What is "olah"

Oláh or Olah is a Hungarian language surname, which means " Romanian", derived from the word volách, and from that vlach, meaning " Italian" or "speaker of a Romance language". Related

It's unclear how the surname came about. People who have this surname might have Romanian ancestry, and possibly their ancestors went through a process of Magyarization in the past.

names include Vlach and Olasz. The surname may may refer to:

• Adrian Olah (born 1981), Romanian football player
• Dávid Oláh (born 1988), Hungarian football player
• Franz Olah (1910–2009), Austrian politician
• George Olah (born 1927), Hungarian chemist
• Gergő Oláh (born 1989), Hungarian football player
• Gergő Oláh (singer) (born 1988), Hungarian singer
• Ibolya Oláh (born 1978), Hungarian singer
• István Oláh (1926–1985), Hungarian politician
• Karin Olah (born 1977), American artist
• Katalin Oláh (born 1968), Hungarian orienteerer
• Lóránt Oláh (born 1979), Serbian football player
• Nicolaus Olahus (1493–1568), Hungarian archbishop
• Tiberiu Olah (1928–2002), Hungarian musician

Olah may refer to:

• Oláh, an Hungarian word that means Vlach ( Romanian)
• Korban Olah, burnt offering ritual in Judaism