Jenő () is a Hungarian male given name. In Austria and Germany the name is often simplified to Jenö (which in Hungarian is a shorter vowel) and pronounced as German umlaut ö. Jenő is also the legendary founder of one of Hungary's original tribes, and the name of that tribe.Hungarians and Europe in the Early Middle Ages 1999 Page 351 "There are many instances when two variants of the same title occur. We have seen examples of titles becoming ethnic names above (see p. 273). The tribe name Jeno features as Genah in the above quotation. It was pronounced as Yeneh."

Since the 19th century it became a variant of Eugene.Jenő, at behindthename.com Notable people with the name include:

Hungarian form, Jenő Jenő, one of the seven princes after which were named the seven Magyar tribes Jenő, Eugene of Savoy, Austrian rescuer of Hungary and national hero Jenő Ábrahám (1903–1973), Hungarian and Yugoslav international football player Jenő Barcsay (1900–1988), Hungarian painter Jenő Bódi (born 1963), Hungarian wrestler Jenő Bory (1879–1959), Hungarian architect and sculptor Jenő Brandi (1913–1980), Hungarian water polo player Jenő Buzánszky (1925–2015), Hungarian footballer Jenő Csaknády (1924–2001), Hungarian footballer and writer Jenő Csepreghy (1912–1978), Hungarian film director Jenő Dalnoki (1932–2006), Hungarian footballer Jenő Danis (1886–1963), Hungarian actor (1903–1972), Hungarian cinematographer (1897/99–1944/45), Transylvanian Hungarian painter (1921–2011), Hungarian archaeologist and numismatist Jenő Fock (1916–2001), Hungarian communist politician Jenő Fuchs (1882–1955), Hungarian Olympic champion fencer (1906–1980), Hungarian composer (1944–2009), Hungarian historian Jenő Gerő (Gerő Jenő), birth name of Jenő Hámori (economist), Hungarian economist Jenő Hámori (fencer) (1933–2025), Hungarian fencer Jenő Hubay (1858–1937), Hungarian violinist und composer Jenő Huszka (1875–1960), Hungarian composer Jenő Jandó (1952–2023), Hungarian pianist Jenő Janovics (1872–1945), Hungarian film pioneer Jenő Kalmár (1908–1990), Hungarian footballer and trainer Jenő Károly (1886–1926), Hungarian footballer and trainer Jenő Konrád (1894–1978), Hungarian footballer and trainer (1860–1942), Hungarian doctor and amateur astronomer (1878–1919), Hungarian revolutionary, lawyer and politician

Jenő Pataky (1914–1996), Hungarian actor (1885–1936), Hungarian Transylvanian painter Jenő Rejtő (1905–1943), Hungarian writer Jenő Takács (1902–2005), Hungarian-Austrian composer and pianist (1909–1966), Hungarian composer Jenő Vincze (1908–1988), Hungarian footballer and trainer

German form, Jenö

(born 1934), German sociologist (1886–1965), German officer and politician (DNVP) (1922–2016), German-Austrian art collector and businessman (1905–1958), Hungarian-Swiss writer

See also

Jenő (village), in Fejér county

References