Last name origin & meaning: Polish, Slovak, and Hungarian: from Slavic gajda ‘bagpipe’,
in particular the kind of folk instrument found in the
Carpathians. The word is ultimately of Turkish origin. The surname
probably arose as a metonymic occupational name for a piper, but
perhaps in some cases as a nickname, as the Polish word also has the
figurative meanings ‘fat legs’ or ‘awkward person’.
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