Koranyi
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Koranyi or Korányi is a Hungarian surname, which is a Hungarian form of the German surname Kornfeld (meaning "cornfield").[1] Hungarian doctor Frigyes Korányi and his family pioneered the name when they changed their surname from Kornfeld to Korányi in the 1830s, upon converting from Judaism to Catholicism.[2] The name may refer to:
- Ádám Korányi, Hungarian-American mathematician
- Balázs Korányi (born 1974), Hungarian athlete
- Dávid Korányi (born 1980), Hungarian diplomat
- Désiré Koranyi (1914–1981), French football player
- Frigyes Korányi (physician) (1828–1913), Hungarian doctor
- Frigyes Korányi (politician) (1869–1935), Hungarian politician
- Jacob Koranyi (born 1983), Swedish cellist
- Lajos Korányi (1907–1981), Hungarian footballer
- Sándor Korányi (1866–1944), Hungarian doctor
- Stephan Koranyi (1956–2021), German philologist and editor
See also
[edit ]- Kevin Kurányi (born 1982), German footballer
References
[edit ]- ^ Dictionary of American Family Names. "Kornfeld Family History", Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved on 11 January 2016.
- ^ Láczay, Magdolna and Riczu, Zoltán. "The Jewry of Szabolcs and achievement of middle-class status in the Reform period." In Poland, Hungary, the World: Selected Aspects of Contemporary Economy, Culture, and Science, eds. Klemens Budzowski and Magdolna Láczay. Krakow, Poland: AFM Publishing House, 2009, p. 88.
Surname list
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