Talk:Hungarian name

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This page has a lot of good information, but I actually came here looking to learn about Hungarian given names (which are equivalent to which English names, which are masculine, which are feminine, etc.) and didn't find much. Might I suggest that someone who already knows about this stuff write a section on such questions? --Iustinus 15:39, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

See hu:Kategória:Magyar utónevek. Férfinév means masculine name, Női név means feminine name. Cheers, SyP 18:11, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Official List

Does anybody know where to find the official list of names recognized by the magyar government mentioned in the article? --151.51.8.205 (talk) 09:47, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

See Official Hungarian name list in alphabetical order or see Hungarian given name inventory.

KEY: férfinév or férfi név means male name, női név means female name, becenév means nickname. Browse around. Be aware that some ancient "imported" names from Latin, Jew, German, Slavic languages had been magyarized but there are several names with Eastern/ancient Hungarian origins which has no equivalent in the Western languages.

And note that an odd regulation applies to official name approvals: the written form of the name shall follow the Hungarian pronunciation. For example, if you'd like to give the name Jessica to your baby, you can do it but this shall (and will) be written (in every official registration) as Dzsesszika (which sounds exactly as Jessica when pronounced in Hungarian but could be hardly recognized when read by a Westerner). Hope this helps. -- Scorpion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.120.110.188 (talk) 17:46, 2 June 2008 (UTC)