Attila (name)
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Attila is a popular masculine name in both Hungary and Turkey. Another version of Attila in Hungary is Etele,[1] the female equivalent of which is Etelka. Other versions of Attila used in Turkey are Atilla and simply Atila.
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Etymology
It has been traditionally claimed that the name Attila is formed from Gothic atta, meaning "father", through the diminutive suffix -ila, the "little father".[2] Related names are not uncommon among Germanic peoples of the period, i. e. Ætla, Bishop of Dorchester.[2] The Gothic etymology was made up by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm in the early 19th century.[3] Tom Shippey argued that the Gothic etymology is a product of 19th century Germanic romantic philological revisionism.[4]
Otto Maenchen-Helfen, who considered Gothic etymology, noted that Hunnic names were "not the true names of the Hun princes and lords. What we have are Hunnic names in Germanic dress, modified to fit the Gothic tongue, or popular Gothic etymologies, or both".[2]
Hyun Jin Kim noted Attila has more natural and probable Turkic etymology.[5] Omeljan Pritsak considered ̕Άττίλα (Atilla) a composite title-name which derived from Turkic *es (great, old), and *t il (sea, ocean), and the suffix /a/.[6] The stressed back syllabic til assimilated the front member es, so it became *as.[6] It is a nominative, in form of attíl- (< *etsíl < *es tíl) with the meaning "the oceanic, universal ruler".[6] Peter Golden, citing Pritsak, like László Rásonyi connected Attila's name with Menander note in which used term Attilan as the name of the Volga River (Turkic Atil/Itil; "great river").[7] J.J. Mikkola connected it with Turkic āt (name, fame).[3] Gerd Althoff considered it was related to Turkish atli (horseman, cavalier), or Turkish at (horse) and dil (tongue).[3]
Given name
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- Attila (died 453), ruler of the Huns
- Atilla Altıkat (died 1982), Turkish diplomat
- Attila Ábrahám (born 1967), Hungarian sprint canoeist
- Attila Ambrus (born 1967), Hungarian bank robber
- Attila Aşkar, Turkish mathematician and president of Koç University
- Attila Balázs (born 1989), Hungarian tennis player
- Attila Böjte (born 1976), Hungarian footballer
- Áttila de Carvalho (born 1910), known as Áttila, Brazilian international footballer
- Attila Csihar (born 1971), member of the metal band Mayhem
- Attila Czene (born 1974), Hungarian swimmer
- Attila Dargay (1927-2009), Hungarian animator
- Attila Elek (born 1982), Hungarian ice dancer
- Atilla Engin (born 1946), Turkish American musician
- Attila Fekete (disambiguation)
- Attila Filkor (born 1988), Hungarian footballer
- Attila Horváth (disambiguation)
- Attilâ İlhan (1925–2005), Turkish writer and poet
- Attila József (1905–1937), Hungarian poet
- Attila Kerekes (born 1954), Hungarian international footballer
- Attila Kovács (disambiguation)
- Attila Ladinsky (born 1949), nicknamed Le Gitan, Hungarian footballer
- Attila Petschauer (1904–1943), Hungarian 2x team Olympic champion saber fencer
- Attila Pintér (disambiguation)
- Attila Sávolt (born 1976), Hungarian tennis player
- Attila Sekerlioglu (born 1965), Turkish footballer
- Attila Simon (disambiguation)
- Attila Szabó (disambiguation)
- Attila Tököli (born 1976), Hungarian footballer
- Attila Zoller (1927–1998), Hungarian-born jazz musician
- Attila (horse) (1839–1846), British thoroughbred racehorse and sire
- Attila the Hun (calypsonian) (1892–1962), Trinidadian singer
- Attila the Stockbroker (born 1957), British punk poet
See also
References
- ↑ Hungarian Wikipedia - Etele article
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