Dictionary of Family Names in the Visegrad Countries

BODA

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Originof Hungarian origin
TypeFamily name referring to the connection with the father or another ancestor by that name

Description

The name is derived from the medieval Hungarian name Boda (hypocoristic form of a compound given name of Slavic origin beginning with Bud-, e.g. Budimir ‘Budimir’, Budiszláv ‘Budislav’) and refers to the connection with the father or another ancestor by that name. Variants: Bada, Buda.