The Beauty of Names

Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, who was born Tassilo Origin: German Gender: Male Meaning: "Glittering as the day" Pronunciation: tah-zee-LOW Other Forms: Thassilo,  Tasziló,  Tassilon, Tasso, Tazzo, Taginbert, Dagobert A fascinating German name with ancient roots, used by royals, a figure-skater, and even a chess-master. Tassilo is a diminutive of Tasso or Tazzo, which is also diminutive in itself for Taginbert, a name of West German origin. It comes from the Germanic elements tag , or "day", and beraht , "glittering". More poetically put it means "glittering as the day". Another related name is the Frankish Dagobert. The first Tassilo in record is Tassilo I of Bavaria, sometimes called Tassilon, who lived from 560 to his death in 610. Tassilo is also used among Hungarians, but usually spelled  Tasziló, as is the case with Prince  Tasziló Festetics de Tolna. Tassilo Thierbach and Sabine Baeß, 1979 Prince Friedrich Karl of Prus...

Géraldine of Albania Queen  Géraldine of Albania was born Countess  Géraldine Margit Virginia Olga  Mária Apponyi de Nagy-Appony to Count Gyula Apponyi de Nagy-Appony   and Gladys Virginia Stewart , an American woman from Virginia. She married King Zog I of Albania , who was born Ahmet Muhtar Zogolli. They had one child: Leka, " Leka, Crown Prince of Albania "; at birth he was called Prince Skander

Jolie is seated in the front and from l-r is Magda, Zsa Zsa, and Eva. Known as much for their beauty and style as for their multiple marriages, the three Gabor sisters, all actresses and socialites in their own rights, were an interesting bunch. Born in Hungary to  Vilmos Gábor, a soldier, and Janka "Jolie" Tillman, her nickname being the French word for "pretty", though she purported her name was Jancsi, a name for boys', saying that it was because her parents were so eager to have one. Jolie was born to a Jewish couple from Galicia, and owned a jewelry shop called "The Diamond House". She had two older sisters, Zseni "Janette", and Dora, along with a younger sister Rozalie "Rozsika", and a younger brother Sebastian. Jolie eventually divorced  Vilmos  and would go on to marry twice more. They narrowly escaped Hungary in WWII. The Gabor sisters are: Magdolna "Magda" -  Magda, the eldest and least known of the sis...

Archduke Georg of Austria and Duchess Eilika of Oldenburg Duchess Eilika of Oldenburg was born Eilika Helene Jutta Clementine to Duke Johann of Oldenburg and Countess Ilka of Ortenburg . She married Archduke Georg of Austria or Georg von Habsburg-Lothringen , who was born Paul Georg Maria Joseph Dominikus. Their children are: Zsófia Mária Tatjána Mónika Erzsébet Katalin, " Archduchess Zsófia of Austria " Ildikó Mária Walburga, " Archduchess Ildikó of Austria " Károly-Konstantin Mihály István Mária, " Archduke Károly-Konstantin of Austria "

Team Hungary Men : Viktor Knoch Konrad Nagy Milan Szabo Norbert Farkas Bence Beres Sandor Liu Shaolin Karoly Gombos Women : Agnes Simon Edit Miklos Szandra Lajtos Rozsa Darazs Zsofia Konya Anna Berecz Bernadett Heidum Andrea Keszler Emoke Szocs

Hungarian stamp from 1959 These are the top names for Hungary in 2012. Girls: 1. Hanna 2. Anna 3. Jázmin 4. Nóra 5. Boglárka 6. Zsófia 7. Lili 8. Réka 9. Dóra 10. Luca Boys: 1. Bence 2. Máté 3. Levente 4. Ádám 5. Dávid 6.  Balázs 7. Dominic 8.  Péter 9. Gergő 10. Milán