Imre

Imre is a Hungarian masculine first name, which is also in Estonian use. The origin of the name is not clear. Some argue that it derived from the Gothic Amalareiks, or from the High German Emmerich whose Latinized version is Emericus, or from the Turkish emir (leader), or Emre, a traditional Turkic given name.
Bearers of the name include the following (who generally held Hungarian nationality, unless otherwise noted):
Imre Ámos (1907–1944/45), painter
Imre Antal (1935–2008), pianist
Imre Bajor (1957—2014), actor
Imre Bródy (1891–1944), physicist
Imre Bujdosó (b. 1959), Olympic fencer
Imre Csáky (cardinal) (1672–1732), Roman Catholic cardinal
Imre Csermelyi (b. 1988), football player
Imre Cseszneky (1804–?), agriculturist and patriot
Imre Csiszár (b. 1938), mathematician
Imre Csösz (b. 1969), Olympic judoka
Imre Czomba (b. 1972), Composer and musician
Imre Deme (b. 1983), football player
Imre Erdődy (1889–1973), Olympic gymnast
Imre Farkas, 19th century musician
Imre Farkas (b. 1935), Olympic canoeist
Imre Finta (1911–2003), indicted war criminal
Imre Földi, Olympic weightlifter
Imre Friedmann (1921–2007), biologist
Imre Frivaldszky (1799–1870), botanist and entomologist
Imre Garaba (b. 1958), football player
Imre Gedővári (b. 1951), Olympic fencer
Imre Gellért (1888–1981), Olympic gymnast
Imre Gyöngyössy (1930–1994), film director and screenwriter
Imre Harangi (1913–1979), Olympic boxer
Imre Hirka (1966–), Russian Hacker
Imre Hódos (1928–1989), Olympic wrestler
Imre Hollai (b. 1925), diplomat, President of the United Nations General Assembly
Imre Jenei (b. 1937), Romanian (Hungarian ethnic) football player and coach
Imre Kálmán (1882–1953), operetta composer
Imre Kertész (1929–2016), author and winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Literature
Imre König (1899–1992), chess master
Imre Komora (b. 1940), football player
Imre Lakatos (1922–1974), philosopher of mathematics and science
Imre Leader, British mathematician
Imre Madách (1823–1864), writer, poet, lawyer and politician
Imre Makovecz (b. 1935), architect
Imre Mándi (1916–1945), Olympic boxer
Imre Mudin (1887–1918), Olympic track and field athlete
Imre Nagy (1896–1958), politician, twice Prime Minister of Hungary, key figure of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956
Imre Nagy (b. 1933), Olympic pentathlete
Imre Németh (1917–1989), Olympic hammer thrower
Imre of Hungary (ca. 1000-1007–1031), prince and Roman Catholic saint
Imre of Hungary (1174–1204), King of Hungary
Imre Páli (1909–?), Olympic handballer
Imre Polyák (b. 1932), Olympic wrestler
Imre Pozsgay (b. 1933), reform Communist politician
Imre Pulai (b. 1967), Olympic canoer
Imre Rapp (b. 1937), football player
Imre Salusinszky (b. 1955), Australian newspaper columnist
Imre Schlosser (1889–1959), football player
Imre Senkey (1898–?), football player and manager
Imre Steindl (1839–1902), architect
Imre Szabics (b. 1981), football player
Imre Szekeres (b. 1950), politician and Minister of Defence
Imre Szellő (b. 1983), Olympic boxer
Imre Szentpály (1904–1987), Olympic polo player
Imre Thököly (1657–1705), statesman, leader of an anti-Habsburg uprising, Prince of Transylvania
Imre Tóth (b. 1985), Grand Prix motorcycle racer
Imre Varadi (b. 1959), English football player
Imre Weisshaus (1905–1987), pianist
Imre Zachár (1890–1954), Olympic water polo player and swimmer
Imre Zámbó (1958–2001), pop singer by the name of Jimmy Zámbó

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Variant of Emeric/Emmerich. Combine of ermen (whole, universal) and ric (power).

