Névtani Értesítő, founded in 1979, is a peer-reviewed journal of Hungarian onomastics. It is co-published by the Institute of Hungarian Linguistics and Finno-Ugric Studies of Eötvös Loránd University and the Society of Hungarian Linguistics. In the journal, the section “Articles” releases new research results; the section “Onomastics and Events” reports on current Hungarian and international works and professional events; the sections “Book Reviews” and “Reviews on Periodicals” review the latest publications of Hungarian and foreign specialized literature. 

Submitted papers go through a blind double peer-reviewing process.

The journal Névtani Értesítő keeps up relations with several international onomastic journals, many of which regularly review its issues. The issues of the journal Névtani Értesítő are published in Hungarian, with English lists of contents and abstracts. The journal is indexed in the following databases and repositories: Scopus, EBSCO, ERIH Plus, DOAJ, Jisc's Open policy finder (korábbi Sherpa Romeo), MLA Directory of Periodicals, CEEOL, MATARKA, EPA, REAL-J, EDIT.