Tünde
Tünde is a Hungarian feminine given name, derived from Hungarian tündér meaning "fairy". This name was coined by the Hungarian poet Mihály Vörösmarty in the 19th century in his work Csongor és 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.
June 1 is the Hungarian name day for Tünde.
Tünde is also used for the translation of "elf" in Tolkien's works.
People with the name "Tünde" include:
- Tünde Csonkics chess player, woman grandmaster
- Tünde Frankó opera singer
- Tünde Handó jurist
- Tünde Kiszel model, reporter, tabloid celeb
- Tünde Majsai-Nyilas actress
- Tünde Murányi actress
- Mária Tünde Novák bank robber, author, "the Bonnie Parker of Hungary"
- Tünde Nyilas handball player
- Tünde Semmi-Kis Miss World Hungary winner, stunt double
- Tünde Szabó swimmer, politician
- Tünde [Szabó (athlete)|Tünde Szabó] long-distance runner
- Tünde Vaszi Olympic longjumper
- Tünde Bartha
- Tünde bornemiszaArtist