Tünde
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Tünde is a Hungarian
Hungarian language
Hungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....

 feminine given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...

. Derived from Hungarian tündér meaning "fairy". This name was created by the Hungarian poet Mihály Vörösmarty
Mihály Vörösmarty
Mihály Vörösmarty was an important Hungarian poet and dramatist.He was born at Puszta-Nyék , of a noble Roman Catholic family. His father was a steward of the Nádasdys. Mihály was educated at Székesfehérvár by the Cistercians and at Pest by the Piarists...

 in the 19th century in his work Csongor és Tünde (Csongor and Tünde).
“With Csongor and Tünde, Vörösmarty has given new life to the fairy-tale forest whose last visitor was Shakespeare. Moving on Vörösmarty’s stage are fairies, imps, witches and cosmic deities. This fairy world naturally performs its dance on the poet’s magic carpet of language.” (Antal Szerb)


June 1 is the Hungarian name day
Name days in Hungary
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 for "Tünde".

People with the name "Tünde" include:
  • Tünde Vaszi
    Tünde Vaszi
    Tünde Vaszi is a retired Hungarian long jumper. Her greatest success so far is the bronze medal at the 2002 European Championships in Athletics, and her personal best is 6.86 metres from when she placed fourth at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton.She lived in Carei/Nagykároly, Romania till...

    (b. 1972), Hungarian, Olympic longjumper
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