In the monography of Vas county (1898): "Nárai old patritian village, with 152 houses an 867 r. cath. and luth., hungarian inhabitants. Post and telegraph in Szombathely. In its borders signs of Roman buildings, pots and coins have been found. The Nárays took their noble name from here. Ancient nest of the Szabó family of Nárai."Magyarország vármegyéi és városai - Vas vármegye ed. Samu Borovszky, Bp. 1898.
