Nagy
Nagy (Hungarian: [ˈnɒɟ]) is a common Hungarian surname, meaning 'big'.
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.
In Romania, the name Nagy is sometimes rendered as Naghi. The name also appears in Slovak and Czech languages, where the feminine form is Nagyová. The name Nagy is transliterated into Russian and Ukrainian as Надь and rendered in English as Nad.
The top three most frequent surnames in Hungary are Nagy, Kovács and Tóth. It is also among the top three Hungarian surnames in Romania: (Szabó, Nagy, Kovács).
A number of Hungarian nationals changed their names meaning 'big' in other languages (Gross/Grosz, Velký/Welky) to 'Nagy' during the Magyarization of personal names.
Notable people with the surname include:
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