{{wiktionary|vajda}} {{Distinguish|Vaida (disambiguation){{!}}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 *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
==See also== * {{intitle|Vajda}} *Wajda
{{surname|Vajda}} Category:Hungarian-language surnames Category:Slavic-language surnames