First name origin & meaning: Hungarian: Swordsman Last name origins & meanings:
- Hungarian and Jewish (from Hungary): from kard ‘sword’,
hence a metonymic occupational name for a warrior or a status name for
a swordsman, i.e. a nobleman who had the right to wear a sword. As a
Jewish surname it was ornamental.
- Czech
(Kardoš): variant of Kardas.
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