 The former village Kučišdorf was initially known as "Turduna", "Torduna", "Turna" or "Thurnie", the name comes from Slovak "tŕň", "trnava" (see also etymology of Trnava).Its later name Kučišdorf comes from a personal name probably of Slavic origin "Kucar"/"Kučar" adopted to the Hungarian language as "Chucar", "Csukar" ("Chukarfalva", "Csukárd").The name of the second former village Trlinka also comes from Slovak "tŕň".