Garai (surname) explained

Garai is a surname of multiple origins. Garai is a Basque surname that appeared in Sopuerta (Vizcaya), that means "peak" or "height".^[1] Garai is also common Bengali and Hungarian^{[2] [3]} surnames.

List

Notable people with this surname include:

• Aritz López Garai (born 1980), Spanish footballer
• Dorothy Garai (died 1438), Hungarian noblewoman who became Queen of Bosnia
• Fernando Lamikiz Garai, a Basque lawyer
• Ladislaus Garai (c. 1410–1459), Palatine of Hungary
• Laszlo Garai, a Hungarian economist and academic
• Nicholas I Garai (c. 1325–1386), Palatine of Hungary
• Nicholas II Garai (1367–1433), Palatine of Hungary
• Romola Garai (born 1982), English actress

See also

• The House of Garai
• Garay (surname)

Notes and References

1. http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Garay-family-history.ashx Garay/Garai surname Basque origin
2. Web site: Marek . Miroslav . Garai genealogy from Hungary . Genealogy.euweb.cz . 2009-01-30 . 2011-02-28.
3. Book: Magyarok hist℗ori℗aja - Google Könyvek . 2011-02-28. Svastics . Ignátz . 1805 .