Etelka

Etelka or Etelke is a Hungarian given name. It is the female equivalent of Etele, a variant of Attila. It may have originated as the name of the title character in the 1788 novel Etelka by Dugonics András.[1][2]

It is sometimes translated into English as Adelaide.[3]

People with the name

Professor Etelka Földi. MD is one of the world’s foremost authorities on the lymphatic system. She and her husband, Professor Michael Földi. MD founded the Society of German Lymphologists in 1969. Their seminal textbook on lymphology, Földi’s Textbook of Lymphology: for Physicians and Lymphedema Therapists is currently in its third edition and has become a classic treatise on the management of Lymphedema.

See also

References

  1. Kálmán, Béla (1978). The World of Names: A Study in Hungarian Onomatology. Akadémiai Kiadó. p. 49. ISBN 9789630513999. Retrieved 30 August 2018 via Google Books.
  2. Sundberg, Kerstin (1 January 2004). "József Eötvös and the Age of Hungarian Reform". Modernisation and Tradition: European Local and Manorial Societies 1500-1900. Vol. 2. Nordic Academic Press. p. 115. ISBN 9789189116405. Retrieved 30 August 2018 via Google Books.
  3. "Madame Etelka Gerster". The Illustrated Queen Almanac and Lady's Calendar. The Queen Office. 1877. p. 34. Retrieved 15 February 2021 via Google Books.
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