Duda

See also: duda, dudá, dudă, Dudă, dúdǎ, and dúdà

English

Etymology

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Proper noun

Duda

1. A surname.

Anagrams

• Dadu, daud, duad, udad

Czech

Etymology

From dudy (“bagpipes”) or dudek (“hoopoe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈduda]

Proper noun

Duda m anim (female equivalent Dudová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Duda (masculine animate in -a)

	singular	plural
nominative	Duda	Dudové
genitive	Dudy	Dudů
dative	Dudovi	Dudům
accusative	Dudu	Dudy
vocative	Dudo	Dudové
locative	Dudovi	Dudech
instrumental	Dudou	Dudy

Further reading

• “Duda”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Old English

Proper noun

Duda m

1. a male given name
   • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     An. DCCCXXXIII Hēr ġefeaht Eċġbriht cing wið XXXV sċiphlæsta æt Carrum ⁊ þǣr wearð myċel wæl ġesleġen, ⁊ þā Denisċan ahton wælstōwe ġeweald. ⁊ Hereferð ⁊ Wiġþeġn, tweġen bisċeopas, forðferdan, ⁊ Duda ⁊ Ōsmōd, tweġen ealdormenn, forðferdon.

     Year 833 In this year King Edgebright fought against thirty-five shiploads of men at Charmouth, and many were slain, and the Danes took control of the battlefield. And two bishops, Herefrith and Wigthegn, and two aldermen, Duda and Osmod, died.

Polish

Etymology

From duda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdu.da/
• Rhymes: -uda
• Syllabification: Du‧da
• Homophone: duda

Proper noun

Duda m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Duda

	singular	plural
nominative	Duda	Dudowie
genitive	Dudy	Dudów
dative	Dudzie	Dudom
accusative	Dudę	Dudów
instrumental	Dudą	Dudami
locative	Dudzie	Dudach
vocative	Dudo	Dudowie

Proper noun

Duda f

1. a female surname

Declension

Declension of Duda

	singular	plural
nominative	Duda	Dudy
genitive	Dudy	Dud
dative	Dudzie	Dudom
accusative	Dudę	Dudy
instrumental	Dudą	Dudami
locative	Dudzie	Dudach
vocative	Dudo	Dudy

Further reading

• “Duda”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -udɐ

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdu.dɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdu.dɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdu.da/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdu.dɐ/ [ˈdu.ðɐ]

Proper noun

Duda ?

1. (Brazil) a diminutive of the male given names Duarte or Eduardo
2. (Brazil) a diminutive of the female given name Eduarda

Slovak

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:

Duda (priezvisko)

Wikipedia ^sk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈduda]

Proper noun

Duda m pers (female equivalent Dudová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Duda
(pattern hrdina)

	singular	plural 1	plural 2
nominative	Duda	Dudovia	Dudovci
genitive	Dudu	Dudov	Dudovcov
dative	Dudovi	Dudom	Dudovcom
accusative	Dudu	Dudov	Dudovcov
locative	Dudovi	Dudoch	Dudovcoch
instrumental	Dudom	Dudami	Dudovcami

Further reading

• “Duda”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025