Etelka
given name · Hungarian · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Etelka is a given name, most frequently recorded in Hungary. It appears chiefly in Hungarian and English, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: From Etele (a male given name) + -ka (diminutive suffix). This name was coined by the Hungarian writer András Dugonics in 1788 in his novel Etelka.
- HUHungary1 in 517◐
- HRCroatia1 in 21K
- USUnited States1 in 2.3M
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin●
From Etele (a male given name) + -ka (diminutive suffix). This name was coined by the Hungarian writer András Dugonics in 1788 in his novel Etelka.
Sources 1
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
| Country | Share of this name | |
|---|---|---|
| HU Hungary | 226,177 | 98% |
| HR Croatia | 1,303 | 1% |
| US United States | 1,297 | 1% |
| CZ Czechia | 243 | 1% |
| NL Netherlands | 224 | 1% |
≈229,244 recorded bearers across the countries shown (a sample of the full distribution).
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Hungarian225K98%
- English2.5K1%
- Croatian1.3K1%
- Czech2431%
- Spanish2361%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Hungarian | 225,404 | 98% |
| English | 2,502 | 1% |
| Croatian | 1,305 | 1% |
| Czech | 243 | 1% |
| Spanish | 236 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 68 |
| 2000 | 67 |
| 2001 | 64 |
| 2002 | 63 |
| 2003 | 63 |
| 2004 | 60 |
| 2005 | 58 |
| 2006 | 58 |
| 2007 | 59 |
| 2008 | 59 |
| 2009 | 59 |
| 2010 | 59 |
| 2011 | 54 |
| 2012 | 54 |
| 2013 | 56 |
| 2014 | 55 |
| 2015 | 53 |
| 2016 | 52 |
| 2017 | 50 |
| 2018 | 49 |
| 2019 | 48 |
| 2020 | 42 |
SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 22 years between 1999–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Etelka Szapáryb. 1798HUHungarian noblewoman
- Etelka Gersterb. 1855Hungarian soprano and voice teacher (1855–1920)
- Etelka Benkőb. 1872HUopera singer, actor (1872-1921)
- Etelka Freundb. 1879HUHungarian pianist (1879–1977)
- Ata Kandób. 1913HUnot in their usual nameDutch photographer (1913-2017)
- Etelka Keserűb. 1925HUHungarian politician (1925–2018)
- Etelka Kenéz Hekab. 1936HRHungarian writer, poet, singer
- Etelka Barsi-Patakyb. 1941HUHungarian politician, engineer (1941-2018)
- Etelka Görgeyb. 1974HUHungarian theologian
- Etelka DombiHUHungarian Righteous Among the Nations
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 27 sources across 14 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HU Hungary | Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025) | 2011 | 25K | #56 |
| HU Hungary | Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025) | 2012 | 24K | #58 |
| HU Hungary | Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025) | 2013 | 24K | #58 |
| HU Hungary | Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025) | 2015 | 22K | #61 |
| HU Hungary | Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025) | 2016 | 21K | #62 |
| HU Hungary | Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025) | 2017 | 21K | #64 |
| HU Hungary | Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025) | 2018 | 20K | #68 |
| HU Hungary | Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025) | 2019 | 19K | #72 |
| HU Hungary | Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025) | 2023 | 16K | #81 |
| HU Hungary | Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025) | 2024 | 15K | #83 |
| HU Hungary | Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025) | 2025 | 15K | #85 |
| HU Hungary | magyarnevek — given names by decade | 1950 | 980 | #22 |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-06 data build · 76 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Etelka?
- Our records include 229,244 bearers of Etelka across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Etelka have the most bearers?
- Etelka is most frequently recorded in Hungary.
- Is Etelka a male or female name?
- Etelka is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Etelka mean?
- Recorded meaning: From Etele (a male given name) + -ka (diminutive suffix). This name was coined by the Hungarian writer András Dugonics in 1788 in his novel Etelka.
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Etelka”. Data snapshot 2026-08-31.