Vajda

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