Horvat

See also: horvát and Horvát

Romanian

Etymology

From horvat.

Proper noun

Horvat m (genitive/dative lui Horvat)

1. a surname originating as an ethnonym

References

• Iordan, Iorgu (1983) Dicționar al numelor de familie românești [A Dictionary of Romanian Family Names]‎^[1], Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Horvat, the older version of Hrvat (“Croat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xǒrʋat/

Proper noun

Hòrvat m

1. a surname originating as an ethnonym

Statistics

• According to the 2021 Croatian census, Horvat is the 1^st most common surname in Croatia, belonging to 19705 individuals.

Slovak

Etymology

From Chorvát (“Croatian”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦɔrvat]

Proper noun

Horvat m pers (female equivalent Horvatová)

1. a male surname originating as an ethnonym

Further reading

• “Horvat”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Slovene

Etymology

Originates from Croatia as the older version of the word Hrvat (“Croat”). Derived in a similar way: Horvatič.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xɔ́ːrʋat/

Proper noun

Hȏrvat ?

1. a surname originating as an ethnonym

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nominative	Hôrvat
genitive	Hôrvata
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Hôrvat
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Hôrvata
dative (dajȃlnik)	Hôrvatu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Hôrvata
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Hôrvatu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Hôrvatom

Further reading

• “Horvat”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024