Madar
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Frequency: (237)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. Hungarian (Madár) and Jewish (from Hungary): from madár ‘bird’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a fowler, or alternatively a nickname for someone thought to resemble a bird.
2. Slovak (Mad’ar): ethnic name for a Hungarian (see Magyar).
GIVEN NAMES: Jewish 6%. Yoav (2), Igal, Mordechai, Ravit, Yardena.
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Oxford Dictionary of Family Names
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