Vajda

See also: vajda

English

Alternative forms

• Vaida, Vayda, Wajda

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian Vajda, from Hungarian vajda, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *vojevoda.

Proper noun

Vajda (plural Vajdas)

1. A surname from Hungarian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Vajda is the 37229^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 599 individuals. Vajda is most common among White (93.49%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Vajda”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German weide (“pasture”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvajda]

Proper noun

Vajda m anim (female equivalent Vajdová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Vajda (masculine animate in -a)

	singular	plural
nominative	Vajda	Vajdové
genitive	Vajdy	Vajdů
dative	Vajdovi	Vajdům
accusative	Vajdu	Vajdy
vocative	Vajdo	Vajdové
locative	Vajdovi	Vajdech
instrumental	Vajdou	Vajdy

Further reading

• “Vajda”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Hungarian

Etymology

From vajda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɒjdɒ]
• Hyphenation: Vaj‧da
• Rhymes: -dɒ

Proper noun

Vajda

1. a surname

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Vajda	Vajdák
accusative	Vajdát	Vajdákat
dative	Vajdának	Vajdáknak
instrumental	Vajdával	Vajdákkal
causal-final	Vajdáért	Vajdákért
translative	Vajdává	Vajdákká
terminative	Vajdáig	Vajdákig
essive-formal	Vajdaként	Vajdákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Vajdában	Vajdákban
superessive	Vajdán	Vajdákon
adessive	Vajdánál	Vajdáknál
illative	Vajdába	Vajdákba
sublative	Vajdára	Vajdákra
allative	Vajdához	Vajdákhoz
elative	Vajdából	Vajdákból
delative	Vajdáról	Vajdákról
ablative	Vajdától	Vajdáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	Vajdáé	Vajdáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	Vajdáéi	Vajdákéi

Possessive forms of Vajda
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Vajdám	Vajdáim
2nd person sing.	Vajdád	Vajdáid
3rd person sing.	Vajdája	Vajdái
1st person plural	Vajdánk	Vajdáink
2nd person plural	Vajdátok	Vajdáitok
3rd person plural	Vajdájuk	Vajdáik

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvajda]

Proper noun

Vajda m pers (female equivalent Vajdová)

1. a male surname

Further reading

• “Vajda”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024