Eötvös

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

Family name

Eötvös

Pronunciation	Hungarian: [ˈøtvøʃ]
Origin
Language(s)	Hungarian
Meaning	silversmith, goldsmith, etc.
Region of origin	Hungarian-speaking area (primary Hungary)
Other names
Variant form(s)	Faber, Fabri, Fabricius; Goldschmidt (German: Goldschmied), Silberschmidt; Polish: Złotnik, Zlotnik (e.g. Asher Zlotnik); Hebrew: 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 (Hungarian: Beck Ötvös Fülöp; 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