Arpád

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Arpád is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Hungary than in any other country, where it is the 69th most common given name. Recorded meaning: Derived from Hungarian Árpád.

rarermore common
  • HUHungary1 in 475(measured from records)
  • RORomania≈1 in 7.8K
  • SKSlovakia≈1 in 11K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Hungary (measured from records)

20,564 people, 2025

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
164 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 475 (inferred from the name graph)

Hungary

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ArpádLatin(measured from records)
АрпадCyrillic(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Arpad in HU Hungary, RO Romania, DE Germany and 2 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derived from Hungarian Árpád.

Sources 1

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Arpád counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Arpád is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
HU Hungary#6920,5641 in 47521KArpad142
RO Romania#352≈2,700 est.≈1 in 7.8K—Arpad53
DE Germany—≈880 est.≈1 in 91K—Arpad87
RS Serbia#687≈740 est.≈1 in 9.4KlistedArpad28
CZ Czechia—6001 in 18K600Arpad29
SK Slovakia#224≈520 est.≈1 in 11K—Arpád41

20,564 people counted by Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025), 2025, counting the spelling árpád. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025); MVČR — living population register 2017. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Arpád is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Árpad, Árpád, Árpàd, Arpad

  • Croatian given name17 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Ukraine

    Languages: Croatian, Serbian, Bulgarian

    Also written Arpad, Арпад, Árpád, Árpad, Arpàd

  • Italian given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, United States

    Also written Arpad, Árpád, Ãrpad

5 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

500100015002000Arpad, b. 845Árpád Tóth, b. 1886René Spitz, b. 1887Árpád Szakasits, b. 1888Arpad Elo, b. 1903Árpád Göncz, b. 1922Gábor A. Somorjai, b. 1935Frank Darabont, b. 1959Árpád Miklós, b. 1967Attila Szalai, b. 1998
  • Arpadb. 845Grand Prince of the Hungarians
  • Árpád Tóthb. 1886HUHungarian poet (1886–1928)
  • René Spitzb. 1887ATnot in their usual nameAustrian-American psychoanalyst
  • Árpád Szakasitsb. 1888HUHungarian politician (1888-1965)
  • Arpad Elob. 1903USHungarian American physicists, developer of the Elo rating
  • Árpád Gönczb. 1922HUHungarian politician, writer, translator, President of Hungary (1922-2015)
  • Gábor A. Somorjaib. 1935USnot in their usual nameAmerican chemist
  • Frank Darabontb. 1959USnot in their usual nameAmerican film director, screenwriter and producer
  • Árpád Miklósb. 1967HUHungarian pornographic actor
  • Attila Szalaib. 1998HUnot in their usual nameHungarian association football player (born 1998)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 6 sources across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Arpád
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—600#599
CZ Czechianaše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot—300#672

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Arpád mean, and where does it come from?
Derived from Hungarian Árpád. Recorded by Wiktionary.
Is Arpád a male or female name?
Arpád is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Arpád have the most bearers?
In Hungary, the national register counted about 21 thousand people named Arpád, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled arpad.
Where is Arpád most common?
Arpád is densest in Hungary, where the national register counts about 1 in 475 people carrying it.
How common is the name Arpád?
In Hungary, the national register counted 20,564 people named Arpád in 2025, about 1 in 475 residents.
How common is Arpád compared with other names?
In Hungary, Arpád is the 69th most common given name of 18,528 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Arpád” — the 69th most common given name in Hungary. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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