Given name & surname · also Polish
Zawada
“hindrance, obstacle”
Zawada is a surname from Polish, ultimately from Proto-Slavic. It is used in English, German, and Polish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Zawada goes back to Polish zawada, meaning “hindrance, obstacle.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Zawada comes from Polish, and ultimately from Proto-Slavic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Polish Zawada, from Polish zawada (“hindrance, obstacle”), from Old Polish zawada, from Proto-Slavic *zavada, built from Proto-Slavic *zavaditi + *-a.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Zawada’s family of names
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