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Imre Kertész	1929	Hungarian writer
2	Imre Lakatos	1922	Hungarian mathematician, philosopher
3	Imre Olvasztó	1966
4	Imre Thököly	1657	Ruler of Transylvania
5	Imre Varadi	1959	English footballer and manager
6	Géza Imre	1974	Hungarian fencer
7	Imre Makovecz	1935	Hungarian architect
8	Imre Para-Kovács	1965	Hungarian writer, journalist and editor
9	Imre Schlosser	1889	Hungarian association football player
10	Imre Leader	1963	British mathematician
11	Imre Szabics	1981	Hungarian association football player
12	Imre Rakonczai	1972
13	Imre Pozsgay	1933	Hungarian politician
14	Imre Földi	1938	Hungarian weightlifter
15	Imre Finta	1911	Hungarian Nazi collaborator
16	Imre Bukta	1952
17	Imre Madách	1823	Hungarian writer
18	Imre Montágh	1935	Teacher
19	Imre Csiszár	1938	Hungarian mathematician
20	Imre Steindl	1839	Architect
21	Imre Vadkerti	1976	Hungarian actor
22	Imre Vallyon	1940	New Zealand writer
23	Imre Zsoldos	1919
24	Imre Harmath	1961	Hungarian actor
25	Imre Bogár		Hungarian outlaw
26	Imre Varga	1923	Hungarian artist, sculptor
27	Imre Frivaldszky	1799	Hungarian scientist
28	Imre Farkaszinski	1924	Hungarian association football manager
29	Imre Garaba	1958	Hungarian footballer
30	Imre Salusinszky	1955	Australian conservative columnist and English literature academic
31	Imre Galambos		Scholar of medieval Chinese and Tangut manuscripts
32	İmre Barmanbek
33	Imre Hollai	1925	Hungarian politician
34	Imre Sooäär	1969	Member of the Estonian Parlement
35	Imre Grimm	1973	German writer
36	Imre Ámos	1907	Hungarian artist
37	Tibor Imre Baranyi	1967
38	Imre Bródy	1891	Hungarian physicist
39	Imre Bárány	1947	Hungarian mathematician
40	Imre Zichy	1909	Hungarian tennis player
41	Emmerich Bekessy	1887	Hungarian publisher
42	Imre Szerencsés
43	Imre Bajor	1957	Hungarian actor and comedian
44	Imre Szabó Stein	1966	Hungarian communications director, writer, literary translator
45	Imre Antal	1935	Hungarian pianist, performer
46	Imre Sinkovits	1928	Hungarian actor
47	Imre Z. Ruzsa	1953	Hungarian mathematician
48	Imre Simon	1943	Brazilian mathematician
49	Imre Budavári	1956
50	Imre Senkey	1898	Hungarian association football player and association football coach
51	Imre Harangi	1913	Boxer
52	Imre Komora	1940	Association football player
53	Imre Markos	1908	Hungarian footballer
54	Imre Bezerédj	1679
55	Imre Kovács	1913	Politician
56	Peter Imre	1962	Romanian businessman
57	Imre Festetics	1764	Hungarian scientist
58	Imre Menyhay	1931	Economist
59	Imre Dimény	1922	Hungarian politician
60	Imre Mikó	1805	Hungarian politician and academic
61	Imre Poniklo	1974	Hungarian musician
62	Imre Boros	1947	Hungarian politician
63	Imre Reiner	1900	Swiss graphic designer and artist
64	Imre Polyák	1932	Olympic wrestler
65	Imre Gellei	1950	Hungarian association football player and association football coach
66	Imre Siil	1957
67	Imre Szekeres	1950	Hungarian politician
68	Imre Pulai	1967	Canoeist and luger
69	Imre Friedmann	1921	American biologist
70	Imre Bujdosó	1959	Hungarian fencer
71	Imre Soós	1930	Hungarian actor
72	Imre Boda	1961	Association football player
73	Imre Szellő	1983	Hungarian boxer
74	Imre Gedővári	1951	Hungarian fencer
75	Imre Posta
76	Imre Czomba	1972	Music composer
77	Imre Török	1949	Poet
78	Imre Mécs	1933	Hungarian politician
79	Imre Zachár	1890	Hungarian water polo player/swimmer
80	Imre Thurzó	1598	Hungarian noble
81	Imre Kose
82	Emeric Imre	1965	Romanian musician
83	Imre König	1901	Hungarian chess player
84	Imre Balog	1991	Hungarian chess grandmaster
85	Imre Ungár	1909	Pianist
86	Imre Barna	1951
87	Imre Sipos	1970	Hungarian actor
88	Imre Schrammel	1933	Hungarian sculptor
89	Imre Csáky	1882	Hungarian politician
90	Imre Gellért	1888	Gymnast
91	Imre Forgács	1949	Hungarian politician
92	Imre Rajczy	1911	Fencer
93	Imre Gyöngyössy	1930	Hungarian filmmaker
