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Korossy is a
Hungarian surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community.
Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...
. Some variations of the spelling of this surname are as follows: Kőrösi, Kőrösy, Kőrössi, Kőrössy, Körösi, Körösy, Körössi, Körössy, Korosi, Korosy, Korossi, and Korossy.
The surname appears to be based on the Hungarian word ''körös''. By definition, the word means round/circular. Geographically, it is the name of a river (
Körös) as well as the Hungarian name of the town of
Križevci, Croatia. In addition, the Hungarian towns of
Kiskőrös
Kiskőrös ( sk, Malý Kereš / Kiškereš, yi, קישקעריש ''Kishkerish'', german: Körösch, hr, Kireš) is a town in Bács-Kiskun, Hungary. Kiskőrös is situated between the Danube and Tisza rivers at around . Sándor Petőfi, the ...
and
Nagykőrös are often commonly referred to as ''Kőrös'' – as "ő" is simply the long variant of "ö" with the difference being almost negligible.
Following Hungarian grammar rules, the addition of the letter "i" to the end of some words implies a belonging, hence the word "Körösi" would translate to "of/from Körös".
In the late
Middle Ages, it was common for Hungarian
noble families with names derived in a similar way from a
toponym to spell their names with "y" at the end instead of "i", and/or with a doubled
consonant before it. Thus was the surname Körösi changed to Körösy / Körössi / Körössy by some families. Later the name has also been
anglicized, by dropping the
diacritic
A diacritic (also diacritical mark, diacritical point, diacritical sign, or accent) is a glyph added to a letter or to a basic glyph. The term derives from the Ancient Greek (, "distinguishing"), from (, "to distinguish"). The word ''diacriti ...
s from the letters "ö" and "ő", by families migrating to countries where the alphabet did not support these letters.
Notable people with the surname include:
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Anita Potocskáné Kőrösi (1981–), Hungarian politician
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Csaba Kőrösi (1958–), Hungarian diplomat
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Albert Kálmán Kőrössy
Albert Kálmán Kőrössy (Szeged, Kingdom of Hungary, 18 June 1869 - Budapest, 21 April 1955), known as Albert Neumann until 1891, was a Hungarian architect of Jewish heritage. He was one of the more prominent Hungarian practitioners of the Szec ...
(1869–1955), Hungarian architect
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János Kőrössy (1926–2013), Romanian jazz musician
Surnames
Surnames of Hungarian origin