Etelka or Etelke is a Hungarian given name. It is the female equivalent of Etele, a variant of

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. It may have originated as the name of the title character in the 1788 novel ' by . It is sometimes translated into English as

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Etelka Barsi-Pataky Etelka Barsi-Pataky (15 September 1941, Budapest – 4 February 2018) was a Hungarian politician. From 2004 to 2009, she was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) with Fidesz, part of the European People's Party. She sat on the European Pa ...

(1941–2018), Hungarian politician *

Etelka Freund Etelka Freund (1879 – 27 May 1977) was a Hungarian pianist. A disciple of Ferruccio Busoni, she played regularly for Johannes Brahms during her training years. An international career, throughout which she was an early exponent of Béla Bar ...

(1879–1977), Hungarian pianist *

Etelka Gerster Etelka Gerster (25 June 1855, Košice20 August 1920, Pontecchio) was a Hungarian soprano. She studied with Mathilde Marchesi at the Vienna Conservatory, and made her debut at the La Fenice in Venice with great success as Gilda in Verdi's ''Rigo ...

(1855–1920), Hungarian soprano *

Etelka Kenéz Heka Etelka Kenéz Heka () (26 October 1936 – 5 May 2024), sometimes Etelka Heka () was a Hungarian writer, poet and singer. Life and career Kenéz Heka was born on 26 October 1936 in Gajić (), Yugoslavia but she was raised at Zmajevac (). She g ...

(1936–2024), Hungarian writer and singer *

Etelka Keserű Etelka Keserű (née ''Bérci''; 26 August 1925 – 1 April 2018) was a Hungarian economist and politician, who served as Minister of Light Industry between 1971 and 1980. Career She started her political and economic career in 1950. She was a ...

(1925–2018), Hungarian economist and politician *

Etelka Kispál Etelka Kispál (born 25 January 1941) is a Hungarian sprinter. She competed in the women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad () and officially ...

(born 1941), Hungarian Olympic sprinter * Etelka A. Leadlay (born 1947), British botanist *

Etelka Szapáry Countess Etelka (Adelhaid) Szapáry de Szapár, Muraszombat et Széchy-Sziget (26 September 1798 – 10 November 1876) was a Hungarian noblewoman and a landowner. Early life Born as a member of an old noble House of Szapáry, she was the seco ...

(1798–1876), Hungarian noble

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