Hungarian Names for Boys

  1. Ambrus
    • Origin:

      Hungarian
    • Meaning:

      "immortal"
    • Description:

      Hungarian form of Ambrose
  2. Vinci
    • Tabor
      • Origin:

        Hebrew; Hungarian
      • Meaning:

        "a height; encampment"
      • Description:

        In the Bible, Tabor is the name of the mountain that stood on the border between northern and southern Israel. This biblical place name is similar to the Hungarian name Tibor.
    • Gellert
      • Arpad
        • Origin:

          Hungarian
        • Meaning:

          "seed"
        • Description:

          Arpad is a hero name in Hungary, belonging to the Second Grand Prince of the Maygars, who established a dynasty that ruled for four centuries. Not heard often here, but is associated with the French-born financier who got his name from an earlier Hungarian banker and who's been involved with two of the world's most beautiful women — he is, in fact the father of Rosalind Arusha Arkadina Altalune Florence Thurman-Busson.
      • Daru
        • Vidor
          • Origin:

            Hungarian variation of Hilary
          • Description:

            Would make an interesting, cinema-related choice: King Vidor is in the Guinness Book of Records as the film director with the longest career, beginning in the silent era..
        • Demeter
          • Balasz
            • Istvan
              • Origin:

                Hungarian
              • Meaning:

                "crown, wreath"
              • Description:

                Hungarian form of Stephen, and the name of the first king and patron saint of Hungary.
            • Karcsi
              • Bertalan
                • Origin:

                  Hungarian
                • Meaning:

                  "son of the furrow"
                • Description:

                  Hungarian form of Bartholomew
              • Bálint
                • Origin:

                  Hungarian from Latin
                • Meaning:

                  "strong, healthy"
                • Description:

                  Hungarian form of Valentine.
              • Zako
                • Origin:

                  Hungarian variation of Zachariah
                • Description:

                  If for whatever reason you're wed to the whole Zachary concept, this variation -- either as a proper name or a nickname -- is one way to make it new.
              • Aranyu
                • Origin:

                  Sanskrit
                • Meaning:

                  "forest"
                • Description:

                  Aranyu is an Indian name rarely used in the US, though the meaning gives it a fashionable woodsy appeal.
              • Fritzi
                • Origin:

                  Hungarian variation of Frederick
                • Meaning:

                  "peaceful ruler"
                • Description:

                  May cut it in Budapest, but not in Boise. Just Fritz would be preferable.
              • Juli
                • Kálmán
                  • Origin:

                    Hungarian variation of Colman
                  • Description:

                    One of the few stylish names, along with Roman and Truman, that end in man.
                • Nemet
                  • Zigfrid