Buday Family History
Buday Name Meaning
Hungarian: variant of Budai . Americanized form of Slovak and Polish Budaj and a common Slovak variant of this name which may also be of Hungarian origin (see 1 above compare 3 below). Americanized form of Croatian Budaj itself a Slavicized form of Hungarian Budai . Ukrainian and Belorussian: nickname derived from Ukrainian budyty Belorussian abudzhats ‘to wake’ + the agent suffix -ay.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022