Janda

See also: janda

English

Alternative forms

• Yanda

Etymology

Borrowed from Czech Janda.

Proper noun

Janda (plural Jandas)

1. A surname from Czech.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Janda is the 11799^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2654 individuals. Janda is most common among White (87.38%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Janda”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 241.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjanda]

Proper noun

Janda m anim (female equivalent Jandová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Janda (masculine animate in -a)

	singular	plural
nominative	Janda	Jandové
genitive	Jandy	Jandů
dative	Jandovi	Jandům
accusative	Jandu	Jandy
vocative	Jando	Jandové
locative	Jandovi	Jandech
instrumental	Jandou	Jandy

Further reading

• “Janda”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Old Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈjanda/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈjanda/

Proper noun

Janda m pers

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Janda (hard a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Janda	Jandě	Jandy
genitive	Jandy	Jandú	Jand
dative	Jandě	Jandama	Jandám
accusative	Jandu	Jandě	Jandy
vocative	Jando	Jandě	Jandy
locative	Jandě	Jandú	Jandách
instrumental	Jandú	Jandama	Jandami

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “Janda”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Polish

Etymology

From Jan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjan.da/
• Rhymes: -anda
• Syllabification: Jan‧da

Proper noun

Janda m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Janda

	singular	plural
nominative	Janda	Jandowie
genitive	Jandy	Jandów
dative	Jandzie	Jandom
accusative	Jandę	Jandów
instrumental	Jandą	Jandami
locative	Jandzie	Jandach
vocative	Jando	Jandowie

Proper noun

Janda f

1. a female surname

Declension

Declension of Janda

	singular	plural
nominative	Janda	Jandy
genitive	Jandy	Jand
dative	Jandzie	Jandom
accusative	Jandę	Jandy
instrumental	Jandą	Jandami
locative	Jandzie	Jandach
vocative	Jando	Jandy

Further reading

• “Janda”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce, 2022

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjanda]

Proper noun

Janda m pers (female equivalent Jandová)

1. a male surname

Further reading

• “Janda”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024