Given name & surname · also Hungarian
Vajda
Vajda is a surname from Hungarian, ultimately from Proto-Slavic. It is used in English, Czech, Hungarian, and Slovak.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Vajda comes from Hungarian, and ultimately from Proto-Slavic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Hungarian Vajda, from Hungarian vajda, from Proto-Slavic *vojevoda.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Vajda’s family of names
In Hungarian usage, Vajda has a later derivative in Vayda. In English usage, Vajda as a surname has a related form in Vaida. In English usage, Vajda as a surname has a related form in Vayda.
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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