Attila is a popular masculine name in Central-Eastern Europe (primarily Hungary, Bulgaria and Chuvashia) and in Western Asia and South-Eastern Europe (primarily Turkey and Bulgaria). Another version of Attila in Hungary is Etele, the female equivalent of which is Etelka. Another version of Attila used in Turkish is Atilla. Etymology It has been traditionally claimed that the name Attila is formed from Gothic atta, meaning "father", through the diminutive suffix -ila, the "little father". Related names are not uncommon among Germanic peoples of the period, i. e. Ætla, Bishop of Dorchester. The Gothic etymology was proposed by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm in the early 19th century. Tom Shippey argued that the Gothic etymology is a product of 19th century Germanic romantic philological revisionism. Otto Maenchen-Helfen, who considered Gothic etymology, noted that Hunnic names were "not the true names of the Hun princes and lords. What we have are Hunnic names in Germanic dress, modified to fit the Gothic tongue, or popular Gothic etymologies, or both". Hyun Jin Kim noted Attila has more natural and probable Turkic etymology. Omeljan Pritsak considered ̕Άττίλα (Attila) a composite title-name which derived from Turkic *es (great, old), and *t il (sea, ocean), and the suffix /a/. The stressed back syllabic til assimilated the front member es, so it became *as. It is a nominative, in form of attíl- (< *etsíl < *es tíl) with the meaning "the oceanic, universal ruler". Peter Golden, citing Pritsak, like László Rásonyi connected Attila's name with a note by Menander in which the term Attilan was used as the name of the Volga River (Turkic Atil/Itil; "great river"). J.J. Mikkola connected it with Turkic āt (name, fame). Gerd Althoff considered it was related to Turkish atli (horseman, cavalier), or Turkish at (horse) and dil (tongue). Given name Attila (died 453), ruler of the Huns Saint Attila (937-1007), Aragonese bishop Atilla Altıkat (died 1982), Turkish diplomat Attila Ábrahám (born 1967), Hungarian sprint canoeist Attila Ambrus (born 1967), Hungarian bank robber Attila Aşkar (born 1943), Turkish mathematician and president of Koç University Attila Balázs (born 1989), Hungarian tennis player Attila Barcza (born 1985). Hungarian politician Attila Szalai (born 1998), Hungarian footballer Attila Böjte (born 1976), Hungarian footballer Áttila de Carvalho (born 1910), known as Áttila, Brazilian international footballer Attila Csihar (born 1971), Hungarian musician Attila Csipler (1939–1996), Romanian fencer Attila Cseke (born 1973), Hungarian politician in Romania Attila Czene (born 1974),