He was said to be a Scythian, i.e. to be from Dentumoger, the homeland of the Magyars, which the chroniclers identify with Scythia, and use to refer both to the land and its inhabitants.

[4][5][6][b] In the year of Our Lord's incarnation 819, Ügek, the noblest chieftain of Scythia descending from the great house of Magog, took to wife in Dentumoger the daughter of Prince Eunedubelianus, called Emese, from whom he begot a son, who was named Álmos.

The Turul's role is interpreted as guardian spirit, who protects the baby from harm until he grows up.

Historian Gyula Kristó said Ügyek's name may have been the chronicler' invention, since it derives from the ancient Hungarian ügy ("saint, holy") word.

The latest research[2] on the subject gives the following explanations regarding the origin and meaning of the name: There are three types of great ancestry in the traditional steppe culture.