Family name origins & meanings
- Polish, Ukrainian, Czech, and Slovak : topographic name from Polish and Ukrainian buda, Czech bouda ‘hut’, ‘cabin’, ‘shack’, ‘stall’.
- Polish and Ukrainian : from a short form of any of various compound personal names beginning with Budzi-.
- 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.
- Hungarian : habitational name from the name of the old capital of Hungary (see Budai).
- Slovenian (western Slovenia) : perhaps a derivative from buditi ‘to awaken’.