Szilágyi ( ro, Silaghi) is a Hungarian surname. It also refers to a county in the

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by the name of Szilágy. The region has been part of

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since 1918.Szilagyi Family History
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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 Áron Szilágyi (; born 14 January 1990) is a Hungarian right-handed sabre fencer. Szilágyi is a 2018 team European champion, 2015 individual European champion, 2007 team world champion, and 2022 individual world champion. A four-time Oly ...

Dezső Szilágyi Dezső Szilágyi (1 April 1840 – 30 July 1901) was a Hungarian politician and jurist, who served as Minister of Justice between 1889 and 1895. Biography Szilágyi was born at Nagyvárad (today: ''Oradea, Romania'') in the Kingdom of Hungary. ...

* Erzsébet Szilágyi * Gábor Szilágyi * György Szilágyi *

Ilona Szilágyi ''Ilona'' is a Hungarian female given name, the traditional name of the Queen of the Fairies in Magyar folklore. Its etymology is uncertain. A common theory is that Ilona is cognate with the Greek given name ''Helen''. Diminutive forms include ...

István Szilágyi István Szilágyi (born October 6, 1950, in Tököl) is a Hungarian former handball player. His first major international tournament was the 1974 World Championship, where he finished seventh with Hungary. He represented his country on furthe ...

* János György Szilágyi *

Katalin Szilágyi Katalin Szilágyi (born 16 November 1965 in Nyíregyháza) is a Hungarian former handball player who won the bronze medal with the Hungarian team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. She played all five matches and scored 13 goals. ...

* László Szilágyi (judoka) * László Szilágyi (politician) * Liliána Szilágyi * Loránd Szilágyi *

Michael Szilágyi Michael Szilágyi de Horogszeg ( hu, horogszegi Szilágyi Mihály; c. 1400 – 1460) was a Hungarian general, Regent of Hungary, Count of Beszterce and Head of Szilágyi–Hunyadi Liga. Family He was born in the early 15th century as vice ...

* Péter Szilágyi (footballer) * Péter Szilágyi (politician, 1954) * Péter Szilágyi (politician, 1981) * Zoltán Szilágyi * Zoltán Szilágyi Varga * Zsolt Szilágyi (footballer) * Zsolt Szilágyi (politician) *

Čaba Silađi Čaba Silađi ( hu, Szilágyi Csaba, sr-Cyrl, Чаба Силађи; born 23 August 1990) is a Serbian swimmer of Hungarian ethnicity. Silađi mainly competes in the breaststroke. Silađi's hometown Senta is a centre of Hungarians in Vojvod ...

* Michaela Szilágyiová

References

External links

* http://www.surnameweb.org/Szilagyi/surnames.htm Hungarian-language surnames {{Hungary-hist-stub