Given name & surname · also Czech
Janda
Janda is a surname from Czech, ultimately from Slovak. It is used in English, Polish, Czech, Old Czech, and 1 other language.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Janda comes from Czech, and ultimately from Slovak.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Janda as a surname is an affectionate form of Jan. In English usage, Janda as a surname is an affectionate form of Ján.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1947. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Janda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 254
- 0 boys · 254 girls
- Most popular year
- 1957
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 1989. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 13 in 1957. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 289 as a first name in 2020; 2,306 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Janda’s family of names
In English usage, Janda as a surname is an affectionate form of Jan. In Czech usage, Janda has a later derivative in YANDA. In English usage, Janda as a surname is an affectionate form of Ján.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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