Given name
Szilárd
“solid, firm”
Szilárd is a masculine given name. It is used in Hungarian.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Szilárd goes back to a word meaning “solid, firm.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
The name draws on Hungarian szilárd, meaning “firm, steadfast”.
Szilárd’s family of names
In Hungarian usage, Szilárd has a diminutive in Szili. In Hungarian usage, Szilárd has a conventional equivalent in the German form Konstantin. In Hungarian usage, Szilárd has a conventional equivalent in the English form Constantine.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Szilárd has relatives in 4 languages.
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Nicknames & forms 3
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 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Szilárd
- Szilárd NémethSlovak association football playerborn 1977
- Szilárd BogdánffyRoman Catholic bishop (1911-1953)
- Szilárd KeresztesHungarian bishop1932–2025
- Szilárd KunOlympic sport shooter (1935-1987)
- Szilárd JansikHungarian water polo playerborn 1994
- Szilárd BorbélyHungarian writer (1963–2014)
- Szilárd VereșRomanian association football playerborn 1996
- Szilárd Zielinskiarchitect (1860–1924)
- Szilárd Devecseriassociation football playerborn 1990
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