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Piroska
Gender	feminine
Language(s)	Hungarian
Origin
Language(s)	Latin
Derivation	Piri
Meaning	"ancient"
Other names
Nickname(s)	Piri
Anglicisation(s)	Priscilla
Derived	Prisca
Related names	Piros

Piroska is a Hungarian feminine given name. Derived from the Latin name Prisca ("ancient"), the Hungarian form of the name originally appeared as Piriska, later developing into Piroska. This change was likely due to Piriska's similarity to the Hungarian name — and color — Piros ('red').^[1]

The name is on the official list of Hungarian names managed by the Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.^[2] Its diminutive form, or nickname, Piri,^[2] has developed into a standalone name.^[1]

The name day for Piroska and Piri is January 18.

Notable Piroskas and Piris

Given name

Piroska Abos, Spanish cross-country skier
Piroska Budai, Hungarian handball player
Piroska Csontos, Hungarian Paralympic athlete
Piroska Jancsó-Ladányi, Hungarian serial killer
Gabriella Piroska Mészáros, Hungarian pornographic actress
Piroska Molnár, Hungarian actress
Piroska Oszoli, Hungarian painter
Piroska Reichard, Hungarian-Jewish poet, critic, and translator
Piroska Szamoránsky, Hungarian handball player
Piroska Szekrényessy, Hungarian pair skater
Saint Piroska, renamed Irene, daughter of King László I, wife of John II Komnenos
Piri Vaszary, Hungarian actress

Surname

Attila Piroska, Romanian football midfielder
József Piroska, Hungarian alpine skier
Juraj Piroska, Slovak football midfielder

The name Piroska in popular culture

Piroska Rozgonyi in János Arany's narrative poem Toldi szerelme
Hungarian name for Little Red Riding Hood

References

^ ^a ^b Ladó, János; Bíró, Ágnes (2005). Magyar utónévkönyv [Hungarian given names] (in Hungarian). Budapest: Vince Kiadó. p. 228. ISBN 963 9069 72 8.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Az MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézete által anyakönyvi bejegyzésre alkalmasnak minősített utónevek jegyzéke" (in Hungarian). Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. May 2017. Retrieved May 4, 2017.

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