Well, actually, it is quite a Hungarian name! If the bearer of the name is [or not!] of slavic origin, is quite debatable [like in the case of the TOTH family name]. Best Regards, S o r i n http://www.genealogy.ro/contributions.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rosina T Schmidt" To: "Banat List" Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 Subject: [BANAT-L] Horvath > The name HORVATH translates in to HRVAT, which in English language stands > for CROATIAN and therefore is NOT a Hungarian name.