Dávid Oláh (born 1988), Hungarian football player
- Franz Olah (1910–2009), Austrian politician
- George Olah (1927-2017), Hungarian chemist
- Gergő Oláh (born 1989), Hungarian football player
- Gergő Oláh (singer) (born 1988), Hungarian singer
- Ibolya Oláh (born 1978), Hungarian singer
- István Oláh (1926–1985), Hungarian politician
- Karin Olah (born 1977), American artist
- Katalin Oláh (born 1968), Hungarian orienteerer
- Lóránt Oláh (born 1979), Serbian football player
- Nicolaus Olahus (1493–1568), Hungarian archbishop
- Tiberiu Olah (1928–2002), Hungarian musician
Other uses[]
- Stadion Oláh Gábor Út, stadium in Debrecen, Hungary
See also[]
- Olah (disambiguation)
- Wallach
- Wallachia
References[]
- ^ Dictionary of American Family Names. "Olah Family History", Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved on 10 January 2016.
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- Surnames
- Hungarian-language surnames
- Surnames of Hungarian origin
- Hungarian words and phrases