Horváth is a common Hungarian surname. "Horváth" is the 2nd or 4th most common surname in Hungary as well as the most common in Slovakia. It's thought to derive from Hungarian horvát ("Croat") spelled without the final h in old orthography. The related Croatian surname Horvat, which is derived from an older version of the noun "Hrvat" ("Croat"), is the most common surname in Croatia or the Croatian diaspora. Members of this family can be found across the world, and are most numerous in the United States. Variations of the name include Horvat, Horvaty, Hrvat, Chorbadi, Orbath, Orvath, Orvat. The spelling of Horváth is of exclusive Hungarian origin.
People named Horváth or Horwath
- Aaron Horvath (born 1980), American animator
- Ádám Horváth (born 1981), Hungarian chess grandmaster
- Adrián Horváth (born 1987), Hungarian footballer
- Adrian Pavel Horvat (born 1990), Romanian footballer
- Adrienne Horvath (1925–2012), French politician
- Alexander Horváth (1938–2022), Slovak footballer
- András Horváth (disambiguation)
- Andrea Horwath (born 1962), Leader of the New Democratic Party in Ontario, Canada of Hungarian ancestry (father)
- Antonio Horvath (1950–2018), Chilean senator of Hungarian ancestry
- Attila Horváth (disambiguation)
- Blake Horvath, American football player
- Bronco Horvath (1930–2019), Canadian hockey player
- Csaba Horváth (canoeist) (born 1971), Hungarian sprint canoeist
- Csaba Horváth (chemical engineer) (1930–2004), Hungarian-American chemical engineer
- Csaba Horváth (chess player), Hungarian chess grandmaster
- Csaba Horváth (footballer) (born 1982), Slovak football central defender
- Dániel Horváth, Hungarian footballer
- Deana Horváthová (born 1958), Slovak actress and film producer
- Dezsö J. Horváth, Canadian businessman and educator
- Eva Horváthová (born 1974), Slovak physician and politician, MP (since 2012)
- Ethan Horvath (born 1995), American soccer player
- Ferenc Horváth (born 1973), Hungarian footballer
- Gábor Horváth (disambiguation)
- Gergely Horváth (born 1975), Hungarian javelin thrower
- Géza Horváth (1847–1937), Hungarian entomologist
- Joan Horvath, American astronomer, aeronautic scientist, writer, and entrepreneur
- Johann Horvath (1903–1968), Austrian footballer
- Johann Baptiste Horvath (1732–1799), Hungarian academic and university professor
- József Horváth (disambiguation)
- Karoly Horvath, Hungarian-American pediatric gastroenterologist
- Károly Horváth (1950–2015), Romanian-born Hungarian musician
- Laura Horvath (born 1997), Hungarian CrossFit athlete
- Les Horvath (1921–1995), American football player
- Michal Horváth, Slovak economist
- Mihály Horváth (1809–1878), Hungarian bishop, historian, and politician.
- Nick Horvath (born 1981), American-New Zealand basketball player
- Ödön von Horváth (1901–1938) German-writing Austro-Hungarian-born playwright and novelist
- Opika von Méray Horváth (1889–1977), Hungarian figure skater
- Pavel Horváth (born 1975), Czech footballer
- Péter Horváth (born 1974), Hungarian swimmer
- Polly Horvath (born 1957), American-Canadian author
- Rudolf Horvat (1873–1947), Croatian historian
- Rudolf Horváth (born 1947), Slovak Olympic handball player
- Ryan Horvath (born 1983), American college football player
- Sascha Horvath (born 1996), Austrian footballer
- Sharon Horvath (born 1958), American mixed media artist, painter, educator
- Steve Horvath (born 1967), American aging researcher and inventor of the Horvath clock
- Tamás Horváth (born 1951), Hungarian chess master
- Vlastimil Horváth (born 1977), Romani singer
- William Horvath (born 1938), American politician and conservationist
- Zander Horvath (born 1998), American football player
- Zoltán Horváth (disambiguation)
Fictional characters
- Detective Carl Horvath character in the TV series Queer as Folk
- Dale Horvath in The Walking Dead
- Hannah Horvath, character in the TV series Girls
- Technical Sergeant Mike Horvath in Saving Private Ryan, portrayed by Tom Sizemore
- Dr. Anthony Horvath, a Galactic scientist in The Mote in God's Eye
- Villain in the movie The Sorcerers Apprentice portrayed by Alfred Molina
- Horvath Blayne, appearing in August Derleth's short fiction story The Black Island
See also
References
- "Családnév statisztika 2011. január 1" (xls) (in Hungarian). Népességnyilvántartó Hivatal (Bureau of Population Registration). Retrieved 9 October 2011.
- Najčastejšie priezviska na Slovensku
- Votruba, Martin. "Most Common Slovak Last Names". Slovak Studies Program. University of Pittsburgh. Archived from the original on 2015-10-27. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
- :: Directory of Croatian Surnames - Horvat
- "Last name Horvat around the world". mondonomo.ai. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
- "Horvath Surname Meaning, Origins & Distribution". forebears.io. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
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