Choice of three Hungarian boys names...

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My partner is Hungarian, so we'd like to give our little boy a simple to pronounce Hungarian first name (with my English surname).

We're down to three choices and I'd love to hear other's thoughts. They are Levente, Lehel and Kende.

We're really struggling to choose a favourite. I'm haven't been able to find a name I really love (including English names) and he's a week old already!

Im not familiar with the pronunciations of the names

Ken-day or Ken-dah?
Leven-tay? Or Lev-ent?
Lay-hell?

How are they pronounced?

They're pronounced Kend-eh, Le-hell and Leven-tay 😊

Leventel is likely to be the easiest to use day to day.

My Hungarian friend is called Peter ... that works well in both?

I think Kende seems the best out of those and the easiest to pronounce although there will still likely be some issues.

I like Levente

Levente. Shortened to Lev perhaps ?

Out of the three probably Kende with nickname Ken? I also quite like Gabor

Kende, by a mile.

I think Lehel is the least attractive of the three.

Levente is a nice sound but is it a car? Or is that a Levante?

Kende is quite a nice sound.

None of them are names I've heard before.

Matyas, Dominik, Daniel, Laszlo, Marcell, Adam... Any of these appeal? These would all be more obvious to pronounce in my view. I don't think your list is particularly easy to pronounce for most English speakers.

Congratulations on your baby boy 🙂

Levente

i love nn Lev

Of the 3, Levente. But have you considered Lazlo?

Levente is lovely.

Keve is simple and easy to pronounce; name of a good Hungarian friend.
Otherwise, Kende would be my pick of the 3 choices.

Kende.
Sounds lovely. Could be Kenny for a nickname too

Levente is lovely. The others are ok too.

Congrats on your baby 👶🏼

Wow if you hadn't told me those were Hungarian names I would have had trouble guessing where they originated!

I think Kende is best of those three but all of them are likely to be constantly pronounced wrongly - you might get people saying it as "Kend" to rhyme with send, or "Ken-day" like Kente cloth from Ghana.

If you asked me for a Hungarian boys name that worked and would be more recognisable to native English speakers I'd suggest Zoltan, Sandor, Lazlo, Bela or Biblical names, Mark, Josef, Tamas, Andras.

I like Levente, don’t mind Kende, I don’t like Lehel (but then, ‘Hell’ is also part of my name) 😖

Kende.
Congratulations!

I vote levente. Lev or Levs is a great shortening. Congratulations!

Lev is lovely, so I vote for Levente

My parents chose English names for us as this is where we live and they had no intentions of going back home.

My brother is Leslie (Laci, Lacika, László)

The names you list I’ve not heard of myself, but names change over the years.
Péter is a safe bet. Zoli (Zoltán), Attila, Ádám, Daniel.

Yes this, lovely

Adam, Dominik, Tamas

There are so many cool Hungarian names, but you don't seem to have chosen any of them!
None of those three are easy for someone new to them to pronounce. Kende is probably closest, but he's still get Kend, Kenduh and Kenday