Berény

Berény is an old Hungarian male given name of Turkic origin,[1] meaning benefactor or tax collector.[2] It derived from the name of a Kabar tribe, who joined the conquering Hungarians in the 9th century.[1] According to Lajos Kiss it is related to the (plural) Berendey tribe, with its singular form *berendi meaning "surrendered".

This article is about a given name. For the Romanian place known in Hungarian as Berény, see Beriu. For other uses, see Berényi (disambiguation).
Berény
Language(s)Hungarian
Origin
Meaningtax collector

References
  1. János Ladó - Ágnes Bíró: Magyar utónévkönyv ("Book of Hungarian given names"), Vince Kiadó, Budapest, 2005, ISBN 963-9069-72-8
  2. "Berény". Magyar Keresztnevek Tára (Repertory of the Hungarian given names). Retrieved 7 March 2014.
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