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First name origin & meaning:

Hungarian: Swordsman

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. 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.
  2. Czech (Kardoš): variant of Kardas.