Dictionary of Family Names in the Visegrad Countries

VIDA

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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 Hungarian given name Vid ‘Vid’ with the patronymic suffix -a, or from the medieval Hungarian name Vida (hypocoristic form of the given name Vid ‘Vid’ without patronymic suffix) and refers to the connection with the father or another ancestor by that name.