Baksa is a surname of Hungarian, Croatian and Slovak origin which has several meanings. It may be a derivative of the old personal name Bak, or a toponymic surname from one of several places named Baksa. Bak may be a shortened form of several names beginning with ''Ba-'', a derivative of a word meaning 'billy goat' or 'he-goat', or a nickname for a womanizer. A form of this surname, spelled
Baxa, is found in the Czech Republic.
It is also the name of a medieval Hungarian clan.
Notable people with the surname include:
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George Baksa
George from the kindred Baksa ( hu, Baksa nembeli György; died after 1307) was a Hungarian lord and a distinguished military leader in the second half of the 13th century. He was a key supporter of Ladislaus IV of Hungary and participated in vari ...
( 1250–after 1307), Hungarian lord and military leader
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Ladislaus Baksa
Ladislaus from the kindred Baksa ( hu, Baksa nembeli László; died 1329 or 1330) was a Hungarian lord and soldier at the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries, who possessed landholdings in Zemplén County. Therefore, he had an important, although ...
(died 1329/30), Hungarian lord and soldier
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Thomas Baksa
Thomas (III) from the kindred Baksa ( hu, Baksa nembeli (III.) Tamás; died after 1288) was a Hungarian lord in the second half of the 13th century. He was a supporter of Stephen V of Hungary.
Family
Thomas was born into the ''gens'' (clan) Bak ...
(died after 1288), Hungarian lord
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Zoltán Baksa (born 1983), Hungarian footballer
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Surnames of Hungarian origin
Hungarian toponymic surnames
Hungarian-language surnames
Surnames of Slovak origin
Slovak-language surnames
Surnames of Croatian origin
Serbo-Croatian-language surnames