Duda (name)

For the Baltic surname, see Dūda (surname).

Duda is a given name and surname.

In Slavic languages, the surname originates from a colloquial term for someone who plays the bagpipes, rooted in the word "duda", which means bagpipe. In Czech, it may also derive from "dudek", the word for a hoopoe bird, while in Hungarian, it comes either from the non-religious given name Duda or is an abbreviated version of Dudás.^[1]

People with the given name

Notable people with the given name include:

• Duda Salabert (born 1981/82), Brazilian politician and teacher
• Duda Sanadze (born 1992), a Georgian basketball player
• Duda Yankovich (born 1976), a Serbian Brazilian fighter in boxing and mixed martial arts

People with the surname

Arts and entertainment

• Elisabeth Duda (born 1979), Polish writer, film and television actress
• Harry Duda (born 1944), Polish poet and publicist
• Jerzy Duda-Gracz (1941–2004), Polish painter
• John Joseph Duda (born 1977), American film actor
• Jörg Duda (born 1968), German composer
• Kelly Duda (born 1966), American filmmaker and activist
• Mariusz Duda (born 1975), Polish musician and composer
• Steve Duda, American DJ, record producer, engineer and manager

Politics

• Agata Kornhauser-Duda (born 1972), Polish former teacher and first lady of Poland
• Andrzej Duda (born 1972), president of Poland
• Joanna Duda-Gwiazda, wife of the Polish trade unionist and politician Andrzej Gwiazda

Sports

• Adam Duda (born 1991), Polish footballer
• Bogusław Duda (born 1953), Polish racewalker
• Brigitte Duda (born 1961), Austrian diver
• Jan-Krzysztof Duda (born 1998), Polish chess player
• Jason Duda (born 1975), Canadian ice hockey player
• Kacper Duda (born 2004), Polish footballer
• Lucas Duda (born 1986), American baseball player
• Mark Duda (born 1961), American football defensive tackle
• Ondrej Duda (born 1994), Slovak footballer
• Paul Duda (born 1943), Canadian football player
• Radek Duda (born 1979), Czech ice hockey player

Other people

• Bonaventura Duda (1924–2017), Croatian Franciscan friar, theologian and member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
• Jarosław Duda, Polish computer scientist
• Oswald Duda (1869–1941), German entomologist
• Radu Duda (born 1960), Romanian prince
• Richard O. Duda, American professor of electrical engineering

People with the nickname

• Duda Francelino (Maria Eduarda Francelino da Silva, born 1995), Brazilian women's footballer
• Duda Lisboa (Eduarda Santos Lisboa, born 1998), Brazilian beach volleyball player

People using the mononym

Main article: Duda § People

See also

• All pages with titles containing Duda
• Duda (disambiguation)