Duda (name)

Duda is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

 * 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

Surname
In Slavic languages, the surname derives from the nickname for a bagpipes player (from "duda" which means a bagpipe). In Czech, it may also originate from the word "dudek" (hoopoe), while in Hungarian comes either from the old secular name "Duda" or is an abbreviated version of "Dudás". It may also originate from the Arabic دودة Duda meaning “small insect”.

Arts and entertainment

 * Elisabeth Duda (born 1979), Polish writer, film and television actress
 * Harry Duda (born 1944), Polish poet and publicist
 * Jerzy Duda-Gracz (1941–2004), Polish painter
 * John 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, wife of the Polish trade unionist and politician Andrzej Gwiazda

Sports and games

 * Adam Duda (born 1991), Polish footballer
 * Bogusław Duda (born 1953), Polish racewalker
 * Brigitte Duda (born 1961), Austrian diver
 * Denis Duda (born 1996), Albanian footballer
 * Jan-Krzysztof Duda (born 1998), Polish chess player
 * Jason Duda (born 1975), Canadian ice hockey player
 * 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
 * René Duda (born 1996), Slovak football midfielder

Other

 * 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