Vajda

Vajda is a Hungarian language surname. It is derived from Proto-Slavic *vojevoda. In medieval times, vajda was the equivalent of voivode, meaning a "war-leader" or "war-lord". Notable people with the surname include: Anna Vajda (born 1984), Hungarian basketball player Árpád Vajda (1896–1967), Hungarian chess player Attila Vajda (born 1983), Hungarian athlete Botond Vajda (born 2004), Hungarian footballer Christopher Vajda (born 1955), British jurist Edward Vajda (born 1958), American linguist Ernest Vajda (1886–1954), Hungarian actor Georges Vajda (1908–1981), French historian and islamologist Géza Vajda (born 1950), Hungarian orienteer Gregory Vajda (born 1973), Hungarian musician Huba Vajda (born 2000), Hungarian handball player Ivan Vajda (born 1978), Croatian tennis player János Vajda, multiple people Jaroslav Vajda (1919–2008), American hymn composer Ladislao Vajda (1906–1965), Hungarian film director Ladislaus Vajda (1878–1933), Hungarian screenwriter László Vajda (figure skater) (born 1954), Hungarian figure skater Lajos Vajda (1908–1941), Hungarian painter Levente Vajda (born 1981), Romanian chess grandmaster Marián Vajda (born 1965), Slovak tennis coach and former player Markó vajda (1580–1629), Prince of Moldavia better known as Marcu Cercel Mihály András Vajda (1935–2023), Hungarian philosopher Oršoja Vajda (born 1997), Serbian footballer Patrik Vajda (born 1989), Slovak footballer Stěpan Vajda (1922–1945), Czechoslovak officer Steven Vajda (1901–1995), Hungarian mathematician Szidonia Vajda (born 1979), Romanian chess player Thomas Vajda, American diplomat Vivi Vajda (born 1964), Swedish paleontologist

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