Duda (name)

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. In Polish, the surname has archaic feminine forms: Dudzina (after husband) and Dudzianka (after father). These forms are still used colloquially.

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

Mononym

Duda (disambiguation) § People

Nickname

Duda Beat (Eduarda Bittencourt Simões, born 1987), Brazilian singer and songwriter
Duda Hidalgo (born 1999), Brazilian politician
Duda Francelino (Maria Eduarda Francelino da Silva, born 1995), Brazilian women's footballer
Duda Lisboa (Eduarda Santos Lisboa, born 1998), Brazilian beach volleyball player
Duda Santos (Adailma Aparecida da Silva dos Santos, born 1996), Brazilian footballer
Duda Santos (actress) (Maria Eduarda Santos Domingues, born 2001), Brazilian actress and model

Surname

Arts and entertainment

Elisabeth Duda (born 1979), Polish writer, film and television actress
Harry Duda (born 1944), Polish poet and publicist
Ihor Duda (1940–2025), Ukrainian art historian, and cultural activist
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 (born 1939), wife of the Polish trade unionist and politician Andrzej Gwiazda
Piotr Duda (born 1962), Polish trade unionist
Walter Duda (1921–2008), American politician from Nebraska

Sports

Adam Duda (born 1991), Polish footballer
Benedikt Duda (born 1994), German table tennis player
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

References

↑ Hanks, Patrick, ed. (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. Vol.1. A–F. Oxford University Press. p. 491. ISBN 9780199771691.
↑ "Duda" (in Polish). Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN. Retrieved 2026-07-10.

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[1] Hanks, Patrick, ed. (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. Vol.1. A–F. Oxford University Press. p. 491. ISBN 9780199771691.

[2] "Duda" (in Polish). Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN. Retrieved 2026-07-10.