Attila

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Gender Masculine
Usage History, Hungarian, Turkish
Pronounced Pron. ə-TIL-ə(English) AW-teel-law(Hungarian)
Note In Turkish this name is written with a dotted İ. It appears as ATTİLA in uppercase and attila in lowercase.

Meaning & History

Probably means "little father" from Gothic atta "father" combined with a diminutive suffix. This was the name of a 5th-century leader of the Huns, a nomadic people from Central Asia who had expanded into Eastern Europe by the 4th century. Attila was likely the name given to him by his Gothic-speaking subjects in Eastern Europe; his real name may have been Avitohol.