Aradi

Aradi is a surname of Hungarian origin derived from the placename Arad, a city in present-day western Romania. The name is toponymic, reflecting an ancestral association with Arad.

In Hungarian, the suffix -i is used to form adjectives and demonyms, so Aradi literally means "from Arad" or "of Arad." The surname appears among families historically linked to the Arad region and is found among Hungarian communities in Hungary, Transylvania, Slovakia, and other diaspora populations.

Historically significant uses of the term include Aradi vértanúk, the Martyrs of Arad, a set of 13 Hungarian generals executed in Arad in 1849 after the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. The adjectival form Aradi is used in historical texts to denote origin from Arad.

As a surname, Aradi may appear in genealogical records and can be encountered in various language contexts, with spelling sometimes adapted to local conventions. The name thus functions both as a direct reference to Arad and as a family identifier carried by descendants.

See also: Arad, Arad County, Aradi vértanúk.