Släkthistoria för Vas
Vas Vad efternamn betyder
Hungarian: from vas ‘iron’ hence a metonymic occupational name for a blacksmith or a nickname for a resilient tough man. This form of the surname is also found in Slovakia (see also below). Compare Vass and Wash. Slovak Croatian and Slovenian (Vaš): from Hungarian vas ‘iron’ (see above). Slovenian (Vaš): from a shortened and altered form of the personal name Sebastjan (see Sebastian). Compare Wash. Portuguese: variant of Vaz. Dutch: from a short form of the personal name Vastrad (until the 19th century a common personal name in the Vas family in North Holland) composed of the elements fasta ‘fast fixed’ + rēda ‘counsel advice’.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
