Jenő

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Jenő is a Hungarian male given name, equivalent to Eugene.^[1] In Austria and Germany the name is often simplified to Jenö (which in Hungarian is a shorter vowel) and pronounced as German umlaut ö. Jenő is also the legendary founder of one of Hungary's original tribes, and the name of that tribe.^[2]

People

Hungarian form Jenő

• Jenő, one of the seven princes after which were named the seven Magyar tribes
• Jenő, Eugene of Savoy, Austrian rescuer of Hungary and national hero
• Jenő Barcsay (1900–1988), Hungarian painter
• Jenő Bódi (born 1963), Hungarian wrestler
• Jenő Brandi (1913–1980), Hungarian water polo player
• Jenő Buzánszky (1925–2015), Hungarian footballer
• Jenő Csaknády (1924–2001), Hungarian footballer and writer
• Jenő Dalnoki (1932–2006),Hungarian footballer
• Jenő Dulovits (1903–1972), Hungarian film cameraman
• Jenő Elefánt (1897/99–1944/45), Transylvanian Hungarian painter
• Jenő Fitz (1921–2011), Hungarian archaeologist and numismatist
• Jenő Fock (1916–2001), Hungarian communist politician
• Jenő Fuchs (1882–1955), Hungarian fencer
• Jenő Gaál (1906–1980), Hungarian composer
• Jenő Gergely (1944–2009), Hungarian historian
• Jenő Hubay (1858–1937), Hungarian violinist und composer
• Jenő Huszka (1875–1960),Hungarian composer
• Jenő Jandó (born 1952), Hungarian pianist
• Jenő Janovics (1872–1945), Hungarian film pioneer
• Jenő Kalmár (1908–1990),Hungarian footballer and trainer
• Jenő Károly (1886–1926), Hungarian footballer and trainer
• Jenő Konrád (1894–1978), Hungarian footballer and trainer
• Jenő Krúdy (1860–1942), Hungarian doctor and amateur astronomer
• Jenő László (1878–1919), Hungarian revolutionary, lawyer and politician
• Jenő Pozsony (1885–1936), Hungarian Transylvanian painter
• Jenő Rejtő (1905–1943), Hungarian writer
• Jenő Takács (1902–2005), Hungarian-Austrian composer and pianist
• Jenő Vécsey (1909–1966), Hungarian composer
• Jenő Vincze (1908–1988), Hungarian footballer and trainer

German form Jenö

• Jenö Bango (born 1934), German sociologist
• Jenö von Egan-Krieger (1886–1965), German officer and politician (DNVP)
• Jenö Eisenberger (born 1925), German-Austrian art collector and businessman
• Jenö Marton (1905–1958), Hungarian-Swiss writer

See also

• Jenő (village), in Fejér county

References

1. ↑ Jenő auf behindthename.com (engl.)
2. ↑ Hungarians and Europe in the Early Middle Ages 1999 Page 351 "There are many instances when two variants of the same title occur. We have seen examples of titles becoming ethnic names above (see p. 273). The tribe name Jeno features as Genah in the above quotation. It was pronounced as Yeneh."