Etel

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Feminine form of ETELE.

ETELE   male   Hungarian (Rare)
Probably a Hungarian form of ETZEL.
ETZEL   male   Germanic Mythology
Form of ATTILA used in the medieval German saga the 'Nibelungenlied'. In the story Etzel is a fictional version of Attila the Hun.
ATTILA   male   History, Hungarian
Possibly 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 the name given to him by his Gothic-speaking subjects in Eastern Europe; his real name may have been Avithohol.
FULL FORMS
HUNGARIAN: Etelka
MASCULINE FORMS
GERMANIC MYTHOLOGY: Etzel
HISTORY: Attila
HUNGARIAN: Attila, Etele
TURKISH: Atila, Atilla, Attila
VARIOUS: Edsel