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Gajda
Some characteristic forenames: Polish Jacek, Wojciech, Andrzej, Casimir, Gerzy, Grazyna, Janusz, Jerzy, Marzena, Stanislaw, Tadeusz. Polish, Czech, Slovak, Rusyn (from Slovakia and Poland), and Hungarian: from Slavic gajda ‘bagpipe’, in particular the kind of folk instrument found in the Carpathians. The surname arose as a metonymic occupational name for a bagpipe player, but perhaps in some cases also as a nickname, as the Polish word also has the figurative meanings ‘fat legs’ and ‘awkward person’. Compare Gaida and Gayda .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Gajda is commonly found in Hungary and two other countries.