Botond

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Botond is an old Hungarian first name and family name.

It is believed that the meaning of the word comes from the Hungarian staff or stick (bot). A bot is likely to mean a staff weapon, spear or some kind of club. Botond therefore simply means the spear-bearer . Botos developed from this in modern Hungarian.

In the Botond epic, Anonymus mentions this name in his Gesta Hungarorum . The Turks (Magyars) who moved against Byzantium reached the city gates. Once there, the small Botond smashed the golden gate of the capital with his club. Furthermore, he fought with a Greek giant and defeated him.

Name bearer

First names

• Botond Flinta (* 1987), Romanian ice hockey player
• Botond von Gaal (* 1961), German actor, director and voice actor
• Botond (artist) (* 1949; † 2010), German-Hungarian visual artist
• Botond Roska (* 1969), Hungarian neuroscientist

family name

• Anneliese Botond (1922–2006), German publisher and translator
• Antal Botond (* 1991), Hungarian football goalkeeper
• György Botond-Bolics (1913–1975), Hungarian author