Király
Király is a Hungarian surname, meaning king.
Origins of the surname include the Slavonic word of the late 1600s meaning "king". It is also a middle high German word, used as a term of endearment, for curly headed individuals.
This pronunciation of Kiraly differs by region. The American pronunciation of Kiraly is "Keer-ah-lee" where the accent falls on the first syllable. The Hungarian pronunciation is /kiraːj/, used by Gábor Király.
Notable people with the name include:
- Annamária Király, Hungarian handball player
- Béla Király, Hungarian general and politician
- Botond Király, Hungarian footballer
- Don Kiraly, American linguist
- Ede Király, Hungarian figure skater
- Gábor Király, Hungarian footballer
- Hajnalka Kiraly, Hungarian-born French épée fencer
- Karch Kiraly, American volleyball player and coach
- Linda Király, American-Hungarian singer-songwriter
- Lucy Kiraly, Australian fashion model and television presenter
- Mónika Király, Hungarian road cyclist
- Pál Király, Hungarian engineer and weapons designer
- Pál Király (athlete), Hungarian long-distance runner
- Viktor Király, Hungarian–American pop singer
- Zoltán Király, Hungarian journalist, educator, and politician