Bator Family History
Bator Name Meaning
Hungarian (Bátor) and Polish: nickname from Hungarian bátor ‘bold brave’. In some cases the Hungarian surname may be from the old personal name Bátor (which is from the same vocabulary word). The Transylvanian Báthori dynasty of the 16th–17th centuries was named for one of the family's estates the village of Bátor. One of its rulers István Báthori (Stefan Batory in Polish) became king of Poland hence the spread of the name into Poland.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022