Vajda is a

Hungarian language Hungarian, or Magyar (, ), is an Ugric language of the Uralic language family spoken in Hungary and parts of several neighboring countries. It is the official language of Hungary and one of the 24 official languages of the European Union. Out ...

surname. It is derived from Proto-Slavic *vojevoda. In medieval times, vajda was the equivalent of

voivode Voivode ( ), also spelled voivod, voievod or voevod and also known as vaivode ( ), voivoda, vojvoda, vaivada or wojewoda, is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe in use since the Early Mid ...

, meaning a "war-leader" or "war-lord". Notable people with the surname include: *

Anna Vajda Anna Vajda (born September 3, 1984) is a retired professional basketball player. She is 1.90 m height and plays as power forward. Vajda is the best player of the Hungary, Hungary national women's basketball team. 2009–10, she led Hungary back ...

(born 1984), Hungarian basketball player *

Árpád Vajda Árpád Vajda (2 May 1896, Rimaszombat (Rimavská Sobota) – 25 October 1967, Budapest) was a Hungarian chess master. He was also a Doctor of Law and State Science, and worked as chief of police in Budapest. Vajda was Hungarian Champion in 192 ...

(1896–1967), Hungarian chess player * Attila Vajda (born 1983), Hungarian athlete *

Edward Vajda Edward J. Vajda (Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, September 10, 1958 as Edward M. Johnson; changed his name in 1981) is a historical linguist at Western Washington University, Washington. He is known for his work on the proposed Dené–Yeniseia ...

(born 1958), American linguist * Ernest Vajda (1886–1954), Hungarian actor *

Géza Vajda Géza Vajda is a Hungarian orienteering competitor. He received a bronze medal in the ''relay event'' at the 1972 World Orienteering Championships in Jičín, together with Zoltán Boros, János Sőtér János Sőtér is a Hungarian orientee ...

(born 1950), Hungarian orienteer * Gregory Vajda (born 1973), Hungarian musician * György Mihály Vajda (born 1935), Hungarian philosopher * János Vajda (poet) (1827–1897), Hungarian poet * János Vajda (composer) (born 1949), Hungarian composer *

Jaroslav Vajda Jaroslav Vajda (April 28, 1919 – May 10, 2008) was an American hymnist. Vajda was born to a Lutheran pastor of Slovak descent in Lorain, Ohio, where his father, Rev. John Vajda, was a pastor. Vajda's father served parishes in Emporia, Virginia ...

(1919–2008), American hymn composer *

Ladislao Vajda Ladislao Vajda (born Vajda László, ; 18 August 1906 – 25 March 1965) was a Hungarian-Spanish film director who made films in Hungary, Spain, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Italy and West Germany. Biography Vajda was born in Budapest, his f ...

(1906–1965), Hungarian film director *

Ladislaus Vajda Ladislaus Vajda (also László Vajda; born Lipót Weisz; 18 August 1877 – 10 March 1933) was a Hungarian screenwriter. He wrote for 40 films in Hungary, Austria and Germany between 1916 and 1932. He was born in Eger, Northern Hungary and ...

(1878–1933), Hungarian screenwriter *

Lajos Vajda Lajos Vajda ( Hungarian: Vajda Lajos; 1908, Zalaegerszeg – 1941, Budakeszi) was a Hungarian painter and graphic artist. From 1927 to 1930 he was a student of István Csók at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Vajda stayed in Paris between 193 ...

(1908–1941), Hungarian painter *

Levente Vajda Levente Vajda (born 13 February 1981) is a Romanian chess grandmaster, earning his title in 2001. Biography From an early age, Vajda was a permanent representative of Romania at the World Youth Chess Championships. In 1993, in Bratislava, he w ...

(born 1981), Romanian chess grandmaster *

Marián Vajda Marián Vajda (; born 24 March 1965) is a Slovak professional tennis coach and former player. He is the former head coach of Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic, coaching him for almost his entire professional career. Of Djokovic’s 100 men’ ...

(born 1965), Slovak tennis player *

Patrik Vajda Patrik Vajda (born 20 March 1989) is a Slovakia, Slovak Association football, footballer who plays as a defender for OFK 1950 Priechod. External linksFutbalnet profile Steven Vajda Steven Vajda (20 August 1901 – 10 December 1995) was a Hungarian-British mathematician who contributed to the development of mathematical programming and operational research. He was a member of a circle of researchers that included George ...

(1901–1995), Hungarian mathematician *

Szidonia Vajda Szidónia Lázárné Vajda (née Vajda; born 20 January 1979) is a Romanian- Hungarian chess player with the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She won the women's Hungarian Chess Championship in 2004 and 2015 ...

(born 1979), Romanian chess player *

Vivi Vajda Vivi Vajda is a Swedish palaeontologist. She is Professor and head of palaeobiology at the Swedish Museum of Natural History. Through the study of Microfossil, microscopic fossils such as pollen, plankton, algae, and Fungus, fungi, Vajda's resear ...

(born 1964), Swedish paleontologist

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