Halas Family History
Halas Name Meaning
Slovak (Halás also Halaš) Rusyn Ukrainian Czech Slovenian and Croatian: from a Slavicized form of the Hungarian occupational name halász ‘fisherman’ (see Halasz ). Compare Hallas Americanized form of Hungarian Halász ‘fisherman’ (see Halasz ). Czech and Slovak; Polish (Hałas): nickname for a noisy person from Czech and Slovak halas ‘uproar’ Polish hałas ‘noise’. Compare Hallas Norwegian (Halås): habitational name from the farm name Halås in Nordmøre most likely from hard ‘hard tough’ (referring to stony soil) + ås ‘hill ridge’. Compare Hallas 5.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022