Attila (name)
Attila or Attilla is a name that is particularly common in Hungary and Turkey as a male given name . Atilla or Atila is also used as a Turkish name .
Origin and meaning
The name comes from Attila , the ruler of the Huns in the middle of the 5th century.
The meaning of the name has not been fully established. There are several theories about it, see Attila # Origin of Name .
Name days
- January 7th
- 5th October
Name bearer
First name
- Attila (approx. 400–453), King of the Huns
- Attila von Zamora († after 920), Spanish bishop and saint
- Attila Ambrus (* 1967), Hungarian-Romanian ice hockey goalkeeper, fur smuggler, bank robber and writer
- Attila Ara-Kovacs (* 1953), Hungarian philosopher, journalist and politician
- Attila Árvai (* 1974), Hungarian cyclist
- Attila Murat Aydın (1970–2003), German-Turkish graffiti artist, breakdancer, beatboxer and rapper
- Attila Balázs (* 1988), Hungarian tennis player
- Attila Bartis (* 1968), Hungarian writer and photographer
- Attila Bozay (1939–1999), Hungarian composer
- Attila Csampai (* 1949), German musicologist and critic
- Attila Csihar (* 1971), Hungarian singer
- Attila Csörgő (* 1965), Hungarian object artist
- Attila Czebe (* 1975), Hungarian chess grandmaster
- Attila Czene (* 1974), Hungarian swimmer
- Attila Dargay (1927–2009), Hungarian comic artist and film director
- Attila Demko (* 1976), Hungarian diplomat
- Attila Doğudan (* 1959), Austrian restaurateur of Turkish descent
- Attila Egerházi (* 1964), Hungarian ballet dancer and choreographer
- Attila Fenyves (* 1945), Austrian legal scholar
- Attila Filkor (* 1988), Hungarian football player
- Attila Gaál (* 1944), Hungarian archaeologist
- Attila Garay (1931–2013), Hungarian jazz pianist
- Attila Góga (* 1981), Romanian ice hockey player
- Attila Grószpéter (* 1960), Hungarian chess player
- Attila Hazai (1967–2012), Hungarian writer
- Attila Hildmann (* 1981), German-Turkish vegan cook and writer
- Attila Hörbiger (1896–1987), Austrian actor
- Attila Horváth (* 1967), Hungarian discus thrower
- Attila İlhan (1925-2005), Turkish writer
- Attila Imecs (* 1991), Romanian ice hockey player
- Attila József (1905–1937), Hungarian poet
- Attila Kalman (* 1968), Hungarian pianist, choir director and cantor
- Attila Kaposi (* around 1984), Hungarian badminton player
- Attila Kaszás (1960–2007), Hungarian actor and voice actor
- Attila Kelemen (* 1948), Romanian politician
- Attila Kotányi (1924–2003), Hungarian architect and writer
- Attila Kun (* 1949), Romanian football player and coach
- Attila E. Láng (* 1947), Austro-Hungarian theater scholar, dramaturge and director
- Attila Mesterházy (* 1974), Hungarian politician
- Attila Nagy (* 1966), Hungarian badminton player
- Attila Orbán (* 1990), Hungarian ice hockey player
- Attila Petschauer (1904–1943), Hungarian fencer and journalist
- Attila Tököli (* 1976), Hungarian football player
- Attila Zoller (1927–1998), Hungarian jazz musician
- Attila Zsivóczky (* 1977), Hungarian decathlete
stage name
- Attila the Stockbroker (* 1957), British songwriter, musician and poet
- Karsten Brill (* 1970), German artist who embodies the fictional character Attila Dorn , a Romanian singer
- Claus Parge , ring name "Attila" (* 1951), German boxer
additional
- Attila (golden eagle) , lively mascot of Eintracht Frankfurt