Funny Hungarian town names

A few years ago blikk.hu collected some of the weirdest and funniest Hungarian town names. We were inspired to look for some more and collected the ones that could be translated into English and still sound funny. Enjoy!

Lánycsók (Girl kiss)

The place can be found near Mohács. There are some legends connected to the name of the village. According to the most frequently told one there once lived three sisters who inherited the region. They either had an argument about their inheritance or one sister mocked the other one, so they didn’t talk for a long time. In the end they made up with each other and kissed each other there.

Baj (Trouble)

Baj lies near Tata, at the bottom of the Gerecse Mountains. The origin of its name is not that funny but still interesting. It comes from the Old Turkish ‘baj’ common noun that means abundant, wealthy.

Bugyi (Panty)

You can imagine the laughter when someone hears the name of this place for the first time. It can be found in Pest County and its name originates from the Slavic personal name ‘Budiszláv’, ‘Budivoj’ and its short form ‘Bud’. It was first mentioned in 1320 as ‘Budymatheusfelde’, the land of Máté Bugyi.

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Beled (Your bowel)

This town can be found in Győr-Moson-Sopron County and it got its weird name after its medieval owners after the name ‘Belud’ which was a common name in the Osl nationality.

Pornóapáti (Pornapáti)

The village lies 16 kilometres from Szombathely, near the Austrian border, not far from the Pornó watercourse. In the name of the town ‘Pornó’ (Porn) comes from a German settler and ‘apáti’ refers to the famous abbey (apátság in Hungarian).

Heréd (Your testicle)

It can be found in Heves County; its name was first mentioned in 1281 as Hereyd. The most notable owners of the village were the Podmaniczky barons. Its inhabitants are Palóc people who guard their traditions in their clothing, language and habits.

Béb (Babe)

This place is one of Veszprém County’s prides which was ruled by the Béby and Cseszneky family in the middle ages. Saying that you are from Béb sounds very funny in Hungarian, because you are essentially saying that you are a babe (bébi).