Vajda

Vaida|Vayda|Wajda (surname)}} 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 *Edward Vajda (born 1958), American linguist *Ernest Vajda (1886–1954), Hungarian actor *Géza Vajda (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 (1919–2008), American hymn composer *Ladislao Vajda (1906–1965), Hungarian film director *Ladislaus Vajda (1878–1933), Hungarian screenwriter *Lajos Vajda (1908–1941), Hungarian painter *Levente Vajda (born 1981), Romanian chess grandmaster *Marián Vajda (born 1965), Slovak tennis player *Patrik Vajda (born 1989), Slovak football player *Steven Vajda (1901–1995), Hungarian mathematician *Szidonia Vajda (born 1979), Romanian chess player *Vivi Vajda (born 1964), Swedish paleontologist Provided by Wikipedia