derives from the Hungarian surname "Muncas"--munkás (worker)--which later transformed into Munkács. Another version points that the name contains the proto-Slavic root word "Muka" meaning "flour".

On 23 May 2017, the Ukrainian parliament officially renamed Mukacheve (????????) into Mukachevo (????????), a year after the city council had decided to rename the city. As it turned out, the name Mukacheve came into use in 1947 due to a mistake. According to press reports, the renaming of the