94	Imre Dögei	1912	Hungarian politician
95	Imre Bedő	1973
96	Imre Benkő	1943
97	Imre Perli	1973
98	Imre Deme	1983	Footballer
99	Imre Kaas
100	Imre Hercz	1929	Norwegian physician
101	Imre Rapp	1937	Association football player
102	Imre Horváth	1901	Hungarian politician
103	Imre Ráday	1905	Hungarian actor
104	Imre Mathesz	1937	Hungarian footballer
105	Imre Nyéki	1928	Swimmer
106	Felix Imre	1917	Austrian subworker of a tailor, executed by the Nazi regime
107	Joseph Imre	1981	Canadian historian
108	Imre Augustich	1837	Writer
109	Imre Lengyel	1977	Olympic diver and Cirque Du Soleil performer.
110	Imre Kónya	1947	Hungarian politician
111	Imre Esterházy	1663	Hungarian priest
112	Imre Harangozó	1965
113	Emil Imre	1996	Romanian speed skater
114	Imre Vitális	1880	Hungarian outlaw
115	Imre Bartók	1985	Hungarian writer
116	Imre Csösz	1969	Hungarian judoka
117	Imre Sebők	1906
118	Imre Saarna	1976
119	Imre Ghillány	1860	Hungarian politician
120	Sándor Imre	1877	Hungarian politician
121	Imre Izsak	1929	Hungarian scientist
122	Imre Aranyos	1966	Football player
123	Imre Mudin	1887	Hungarian shot putter, javelin thrower and discus thrower
124	Imre Szöllősi	1941	Canoe racer
125	Imre E. Quastler	1940	American geographer
126	Imre Rietveld Nielsen	2000	Badminton player
127	Imre Hamar	1967	Sinologist
128	Imre Czobor	1520	Hungarian noble
129	Aladar Imre	1898	Communist Labour activist
130	Imre Surányi	1927	Hungarian actor
131	Imre Mándi	1916	Hungarian boxer
132	Imre Németh	1955	Hungarian politician
133	Imre Rohmann	1953
134	Imre Kinszki	1901	Photographer
135	Imre Palló	1891	Hungarian opera singer
136	Imre Kocsis	1940	Painter
137	Imre Sárosi
138	Imre Cserépfalvi	1900
139	Imre Dlusztus	1960
140	Imre Kiss		New Zealand association footballer
141	Imre Hódos	1928	Olympic wrestler
142	Imre Bozóky	1953	Association football referee
143	Imre Pethes	1864	Hungarian actor
144	Imre Oltványi	1893	Hungarian politician
145	Imre Tiidemann	1970	Modern pentathlete
146	Imre Fehér	1926
147	Imre Furmann	1951
148	Imre Muszka	1914
149	Imre Bíró	1959	Hungarian handball player
150	Imre Péntek	1942
151	Flóra Imre	1961
152	Imre Kozma	1940	Hungarian activist
153	Imre Reviczky	1896
154	Imre Peterdi	1980	Ice Hockey player
155	Imre Schoffer	1884	Hungarian association football manager
156	Imre Nagy	1941	Fencer
157	Imre Papp	1971
158	Imre Katzenbach	1964	Association football player
159	Imre Korody	1905	Hungarian chess player
160	Imre Demeter	1921	Hungarian journalist
161	Imre Makai	1920
162	Imre Antal Kocsis	1948	Hungarian politician
163	Imre Szirbik	1953	Hungarian politician
164	Imre Szitás	1961	Athletics competitor
165	Imre Ivánka	1818	Politician
166	Imre Benedek	1972
167	Halil İmre	1907	Turkish politician
168	Imre Olsvai	1931
169	Imre Erdődy	1889	Gymnast
170	Imre Széchényi	1825	Hungarian nobleman
171	Imre Pesti	1952	Hungarian politician
172	Imre Hámory	1909	Opera singer, actor
173	Imre Kemecsey	1941	Canoe racer
174	Imre Kerék	1942
175	Imre Rábai	1926
176	Imre Sarlai		Hungarian actor
177	Imre Vagyóczki	1932	Hungarian canoeist
178	Imre Sarkadi	1921	Hungarian screenwriter, writer, journalist and dramaturge
179	Imre Erdősi	1814
180	Imre Demhardt
181	Imre Héra	1986	Hungarian chess player
182	Imre Szittya	1956
183	Imre Fodor	1937	Romanian politician (1937-2015)
184	Imre Tóth	1963	Hungarian water polo player
185	Imre Erőss	1909	Roman Catholic bishop
186	Imre Vähi
187	Imre Markója	1931	Hungarian politician
188	Imre Szentpály	1904	Polo player
189	Imre Cserhalmi	1934
190	Imre István	1928
191	Zoltán Imre	1943
192	Vilmos Imre	1968	Hungarian handball player and coach
193	Imre Vejkey	1964	Hungarian politician
194	Imre Õunapuu
195	Imre Galgóczy		Hungarian actor
196	Imre Benoschofsky	1903	Hungarian educationist
197	Imre Payer	1961
198	Imre Géra	1947	Hungarian cyclist
199	Imre Miklós	1927
200	Imre Trencsényi-Waldapfel	1908	Hungarian classical scholar