Eötvös Explained

Eötvös is an old spelling of the Hungarian word ötvös, meaning "gold- and silversmith".

Family name

Eötvös
Pronunciation:	in Hungarian ˈøtvøʃ/
Meaning:	silversmith, goldsmith, etc.
Region:	Hungarian-speaking area (primary Hungary)
Language origin:	Hungarian
Variant:	Faber, Fabri, Fabricius; Goldschmidt (de\|[[Goldschmied]]), Silberschmidt; pl\|[[Złotnik]], Zlotnik (e.g. Asher Zlotnik); he\|צורף tzôrēf, e.g. Joshua Heschel Zoref, Amir Tzoref (he), etc.

Eötvös can refer to one of several Hungarian people:

Ignác Eötvös (1763–1838), Hungarian politician
József Eötvös (1813–1871), Hungarian statesman and author
Loránd Eötvös (1848–1919), Hungarian physicist
Zoltán Eötvös (1891–1936), Hungarian speed skater
Péter Eötvös (1944–2024), Hungarian composer and conductor
József Eötvös (musician) (born 1962) Hungarian guitar player

Ötvös

Fülöp Ö. Beck (hu|Beck Ötvös Fülöp|links=no; 1873–1945), Hungarian sculptor, medal maker

Otvos

A. Dorian Otvos (1893–1945), American writer and composer
Jim Otvos, academician

Other

Eötvös can also refers to several concepts and a place, all named for Loránd Eötvös:

an eotvos (unit), a unit of gravitational gradient
the Eötvös effect, a concept in geodesy
the Eötvös experiment, an experiment determining the correlation between gravitational and inertial mass
the Eötvös number, a concept in fluid dynamics
the Eötvös (crater) on the Moon
the Eötvös rule for predicting surface tension dependent on temperature

See also

List of titled noble families in the Kingdom of Hungary