Dictionary of Family Names in the Visegrad Countries
HAJDU
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| Origin | of Hungarian origin |
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| Type | Family name referring to an occupation, activity or social status |
| Family name referring to some connection with an ethnic group |
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The name is derived from the Hungarian common noun hajdú meaning ‘cattle herder’, foot soldier, servant in uniform’ (old spelling) and refers to an occupation. It may also be derived from the Hungarian ethnonym hajdú meaning ‘Hungarian herdsman’ and refers to a similarity or a connection (descendence or other) with the people or the area they inhabit. Variant: Hajdú. |