ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 2372 http://www.s-gabriel.org/2372 ************************************ From: "Sara L Friedemann" 7 Oct 2001 Greetings from the Academy of Saint Gabriel! You have a friend who wanted to know if the Hungarian masculine name or was used before 1600. Here is the information we have found. Among the names historically used by Hungarians, especially aristocrats, are some of partly or completely Turkic origin. One of these is , from 'white falcon'. (The slash represents an accent over the previous letter). We have record of a Cumanian chief in the 11th century named , and by the 14th century we find evidence of a number of Hungarians with this name. seems to have fallen into disuse by the 15th and 16th century, though it was revived later on in the 17th and 19th centuries; it has been in use occasionally ever since. [1] It would have been pronounced \AH-kohsh\. For information on Hungarian surname practices, we recommend you have your friend read the following article in our library: "Hungarian Names 101" http://www.geocities.com/Athens/1336/magyarnames101.html If he has any further questions after reading this, please don't hesitate to write us again. We hope that this letter has been useful to you, and that you will not hesitate to write again if any part was unclear or if you have further questions. Research and commentary on this letter were provided by Maridonna Benvenuti, Arval Benicoeur, Talan Gwynek, and Juliana de Luna. For the Academy, ~Aryanhwy merch Catmael --------------------------------------- References: [1] Ka/lma/n, Bela, _The World of Names: A Study in Hungarian Onomatology_ (Budapest: Akedemiai Kiado, 1978). pp. 36-37.