Álmos

Boy · Turkic (probable)

Álmos

Say it: AHL-mosh

Meaning

Name of Árpád's father; the chronicles link it to álom 'dream' through the legend of his mother's dream, but scholars treat this as a folk etymology and favour a Turkic origin.

Disputedsharp disagreement, or a popular meaning that is not supported.

Borne by the father of the conquest leader and by later Árpád princes, then revived in the 19th century.

Its wave through time

Rare in the records

In the United States

19 babies given this name since 1917
At its height in 1925, about 1 in 139,500 boys
Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

Hungarian

Famous bearers

Álmos, grand prince and father of Árpád
Prince Álmos, 12th-century Árpád prince

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Where this comes from

Royal and noble genealogies
Medieval European charters and records
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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