Given name & surname

Pista

Pista is a masculine given name. It is used in Hungarian.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Pista is a diminutive of István. István comes from Ancient Greek.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Pista’s family of names

In Hungarian usage, Pista is a diminutive of István. In Hungarian usage, Pista has a conventional naming counterpart in the English form Steve. In Hungarian usage, Pista has a conventional equivalent in the German form Stephan.

Walk Pista’s family in the name graph

PistaΠίσταIstvánSteveStephan

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Pista has relatives in 4 languages.

4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

See also 5

Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.

People named Pista

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