Szabó () is a common Hungarian surname, meaning "tailor". In 2019, it occurred in 203,126 names, making it the fourth most frequent

Hungarian surname Hungarian names include surnames and given names. Some people have more than one given name, but only one is normally used. In the Hungarian language, whether written or spoken, names are invariably given in the " Eastern name order", or family ...

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and Slovak, a female form is ''Szabová''.

Origin

It is usually originated from the present participle form ("szabó") of the verb "szab", meaning to "cut cloth to size", which then became a noun denoting the occupation of a tailor. It is also thought that the other meaning of the verb "kiszab", denoting the act of imposing fines, levying taxes etc. could have also led to the creation of the noun "szabó", meaning an occupation similar to a judge's or magistrate's. The existence of the two meanings could also justify why this surname could become so wide-spread.

People with this name

* Attila Szabó, several people *

Bence Szabó (fencer) Bence Szabó (born 13 June 1962, in Budapest) is a Hungarian sabre fencer, who has won four Olympic medals in the sabre competitions. Awards * Hungarian fencer of the Year (4): 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994 * Honorary Citizen of Újpest (2014) * Memb ...

(born 1962), fencer * Brett Szabo (born 1968), American basketball player * Claire Szabó (born 1979), New Zealander politician * Dávid Szabó (born 1990), volleyball player * Dezső Szabó (writer) (1879–1945), Hungarian writer * Dezső Szabó (athlete) (born 1967), decathlete *

Ecaterina Szabo Ecaterina Szabo ( hu, Szabó Katalin, ; born 22 January 1967) is a former Romanian artistic gymnast who won 20 Olympic, world and continental medals. Szabo won gold medals in the 1984 Olympics in three individual events (vault, balance beam ( ...

(born 1966), Hungarian-born Romanian gymnast *

Ervin Szabó Ervin Szabó (born as Samuel Armin Schlesinger; 23 August 1877 – 29 September 1918) was a Hungary, Hungarian social scientist, librarian and anarcho-syndicalist revolutionary. Life Born Samuel Armin Schlesinger, Szabó's parents were assimilat ...

(1877–1918), Hungarian Marxist * Ferenc Szabó (1921–2009), footballer *

Gabriela Szabo Gabriela Szabo (, hu, Szabó Gabriella; born 14 November 1975) is a retired Romanian runner. She competed in the 1500 m and 5000 m events at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics and won a gold, a silver and a bronze medal. Szabo is a three-time world c ...

(born 1975), Romanian athlete * Gabriella Szabó (born 1986), canoer *

Gábor Szabó Gábor István Szabó (March 8, 1936 – February 26, 1982) was a Hungarian American guitarist whose style incorporated jazz, pop, rock, and Hungarian music. Early years Szabó was born in Budapest, Hungary. He began playing guitar at the age ...

(1936–1982), jazz guitarist *

Herma Szabo Herma Szabo (22 February 1902 – 7 May 1986) was an Austrian figure skater who competed in ladies' singles and pairs. As a single skater, she became the 1924 Olympic champion and a five-time world champion (1922–1926). She also won two worl ...

(1902–1986), Austrian figure skater *

István Szabó István Szabó (; born 18 February 1938) is a Hungarian film director, screenwriter, and opera director. Szabó is one of the most notable Hungarian filmmakers and one who has been best known outside the Hungarian-speaking world since the la ...

, several people * Joseph Szabo (born 1944), American photographer * Joseph C. Szabo, Administrator of the United States Federal Railroad Administration (2009-2015) *

József Szabó József Szabó (born 10 March 1969) is a retired Hungarian swimmer. He competed in three individual events at the 1988 Olympics and won a gold medal in the 200 m breaststroke; he placed fourth in the 400 m and 24th in the 200 m medley eve ...

(born 1969), swimmer * József Szabó de Szentmiklós (1822–1894), geologist *

Yozhef Sabo Yozhef Yozhefovich Sabo ( uk, Йожеф Йожефович Сабо; hu, Szabó József; born 29 February 1940) is a former Ukrainian football player and football manager. He is of Hungarian background. He is baptized as a Greek-Catholic. ...

, Ukrainian footballer, coach and functionairy of Hungarian descent * Karolina Szabó (born 1961), Hungarian long-distance runner *

Károly Szabó :''See also Károly Szabó (Ambassador to the United States)'' Károly Szabó (November 17, 1916 – October 28, 1964) was an employee of the Swedish Embassy in Budapest from 1944 to 1945 when he rescued Hungarian Jews during the Holocaust. ...

(1916–1964), employee of the Swedish Embassy in Budapest * Károly Ferenc Szabó (born 1943), Hungarian-born Romanian politician *

Krisztina Szabó Krisztina Szabó is a Hungarian-Canadian mezzo-soprano opera singer who has performed in a number of operatic roles. A graduate of the University of Western Ontario, Szabó finished her postgraduate studies at the Guildhall School of Music and D ...

, Hungarian-Canadian mezzo-soprano * László Szabó, several people * Lőrinc Szabó (1900–1957), poet and literary translator *

Magda Szabó Magda Szabó (October 5, 1917 – November 19, 2007) was a Hungarian novelist. Doctor of philology, she also wrote dramas, essays, studies, memoirs, poetry and children's literature. She was a founding member of the , an online digital repos ...

(1917–2007), writer *

Magda Szabo Magda Szabo (born July 8, 1934) is a Canadian Portrait miniature, miniaturist. Early life Magda Szabo was born in Budapest, Hungary. She started painting early, using Oil paint, oil as her medium, on large canvas. Career Her miniature pain ...

(born 1934), painter of miniatures * Matyas Szabo (born 1991), German fencer of Hungarian origin * Miklós Szabó, several people *

Nick Szabo Nicholas Szabo is a computer scientist, legal scholar, and cryptographer known for his research in digital contracts and digital currency. He graduated from the University of Washington in 1989 with a degree in computer science and received a Ju ...

, computer scientist, legal scholar and cryptographer * Nikolett Szabó (born 1980), javelin thrower *

Paul Szabo Paul John Mark Szabo (born May 10, 1948) is a Canadian politician. He is a former member of the House of Commons of Canada who represented the riding of Mississauga South for the Liberal Party from 1993 to 2011. Early life and education Sza ...

(born 1948), Canadian politician * Rose Szabo, American author of '' What Big Teeth'' * Sándor Szabó, several people * Stephen Szabo, prominent scholar of transatlantic relations * Szilvia Szabó (born 1978), canoer * Vilmoș Szabo (1964), fencer and fencing coach *

Violette Szabo Violette Reine Elizabeth Szabo, GC (née Bushell; 26 June 1921 – February 1945) was a British-French Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent during the Second World War and a posthumous recipient of the George Cross. On her second mission i ...

(1921–1945), secret agent * Zoltán Szabó, several people *

Zsuzsanna Szabó-Olgyai Zsuzsanna Szabó-Olgyai (born 6 May 1973 in Oroszlány) is a retired pole vaulter from Hungary, who represented her native country in the women's pole vault event at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of ...

(born 1973), Hungarian pole vaulter * Zsuzsanna Szabó (footballer) (born 1991), Hungarian footballer

Origin

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