Boy · Old Hungarian (uncertain)
Géza
Say it: GAY-zaw
Meaning
Name of the 10th-century grand prince, father of Saint Stephen; its origin is uncertain, with Turkic and Slavic proposals.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Borne by early princes and kings of the Árpád dynasty and revived in the 19th century.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 260 babies given this name since 1912
- At its height in 1915, about 1 in 49,900 boys
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
- The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
Famous bearers
- Géza, grand prince of the Hungarians
- Géza Gárdonyi, novelist
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Where this comes from
- Royal and noble genealogies
- Well-known works of literature
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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