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.
People with the given name
Notable people with the given name include:- Duda Salabert, Brazilian politician and teacher
- Duda Sanadze, a Georgian basketball player
- Duda Yankovich, a Serbian Brazilian fighter in boxing and mixed martial arts
People with the surname
Arts and entertainment
- Elisabeth Duda, Polish writer, film and television actress
- Harry Duda, Polish poet and publicist
- Ihor Duda, Ukrainian art historian, and cultural activist
- Jerzy Duda-Gracz, Polish painter
- John Joseph Duda, American film actor
- Jörg Duda, German composer
- Kelly Duda, American filmmaker and activist
- Mariusz Duda, Polish musician and composer
- Steve Duda, American DJ, record producer, engineer and manager
Politics
- Agata Kornhauser-Duda, Polish former teacher and first lady of Poland
- Andrzej Duda, president of Poland
- Joanna Duda-Gwiazda, wife of the Polish trade unionist and politician Andrzej Gwiazda
- Piotr Duda, Polish trade unionist
Sports
- Adam Duda, Polish footballer
- Benedikt Duda, German table tennis player
- Bogusław Duda, Polish racewalker
- Brigitte Duda, Austrian diver
- Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Polish chess player
- Jason Duda, Canadian ice hockey player
- Kacper Duda, Polish footballer
- Lucas Duda, American baseball player
- Mark Duda, American football defensive tackle
- Ondrej Duda, Slovak footballer
- Paul Duda, Canadian football player
- Radek Duda, Czech ice hockey player
Other people
- Bonaventura Duda, Croatian Franciscan friar, theologian and member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
- Jarosław Duda, Polish computer scientist
- Oswald Duda, German entomologist
- Radu Duda, Romanian prince
- Richard O. Duda, American professor of electrical engineering
People with the nickname
- Duda Francelino, Brazilian women's footballer
- Duda Lisboa, Brazilian beach volleyball player