Chicago, IL State Street, Marshall Fields, about 1930

Buda's History

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Database Statistics
People: 72 (45 Living)
Males: 39 (54.17%)
Females: 32 (44.44%)
Unknown: 1 (1.39%)
Families: 32
Number of Surnames: 21
Average Lifespan: 75 years 132 days
Photographs: 82
Earliest Born: Vincent Buda
Born: 1877
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feature 1 Surname Origins Tried to do some research on the origins of some of our surnames. Here is what we have found so far.
Buda
1. Polish, Ukrainian, Czech, and Slovak: topographic name from Polish and Ukrainian buda, Czech bouda ‘hut’, ‘cabin’, ‘shack’, ‘stall’.
2. Polish and Ukrainian: from a short form of any of various compound personal names beginning with Budzi-.
3. Czech and Slovak: from a short form of the Czech personal name Budislav, composed of the elements budi- ‘to awaken or inspire’ + slav ‘glory’,
or of any other personal name formed with budi- as the first element.
4. Hungarian: habitational name from the name of the old capital of Hungary (see Budai).
5. Slovenian (western Slovenia): perhaps a derivative from buditi ‘to awaken’.

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