Buda Family History
Buda Name Meaning
Italian: from a Late Latin name buda for a kind of rush probably used as a metonymic occupational name for a maker of articles made of such rushes. In Sicily it could be from bbuda ‘stem of a spike’. Italian: habitational name from either of two places called Buda. Polish Ukrainian Czech Slovak and Slovenian: from a short form of any Slavic compound personal name based on the element bud ‘to inspire’ (from Old Slavic buditi) e.g. Budimir (Polish Budzimir) ‘inspiring peace’. Polish Ukrainian and Czech; Slovak (also Búda): topographic name from Polish and Ukrainian buda Slovak búda Czech bouda ‘hut cabin shack’ or ‘stall’. Hungarian: habitational name from Buda the old capital of Hungary (see Budai ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022