Szilágyi
For the village called Szilágyi see Svilojevo.
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.[1]
Description
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.
People with the surname
- House of Szilágyi
- Ágnes Szilágyi
- Áron Szilágyi
- Brian Szilagyi
- Dezső Szilágyi
- Erzsébet Szilágyi
- Gábor Szilágyi
- Ilona Szilágyi
- István Szilágyi
- János György Szilágyi
- Katalin Szilágyi
- László Szilágyi (judoka)
- László Szilágyi (politician)
- Liliána Szilágyi
- Loránd Szilágyi
- Michael Szilágyi
- Miguel Szilagyi
- Péter Szilágyi (footballer)
- Péter Szilágyi (politician, 1954)
- Péter Szilágyi (politician, 1981)
- Zoltán Szilágyi
- Zoltán Szilágyi Varga
- Zsolt Szilágyi (footballer)
- Zsolt Szilágyi (politician)
- Čaba Silađi
- Gergő Szilágyi
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