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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

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