Árpád

Boy · Old Hungarian (uncertain)

Árpád

Say it: AHR-pahd

Meaning

Name of the 9th-to-10th-century leader of the Hungarian conquest; often derived from árpa 'barley' with a diminutive ending, but this is a proposal, not a settled fact.

Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.

The founder of the Árpád dynasty; the name was revived as a given name in the 19th-century national movement.

Its wave through time

Rare in the records

In the United States

44 babies given this name since 1914
At its height in 1914, about 1 in 131,000 boys
Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

Hungarian

Famous bearers

Árpád, grand prince who led the Hungarians into the Carpathian Basin

Names worth a look

LeventeBoyName of a son of Árpád and of an 11th-century prince; its origin is unknown, with Turkic origins proposed.Early Medieval

MartinusBoyDerived from Mars, the Roman god of war.Rome

ÁlmosBoyName of Árpád's father; the chronicles link it to álom 'dream' through the legend of his mother's dream, but…Early Medieval · forgotten

BotondBoyName of a 10th-century Hungarian warrior of legend; often linked to bot 'club, mace', but this is uncertain.Early Medieval

ElődBoyName of one of the seven chieftains in the chronicles; often linked to elő 'fore, first', but this is uncertain.Early Medieval · forgotten

HubaBoyName of one of the seven conquering chieftains; its meaning is unknown.Early Medieval · forgotten

Where this comes from

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

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