Szilágyi

For the village called Szilágyi see Svilojevo.

A map of Kingdom of Hungary showing the location of Szilágyi.

Present day location of Sălaj county on the map of Romania.

Szilágyi (Romanian: Silaghi) is a surname of Hungarian descent. It also refers to a county in the Kingdom of Hungary by the name of Szilágy. The region has been part of Romania since 1918.

Name

The actual name means either from the county of Szilágy or of the noble clan of Szilagyi. The original Hungarian spelling of the name is "Szilágyi"; it has been modified to "Silaghi" in its Romanian variation. The Hungarian letters "Sz" and "gy" are replaced by the similarly pronounced "S" and "g" respectively in the Romanian version of the name.

The Szilágyi clan exerted a strong influence over this region of Europe during the late to middle 14th century.

Folklore

They also appear in Hungarian folklore. In which a character by the name of Prince Evan of the Silagi clan undergoes many challenges in order to secure his rightful place at the head of the family which has been taken over by his older brother Aneil the moronic. Aneil the dimwitted summons the ungrateful demons (or "Hannas") to try and halt Evan's uprising against him. This story has been paralleled in much of the folklore of the region.

External links

• (English) http://www.surnameweb.org/Szilagyi/surnames.htm